2. Movements of American Literature A study of the history of reading and writing. Ms. Shellenberger

3. Objectives… Students will study and understand the importance of the different literary trends and how each style affects modern day literature. Students will gain a historical perspective of America through literature. Students will use this information to analyze, understand, and critique textual characteristics.

4. The Beginnings to 1760 1. ______________ 1. Freedom of ____________ 2. Ideas that influenced writing a. __________________ b. __________________ c. __________________ 3. Ended? a. Focus changed to _______________________ ________________________________________ b. Freedom from _________________________ Anne Bradstreet Jonathan Edwards

5. 1760-1800 2. _______________________  ________________  Independence from _________________  Self management  ________________  Ethics  ________________  Moderation  ________________ Benjamin Franklin

6. The ___________________occurred during the Age of Reason Fought with…Until… ______ The Constitution-1776 ______ Growth of _____& ______ Feelings & ideas ______

7. 1800-1830 3. _______________ & _____________________ ______________ Supernatural ______________ ____________ Nature Legend __________ Nathaniel HawthorneEdgar Alan Poe Walt Whitman

8. Unsatisfied with __________ Optimism for the __________ New ____________________ God, people, nature, & society ____________ Why?

9. Romanticism & American Renaissance A. ________________B. ______________________

10. A. Transcendentalism ____________ Movement Religion, __________, & literary theory Truths of universe are not found from ___________ Self-knowledge ___________ above senses and learning Intuition is the ________ ___________________ Unity with __________- __________universal soul Reverence for _________ Increased human understanding & _______ _____________________ Ralph Waldo Emerson Henry David Thoreau

11. B. Anti-Transcendentalism ___________________ to transcendentalism Humans are essentially ____________________ Full of ___________________ Nathaniel Hawthorne Frederick Douglas Harriet Beecher Stowe

12. The Gilded Age or Realism 1861-1890 Lost confidence of _______________in Civil War Realization of human _______________ Expansion of commerce and industry ________________!

13. A widening gap between rich and poor creates classism and… 1. _____________ 2. _____________ 3. _____________ West- _________________and expedition North- _____________, irony, & esp. _______________ South- art, poetry, _______________, & folklore

14. Writing Trends… Factual _______________ Life and society ________________- Writing that shows different regions 1.____________ 2.Dialect 3.____________ 4.Characters 5.____________

15. Age of Science 1890-1914 New _____________ideas ____________ novels ________________ Heredity + Environment= ________________

16. Modernism 1914-Present ____________ tension ____________ unrest Many perspectives _________________

17. Experimentation Doom of _________ Unconventional _______________ subjects _______________ Unique Bright ____________ Unique ___________ Recognition of ______ people, everywhere Freedom in writing is a reflection of __________________

18. ________________________? What are some of the current trends in literature? Will there be another trend or movement? NOT THE END…