Shared Flashcard Set

Details

time periods
a
65
English
11th Grade
04/22/2010

Additional English Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term

Moderns

 

Definition
Steinbeck and Fitzgerald
Term
Transcendentalism
Definition
"Things do not change; we change" Thoreau
Term
Revolutionary
Definition
"...we hold these truths to be self-evident..."
Term
Transcendentalism or Revolutionary
Definition
belief that people are basically good
Term
Oral Tradition
Definition
repetition
Term
Puritanism
Definition
belief in original sin
Term
Romanticism
Definition
settings are long ago and far away
Term
Revolutionary or Transcendentalism
Definition
emphasis on the goodness of man
Term
Naturalism
Definition
Dialogue in dialects
Term
Naturalism
Definition
frankness in detail
Term
Oral Tradition
Definition
Gilgamesh and Aesop's Fables
Term
Romanticism
Definition
Interest in folk language, art, and music
Term
Rationalism
Definition
practical thinkers
Term
Revolutionary
Definition
"Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."
Term
Moderns
Definition
rejection of traditional themes
Term
Realism
Definition
Kate Chopin and Mark Twain
Term
Naturalism
Definition
description and documentation
Term
Realism
Definition
belief that man is selfish
Term
Puritanism
Definition
reference to everyday, ordinary objects
Term
Romanticism
Definition
"the Devil and Tom Walker"
Term
Naturalism or Realism
Definition
pessimism
Term
Transcendentalims or Rationalism or Romanticism
Definition
optimism
Term
Naturalism
Definition
determined
Term
Transcendentalism
Definition
co-exist with Romanticism
Term
Puritanism
Definition
preoccupation with sin and salvation
Term
Rationalism
Definition
satire
Term
Revolutionary
Definition
co-existed with Rationalism
Term
Realism
Definition
cause and effect
Term
Transendentalism
Definition
"to be great is to be misunderstood"
Term
Oral Tradition
Definition
song chants to a regular beat
Term
Naturalism
Definition
Stephen Crane and Jack London
Term
Moderns
Definition
America is the new "Eden"
Term
Rationalism
Definition
reason prevails
Term
Puritanism
Definition
Belief in Satan and witches as real evil
Term
Romanticism
Definition
Emphasis on the strength of man
Term
Rationalism
Definition
interested in scientific research
Term
Realism
Definition
conflict between man's desires and instincts
Term
Moderns
Definition
interest in inner-workings of the mind
Term
Transendentalism
Definition
Emerson and Thoreau
Term
Oral Tradition
Definition
lessons about values and ideals of culture
Term
Puritanism
Definition
plain style of writing
Term
Revolutionary
Definition
focused on politics and nature of government
Term
Realism
Definition
formal, ornate language
Term
Naturalism
Definition
amoral attitude of author
Term
Realism
Definition
settings are here and now
Term
Transendentalism
Definition
belief in an over-soul
Term
Rationalism
Definition
based their works on Plato and Socrates
Term
Puritanism
Definition
"sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Term
Revolutionary
Definition
popular during the enlightment
Term
Romanticism
Definition
"Thanatopsis" and "The chambered Nautilus"
Term
Oral Tradition
Definition
parallel structure
Term
Transendentalism
Definition
see nature as a divine entity
Term
Realism
Definition
emphasis on the struggle of man
Term
Naturalism
Definition
survival of the fittest (Darwinism)
Term
Transendentalism
Definition
focus on the human spirit
Term
Oral Tradition
Definition
archetypes
Term
Naturalism
Definition
animalistic and neurotic characters
Term
Realism
Definition
local color
Term
Transcendentalism
Definition
truth is reached through intuition
Term
Romantiscism
Definition
emphasis on nature
Term
Puritanism
Definition
strong belief in education
Term
Romanticism
Definition
emphasis on personal feelings and emotions
Term
Puritanism
Definition
serious self-evaluation
Term
Romanticism
Definition
interest in the mysterious and supernatural
Term
spiritual valued over the material
Definition
Puritanism
Supporting users have an ad free experience!