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literary movements
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Naturalism (19" century) | - -Extension of Realism ⢠Themes are darker: crime, poverty, prejudice, etc. ⢠Naturalist writers tried to understand scientific or psychological reasons behind behavior |
| Imagism (early 20 century) | Movement in poetry that favored the use of images as the things themselves ⢠Motto: "The natural object is always the adequate symbol." ⢠Willingness to play with forms ⢠Most notable poets: Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams |
| The Lost Generation (1914) | ⢠phrase coined by writer Gertrude Stein and later made popular by Ernest Hemingway ⢠the generation who lost fathers, husbands, sons and brothers in World WarI and felt aimless ⢠Manywere disillusioned by traditiona american values - ex patriots |
| The Harlem Renaissance (1920s) | The explosion of African American visual art, dance, music, and literature in the 1920s, primarily centered in Harlem, New York ⢠Poet Langston Hughes is often seen as the symbol of the period. |
| Romanticism (mid-19* century) | Valued feeling over reason ⢠Valued the individual, but recognized the alienation of the individual ⢠Literature characterized by elements of the supernatural, appreciation for the beauty of nature, personal introspection |
| Transcendentalism (mid-19th century) | An offshoot of American Romanticism led by Bronson Alcott, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson ⢠Favored self-reliance and non-conformism ⢠Believed that to transcend was to reach beyond ordinary experience-self perfection was an aim |
| Realism (mid- to late 19" century) | Pre- and post-Civil war ⢠Writers rejected sentimentality, wanted to represent true life experience, including the way people really acted and spoke ⢠Shunned flowery diction and romanticism ⢠The rise of the women's movement also significant |
| Regionalism (19° century) | - extension of realism - focus on local setting, customs, and dialects |
| Magical Realism (1960's-) | Magical or supernatural elements appear in otherwise realistic circumstances ⢠First considered an element of painting Latin American writers, especially Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Carlos Fuentes, and Isabel Allende |
| Creative Nonfiction (late 20" and early 21" century) | A genre that blends elements of literature with nonfiction ⢠Includes memoir, travel and place essays, personal narratives, etc. |
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