a nineteenth-century movement in literature and art which advocated a recording of the artist’s personal impressions of the world, rather than a strict representation of reality.

a term for the bold new experimental styles and forms that swept the arts during the first third of the twentieth century.

a nineteenth century literary movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to portray life exactly as it was.

Writing style that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression (but will still utilize allusions and metaphors), and was the main form of the Puritan writers.

Writing style of America’s early English-speaking colonists. emphasizes obedience to God and consists mainly of journals, sermons, and poems.

a movement that began in Europe in the seventeenth century, which held that we can arrive at truth by using our reason rather than relying on the authority of the past, on the authority of the Church, or an institution. ALSO

a style of writing, developed in the nineteenth century, that attempts to depict life accurately without idealizing or romanticizing it.

literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and that reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live in that region.

a revolt against Rationalism that affected literature and the other arts, beginning in the late eighteenth century and remaining strong throughout most of the nineteenth century.

in movement in art and literature that started in Europe during the 1920s. Surrealists wanted to replace conventional realism

a literary movement that originated in late nineteenth century France, in which writers rearranged the world of appearances in order to reveal a more truthful version of reality.

a nineteenth century movement in the Romantic tradition , which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intuition, which transcends reasons and sensory experience.

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Unit 7 Vocab

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Term	Definition
Impressionism	a nineteenth-century movement in literature and art which advocated a recording of the artist’s personal impressions of the world, rather than a strict representation of reality.
Modernism	a term for the bold new experimental styles and forms that swept the arts during the first third of the twentieth century.
Naturalism	a nineteenth century literary movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to portray life exactly as it was.
Plain Style	Writing style that stresses simplicity and clarity of expression (but will still utilize allusions and metaphors), and was the main form of the Puritan writers.
Puritanism	Writing style of America’s early English-speaking colonists. emphasizes obedience to God and consists mainly of journals, sermons, and poems.
Rationalism	a movement that began in Europe in the seventeenth century, which held that we can arrive at truth by using our reason rather than relying on the authority of the past, on the authority of the Church, or an institution. ALSO
Realism	a style of writing, developed in the nineteenth century, that attempts to depict life accurately without idealizing or romanticizing it.
Regionalism	literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and that reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live in that region.
Romanticism	a revolt against Rationalism that affected literature and the other arts, beginning in the late eighteenth century and remaining strong throughout most of the nineteenth century.
Surrealism	in movement in art and literature that started in Europe during the 1920s. Surrealists wanted to replace conventional realism
Symbolism	a literary movement that originated in late nineteenth century France, in which writers rearranged the world of appearances in order to reveal a more truthful version of reality.
Transcendentalism	a nineteenth century movement in the Romantic tradition , which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intuition, which transcends reasons and sensory experience.

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