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ISM
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A philosophy; a way of thinking about something
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Classicism
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from the greeks
-Clarity -Order -Balance |
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Romanticism
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The writers value and the works display:
-an appeal to EMOTION rather than to reason -an interest in NATURE -an emphasis on the INDIVIDUAL -a desire for social change |
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Transcendentalism
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The belief that the truths of the universe lie BEYOND the knowledge we obtain from our SENSES
-We don't just use our senses to learn facts about the laws of the physical world -we also use our "INTUITION" to know the existence of our souls -they believed highly in the INDIVIDUAL -they believed in the goodness of the NATURAL WORLD |
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Realism
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The works depict life as it really is-ordinary things happening to ordinary people
-things are no longer 'beautiful' -people have difficulties in life |
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Naturalism
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an extreme form of realism which shows the sordid side of life; the works depict characters who are severely, if not hopelessly, limited by HEREDITY and ENVIRONMENT
-'nature vs. nurture' |
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Modernism
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The fragmentation of the world. Man's inhumanity to man is shown
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Absurdism
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belief that man exists in an irrational and meaningless universe
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Existentialism
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analysis of existence and of the way that man finds himself existing in the world.
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