HONORS ENGLISH III Finals:Points of Focus- American Lit.

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HONORS ENGLISH III Finals:Points of Focus- American Lit

Early American Writing Settlement of Jamestown-1607 Early writers reflect on interaction between Native Americans and Europeans “No taxation without representation”- Revolutionary War begins Colonies free in 1776; Constitution approved 1788

EAW Contd. Puritans- settlers who sought to purify Church of England Return to simpler ways Unwelcome in England, left for America John Winthrop: “We must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill” Bible essential to in helping alleviate human condition

EAW contd. European Enlightenment- burst of intellectual energy Americans influenced-Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine Great Awakening- wave of religious enthusiasm, return to Puritan ways- John Edwards Puritans valued writing, Native Americans- oral traditions

EAW contd. Exploring the relationship between God and man Deep faith Insight into marriage, position of women Political radicals- Patrick Henry

EAW Writers Studied Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor Jonathan Edwards Patrick Henry Arthur Miller- The Crucible (written in 1950’s)

Romanticism ( )- ideas Louisiana Purchase Doubled country’s size Mexican-American War Expansionism  “Manifest Destiny” Industrial Revolution/Expansion of Slavery Shift in economy, travel, divisions within U.S.

Ideas Fireside Poets  Work is morally uplifting, focus on social reform Transcendentalism  Living a simple life, celebrating the truth found in nature, emotion, imagination, optimism, freedom, self-reliance

Writers Longfellow- Fireside Poet Emerson- Transcendentalist Thoreau- Transcendentalist Poe/Irving-Gothics (Anti-Transcendentalists)

Transition Period Romanticism to Realism- transition The Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation A Nation Divided Changes in the nation, changes in writing style

Writers Whitman Dickinson Irregular (organic) form- free verse

Regionalism and Naturalism Post-Civil War (Reconstruction) Transcontinental Railroad built Gilded Age- Division: “Haves and have nots” Laissez-Faire v. Progressivism- “Let it be” v. “Proactive” approach Regionalism- Preserving culture of a region Naturalism- Reflects harsh new reality

Writers Twain- Regionalism Harte- Regionalism Chopin-Naturalism (Women’s rights) Gilman- Naturalism (Women’s rights/mental health) London- Naturalism

Modernism Traditional values no longer as crucial Search for truths of life Effects of war and economic depression felt by many Experimentation with form- “organic” Knowledge is not absolute

Roaring Twenties- excess, 19 th amendment Great Depression- 1930’s Trends: Mass Production Mass Media

Major authors and their works T.S. Eliot James Joyce Ezra Pound Faulkner Hemingway Fitzgerald Woolf D.H. Laurence

Modern Poets- Experimenting with form H.D.- Hilda Dolittle Marianne Moore William Carlos Williams “This is just to say…”