American Literary Movements

Question 1

A movement stressing imagination and purity of nature.People would feel bursts of inspiration.

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Romanticism

Question 2

Focusedon the inner self and being aware of one’s thoughts and feelings; stream-of-conscious

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Modernism

Question 3

What literary movement birthed the American Dream?

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Modernism

Question 4

Thismovement tried to tell the truth and harsh realities of howthe poor were often treated

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Realism

Question 5

. There are no heroes; main characters are often times“alienated individuals”

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Postmodernism

Question 6

What is the definition of a literary movement?

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atime where writers changed the way people thought/behaved

Question 7

This movement's authors sell their possessions, move to the woods,and live in simplicity.

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Transcendentalism

Question 8

The transcendentalism movement rejects materialism. What is materialism?

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A) thebelief that money will buy you happiness

Question 9

This is a movement of African-American literature, art andmusic during 1920 in New York City

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 10

JohnSteinbeck, Author of Of Mice and Men

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Realism

Question 11

Writers believed that theadvances of science and industry brought progress for humankind.

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Enlightenment

Question 12

Whilewritten in plain style, writing was about the authority of the Bible andchurch.

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Puritan

Question 13

Jonathan Edwards, Author of “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

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Puirtan

Question 14

These writers wrote about drugs, sex,and Zen Buddhism.

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Beat Generation

Question 15

Match each author with his literary movement:HenryDavid Thoreau, Author of Walden

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Transcendentalism

Question 16

Match each authorwith his/her literary movement: LangstonHughes, Poet

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Harlem Renaissance

Question 17

Themodernism movement uses stream-of-conscious writing. What is stream-of-conscious writing?

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writing all ideas in one’s head without stopping;no grammar

Question 18

Thepostmodern movement started satires and parodies. What are satires and parodies?

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satiresmake fun of people and events using sarcasm

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