American Literary Movements

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

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

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

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

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

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

JohnSteinbeck, Author of Of Mice and Men        

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

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

What is the definition of a literary movement?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What literary movement birthed the American Dream? 

The transcendentalism movement rejects materialism.  What is materialism?