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10th Grade
01/22/2008

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early explorers and colonists years
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1400-1600
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early writers years
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Pre-1600-1750
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john smith
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early explorer and colonists
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puritans
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1600-1750
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gov. william bradford
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puritan
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valued hard work, self-sacrifice, family life, community service, art, literature
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puritans
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honored material success (reward of a virtuous life)
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puritans
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salem witch hunts years
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march to september 1692
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focus of lit: creation myths, heroes/trickster, ritual songs/charms
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native americans
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beliefs: human relationship w/ animals, nature, heavenly bodies, the elements
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native americans
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purpose of lit: entertainment, teaching tribal mores, reinforce traditions
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native americans
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motivation: fame/adventure, money (wealth)
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early explorers and colonists
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focus of lit: history, autobiography, biography, religious sermons, poetry, daily events
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puritans
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established printing press, free public grammar schools, college (Harvard)
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puritans
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anne bradstreet
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puritan
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johnathan edwards
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puritan
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focus of lit: non-fiction, narratives, essays, daily log, history
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early explorers and colonists
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age of reason years
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1750-1800
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"enlightenment era"
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age of reason
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believed in reason over faith
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age of reason
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viewed people as good and focused on society
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age of reason
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science + reasoning = perfect world
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focus of lit: speeches, panflits, essays, biography, more practical
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age of reason
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thomas paine
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age of reason
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thomas jefferson
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age of reason
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romantisism years
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1800-1855
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native americans years
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Pre-1600
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categories of romatisism
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brooding romantics, transcedentalists, fireside poets
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focused on emotion over reasoning, individual over society, uniqueness, nature, optimism
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general romantisism
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knickerbockers
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romantics
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edgar allen poe
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brooding romantic
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focus: man's capacity for evil while dark and pessimistic
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brooding romantics
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nathaniel hawthorne
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brooding romantic
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henry wadsworth longfellow
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fireside poet
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james russell lowell
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fireside poet
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oliver wendall holmes
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fireside poet
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def. short story
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1-able to read in one sittingg
2-everything leads to single effect
3-details aren't trivial
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setting: gloomy, dark, strange
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gothic literature
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events: mysterious, violent, supernatural
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gothic literature
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effect: terror, suspense
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gothic literature
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morally uplifting, romantically engrossingg, humorous, not overly difficult, optimistic
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fireside poetry
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john greenleaf whittier
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fireside poet
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transcedentalism years
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1830's in new england
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ralph waldo emerson
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transcedentalist
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henry david thoreau
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transedentalist
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belief: maintained an awarness of reality, or a sense of truth, is reached through intuition rather than through reason or logic
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transcedentalism
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upheld the goodneess of humanity, the glories of nature, and the importance of free individual expression
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transcedentalism
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individuals should act according to innermost personal beliefs rather than follow the dictates of society; integrity of individual: inherently good, capable of making rational decisions
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transcedentalists
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belief: intuition - existance of our soul (the inner lights)
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transcedentalism
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found a spirit in nature and believed that all individuals should experience it
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transcedentalism
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clashed with puritan beliefs
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transcedentalism
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denied rationalism
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transcedentalism
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believed in the over soul
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transcedentalists
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had qualities that went under attack
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transcedentalism
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realistic period years
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1855-1900
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the truthful treatment of material, looking at life with objectivity
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realism
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shaped by migration west, civil war
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realism
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emile zola
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realistic
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gustar flaubert
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realistic
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local color writers
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realistic
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mccarthy era year
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1953
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