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Literary Periods
Pre-settlement, puritanism, enlightenment, slave narratives, romanticism
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Literature
11th Grade
12/10/2009

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What did writers focus on during the Enlightenment ?
Definition
politics, gaining civil liberties and freedoms (freedoms from British Crown)
Term
This type of writing explores reason
and the role of man in life rather than the
role of God.
Definition
Enlightenment
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What are some characteristics of the Enlightenment Era?
Definition
Rational, or with reason, approach to the world, laws of nature, "God made the world but has no influence on human lives," Science and logic, goodness of man
Term
Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson
Definition
american
enlightenment writers
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