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Authors
Genre/Style
Effect/Aspect
History
Key Traits
100
Anne Bradstreet
What is one author we read from the Puritan time period?
100
Mixing of fantasy with nonfiction, blurred lines of reality for reader. Lacking heroes and humor.
What are styles in the Contemporary period?
100
Integrity of nature and freedom of imagination
What are aspects of Romanticism?
100
The Revolutionary War
What is the historical context of the Revolutionary period?
100
Independence, Political propaganda, and governmental documents
What are the key traits of the Revolutionary period?
200
William Cullen Bryant
Who is an author during the Romantic period?
200
Sermons, religious tracts, diaries, and religious poems
What are genres from the Puritan period?
200
Patriotism and pride grows, creates unity about issues, and creates American character.
What are the effects and aspects of the Revolutiony period?
200
The Civil War brought demand for a more true type of literature.
What is the historical context for Realism?
200
Ordinary people, focuses on the down-trodden, introspective, and psychological
What are traits of Realism?
300
Samuel Clemens
Who is the author we read for realism?
300
Political pamphlets, travel writing, and highly ornate persuasive writing.
What are genres and styles typical of the Revolutionary period?
300
Instructive, reinforces authority of the Bible and Church
What are aspects of the Puritan period?
300
After WWII prosperity. New century, new millennium.
What is the historical context of the Contemporary period?
300
Nature, Emotional, Nostalgic, Simplicity, and Fireside Poets
What are the traits of Romanticism?
400
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Who is the author we read from the Modern period?
400
Novels, short stories, and an objective narrator.
What are the genres and styles of Realism?
400
Pursuit of American Dream, admiration for America, optimism, and individual importance.
What are effects and aspects of the Modern period?
400
Writers reflected the ideas of Darwin and Karl Marx during WWI and WWII.
What is the historical context for the Modern period?
400
Industriousness, simplicity, temperance, and self-reliance.
What are traits of the Puritan/Colonial period?
500
Robert Creeley
Who is the poet we read for the Contemporary period?
500
Character sketches, slave narratives, poetry, and short stories
What are genres of Romanticism?
500
Idealists, individualism, and symbolism
What are aspects of the Renaissance/Transcendentalism/Dark Romantic period?
500
Publishing expands and industrial revolution brings new ideas.
What is the historical context of Romanticism?
500
The American Dream and women's rights
What are traits of the Modern period?