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Literary Movement |
A style of writing shared among comman authors bonded by common philosophy, geography, or time period |
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All writing has... |
Elements of different literary movements |
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Authors tend to.. |
Adopt a primary and marked style we try to categorize |
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Romanticism is |
Optimistic |
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Romanticism was popular when? |
The 18th and 19th centuries |
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In romanticism, the authors write |
Larger-than-life characters, (and?) Demonstrate an idealized view of the world |
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Romantic writing is often |
Sentimental, and it presents a clear meaning or lesson. Everything happens for a reason |
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Romantic does not mean |
"Love" nor cheery; characters usually suffer trials for a greater purpose |
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Romantic writings often have a |
Hero |
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What are the three literary movements? |
1. Romanticism 2. Realism 3. Naturalism |
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Realism was prominent.. |
After the Civil War (the 1850s?) |
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Realism |
Shows things as they are |
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Realist authors write as |
Observers who watch and document the character's actions |
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Realism is |
All about details. Authors reproduce sensory details, dialects, and cultural tidbits, in order to achieve authenticity. |
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Authenticity |
Believable (Real) |
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Realist writers favor |
"Common man" and they write about the ordinary details of life, nit extraordinary |
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Naturalism |
Pessimistic |
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Naturalists would be |
Atheists and evolutionists |
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Naturalism flourished |
In the early 20th century in the U.S. |
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Naturalism focused |
On the lives of the Urban poor |
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What is a notable exception to the normal focus of naturalism? |
Jack London |
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Naturalist writers see |
Humans as essentially powerless figures at the mercy of natural forces much lsrger than themselves |
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Naturalism is informed by |
Sciences (genetics, biology, psychology) |
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Why do naturalist writers focus on what they do? |
The urban poor have no power. They see humans as powerless. |
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Naturalists view |
Hjmans as jusy another organism among many (rather than a creature seperate and apart from the rest of the animal kingdom) |
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Naturalists believe that |
Control is an illusion |
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Naturalist writers also believe thay |
We have no influence over our destinies |
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Realists would |
Probably not be Christians? Require scientific facts and proof |
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Romanticists would |
Unlikely be Christians but possibly. ? Happy go lucky.. Life is all happy (in contrast to their beliefs. Christianity is not easy) |
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What is the present literary movement called? |
Post modernism |
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Why should we care about literary movements? |
They help us understand the worldview of an author |
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Worldviews are... |
Often the product of our times |
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The feeling of a movement can be mstch to... |
Hidtorical circumstances |
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Literary movements= |
The lenses through which we csn view literature. |
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Boundaries, of literary movements?, are.. |
Artifucial, but our attempt to categorize deepens our understanding. |
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What is my perspective. |
Romantic with realism mixed in |
