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| philosophical rationalism |
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- rise of realism 1860's-1880's
- age of reason/augustan age/neo-classic age 1776-1820
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| writer's individual interpretation of experience |
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| rise of realism 1860's-1880's |
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| rise of realism 1860's-1880's |
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| frank, mature literary topics |
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| rise of realism 1860's-1880's |
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| rejection of transcendentalism |
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| rise of realism 1860's-1880's |
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| the literature of witness |
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| discovery of literature to 1620 |
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- discovery of literature to 1620
- puritan/colonial period 1620-1776
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| discovery of literature to 1620 |
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| rise of realism 1860's-1880's |
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| puritan/colonial period 1620-1776 |
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- puritan/colonial period 1620-1776
- age of reason/augustan age/neo-classic age 1776-1820
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- puritan/colonial period 1620-1776
- age of reason/augustan age/neo-classic age 1776-1820
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| rise of realism 1860's-1880's |
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| puritan/colonial period 1620-1776 |
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| age of reason/augustan age/neo-classic age 1776-1820 |
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| flowering of transcendentalism |
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| romantic revolt/romantic movement & transcendentalism 1820-1860 |
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| man as both political & utilitarian creature |
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| age of reason/augustan age/neo-classic age 1776-1820 |
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| romantic revolt/romantic movement & transcendentalism 1820-1860 |
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| idealistic, impressionistic concept of reality |
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| romantic revolt/romantic movement & transcendentalsim 1820-1860 |
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| romantic revolt/romantic movement & transcendentalism 1820-1860 |
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| 2 parts of the middle ground concept |
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- geographical movement
- economical movement
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| the belief that God is all living things |
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| Whitman's belief that the poet should speak for the masses; vocalize what the society as a whole os thinking & feeling. |
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| Whitman's view of the poet priest on society |
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- Whitman's belief that most ppl are good
- man wants to be spiritual & wants to move from "stuff to the spritual"
- man tries to transcend boundaries of space & time. Remembering but looking into the future (projecting ahead).
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| Whitman's sense of dualism |
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| existentialism v. naturalism |
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- existentialism emphasizes the individual's position as a self-determining agent responsible for their own choices.
- naturalism is the belief in making decisions based only on natural instincts.
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| A pard is someone you become very close with; soldiers fighting together have relationships like no other. Ex: Greeks |
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- american satire
- excellent use of dialect (local color/regionalism)
- new voice ex:southwestern humor (fresh, impudent, boisterous, rough & infantile)
- effective use of dark satire
- adept social commentary
- the "artless narrator" telling the truth like it is
- use of understatement
- use of subtleness
- use of ambivalence (doubt)
- use of irony
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| Characteristic's of Twain's writing |
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- frame narrator (Huck) because we see the story through his eyes
- local color/regionalism-Southwest Missouri & the Mississippi Valleyof the south
- stressing the common place or the sordid & brutal aspects of life: slavery, racism, child abuse, white trash, etc.
- frank, mature literary topics
- philosophical rationsalism
- this novel is autobiographical, Twain knows this topic.
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| Major literary characteristics of Huck Finn |
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- racism & slavery
- intellectual & moral education
- satire of a civilized society
- coming of age
- gender differences (Huck sees older women as a threat to his freeodm)
- "Pretendin" its a game
- class & society
- predatory nature of man
- man & animal
- physiognamy
- "fog or vastness" of life
- middle ground concept
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| major themes of Huck Finn |
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- Mississippi river represents refuge
- civilization away from the river
- color
- southern way of life "moonlight magnolias"
- southern cavalier
- honorable manhood
- the mob
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- Twain's definition of "white trash"
- Pap doesnt think blacks should be free or educated
- black & white relationships in the antebellum south
- the middle passage ("belly warmers")
- blacks were transported secretly
- sold down river (someone betrays you)
- blacks feared family separation
- nanny syndrome
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| Major motifs of Huck Finn |
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| the reader knows what is going on but the character doesn't see it |
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| conditions of characters who don't know the nature, seriousness or extent of their circumstances. |
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| character says one thing but means another |
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| -"America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography doubles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres." -saw himself as representative of all men-"the representative man" -stressed the inclusion of all men -his egoism -his sensualism (his sensitivity not; not sexual,textile,touch,sense) -stressed essential goodness of all men -admitted his sometimes contradictory nature -rejected the "school room poets" who manifested philosophical platitudes & metrical conventions -stressed realism in his treatment of subjects -displayed his ambivalent sexuality -the pathos of war -comrades in arms ("pards") -the debris of war |
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| Themes in Whitman's poetry |
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-unfriendliness of fate
-hopelesness of hope
-morbidity
-pessimism
-Bierce sees life as a cruel joke |
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| Themes of Bierce's short stories |
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