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American Lit- Isms
Here are some questions about the 'isms'. Imagism, Moderism, etc.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Imagism | movement led by Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell |
| Modernism | sought to capture the essence of modern life in both form and content |
| Naturalism | movement that tends to view people as hapless victims of immutable natural laws |
| Realism | its writers wrote truthfully and objectively about ordinary characters in ordinary situations |
| Regionalism | specific geographical areas |
| Imagism | consists of poems |
| Imagism | uses free verse and ordinary language |
| Modernism | was experimental |
| Imagism | movement that believed one great image could provoke strong emotions |
| Realism | "real-life" |
| Realism | rejected Romanticism |