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19 Cards in this Set
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time period
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1765-1787
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ended with the what?
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constitution
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What were some commonly held beliefs of the period?
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Enlightenment and Deism
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4 main points
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1. There is a god.
2. God created the universe 3. Within the universe there is a natural law 4. god does not intervene in human matters because of natural law. |
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Tabula Rasa
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Blank slate- man is capable of being perfected.
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Predominant writings
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1. political pamplets
2. Satire- poke fun of things to create or inspire change. |
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Realism
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1865-1885
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character is more important than?
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plot
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realism is viewed as a?
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democracy
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diction
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natural way people speak
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Chain of Being
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God>angels>man>animals>plants
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must have a balance between?
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spirit and flesh
passion and reason |
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Picaresque
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hero becomes hero through immoral means
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Romantism
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1820-1850
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emphasis of romantism
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individual emotion and imagination
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romantism predominant writings
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novels
short storied |
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Transendentalism
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1850-1865
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what kind of movement was transendentalism?
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a philosophical movement
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Basic Beliefs of transentalism
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1. There is a God
2. God is good 3. god created universe and man. 4. man is good 5. man produces intuition 6. intuition is good 7. if people followed intuition 8. utopian society |
