This movement mainly dealt with creation stories and myths
What is Native American Literature?
100
This creepy author was famous for horror stories, marrying his cousin, and dying mysteriously
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
100
What had happened was the Creator sent four sea creatures to the bottom of the ocean to retrieve mud to build a new world
What is the "Turtle Creation Myth?"
100
This story argues that we since we all die, it's how we live that matters
What is "Happy Endings?"
100
Romanticism
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novels and short stories became far more acceptable
Introduced science fiction, horror, and detective stories
Heavy symbolism and deep meaning
200
Authors writing today are writing in this literary period
What is the Contemporary movement?
200
This author was one of the first female authors to address women's issues
Who is Kate Chopin?
200
What had happened was an angry preacher tells us we're all going to hell
What is "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"
200
This story teaches that young, troubled people might be saved if someone would just care for them
What is "Thank You, Ma'am?"
200
Realism
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Brought on a "truer" type of literature, avoids romanticism
Characters defined by class, wealth, materialism, and ordinary lives
Complex ethical choices were more important than plot
300
This movement introduced more realistic stories and rejected romanticism
What is Realism?
300
This author addressed African-American issues in his stories and poetry
Who is Langston Hughes?
300
What had happened was she thought her husband died, and then when he walked in the door, she died instead
What is "The Story of an Hour?"
300
This story criticized the idea that we should all be equal
What is "Harrison Bergeron?"
300
Modernism
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Covers time period of both world wars
Often written with grief, regret, and fear as literary tools
Writers tried to create unique styles, such as broken grammar
400
This literary movement often used sermons, letters, and instructions to persuade its readers
What is the Age of Enlightenment?
400
This author recorded his own successes and failures in order to reach moral perfection
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
400
What had happened was a seven-foot tall genius tore off his handicaps and the government killed him for it
What is "Harrison Bergeron?"
400
This story showed women of the early 1900s that they could be independent and did not have to rely on a man
What is "The Story of an Hour?"
400
Contemporary
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Focused on culture, society, and the obsession with media
Emergence of women and ethnic writers
Works often written as social protests
500
This literary movement often expressed fear, regret, and grief
What is Modernism?
500
This author wrote "Young Goodman Brown"
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
500
What had happened was a man rejected his wife because he thought she was racially mixed, but it was really he who was mixed
What is "Desiree's Baby?"
500
This story showed that we all have evil in our hearts, and that we have to confront it
What is "Young Goodman Brown?"
500
Age of Enlightenment
Acceptable answers:
Focused on personal growth, either politically or spiritually
Included sermons, letters, & instructions on living good lives
Pieces tried to teach or persuade readers