Examples of early Native American literature include

"The Sky Tree" and "Coyote Finishes His Work"

The model for Puritan writing was the

Bible which Puritans saw as connecting to their own lives

The most common forms of expression in Puritan society were

diaries and histories describing the workings of God

Puritans embraced the idea that every worshipper should experience God directly through

faith, prayer, and study of the Bible

Examples of slave narratives include works by

Olaudah Equiano, Frederick Douglass

Examples of Rationalist writers include

Benjamin Franklin and Patrick Henry

In many respects, the American character has been shaped by the

moral, ethical, and religious convictions of the Puritans

Early native Americans organized life around

cycles of nature - not past, future, and progress

Writings from the Age of Reason

contributed in part to the American Revolution

Rationalists believed that human history is marked by

progress toward a more perfect existence

To early native Americans, the land was

sacred, and no one could own it

An important part of the oral tradition of each early native American culture was its

myths which explained why the world is the way it is

Rationalists believed that the world operates according to

God's rules & through reason we can discover those rules

Romantic writing contemplates

nature's beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development

Examples of Romantic authors include

Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Examples of Puritan authors include

Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet

Romantic writing champions

individual freedom and the worth of the individual

Romantic writing finds beauty and truth in

exotic locales...and the inner world of the imagination

In early Native American cultures, traditions passed

verbally - through folktales, fables, and sacred stories

The Romantic movement saw

poetry as the highest expression of the imagination

Romantic writers prefer

youthful innocence to educated sophistication

Romantic writing looks

backward to the wisdom of the past and distrusts progress

Romantic writers shun

the artificiality of civilization and seek unspoiled nature

plain style that stressed clarity of expression, plain style that avoided complicated figures of speech

In the wake of the Industrial Revolution, w/ its squalid cities and wretched working conditions

people had come to realize the limits of reason

Rationalism is the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason rather than

authority of the past, religious faith, intuition

Rationalists believed that God

created the universe but does not interfere in its workings

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1
Examples of early Native American literature include
"The Day the Earth Stood Still" and "Planet of the Apes"
"The Sky Tree" and "Coyote Finishes His Work"
"The Fast and the Furious" and "2 Fast 2 Furious"
"Dances with Wolves" and "Stands with a Fist"
2
The model for Puritan writing was the
Bible which Puritans saw as connecting to historical events
Bible which Puritans saw as connecting to their own lives
Magna Carta which Puritans saw as perfect
Rosetta Stone which Puritans used for translations
3
The most common forms of expression in Puritan society were
comic books describing the superiority of Batman to Superman
poems and hymns describing their devotion to God
comic books describing the superiority of Superman to Batman
diaries and histories describing the workings of God
4
Puritans embraced the idea that every worshipper should experience God directly through
penance, prayer, and sacrifice
mystical visions, prayer, and dramatic conversion
grace, prayer, and the rosary
faith, prayer, and study of the Bible
5
Examples of slave narratives include works by
James Duncan Halpert
Kontiki Gondoto
Olaudah Equiano
Frederick Douglass
6
Examples of Rationalist writers include
Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville
Benjamin Franklin and Patrick Henry
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
7
In many respects, the American character has been shaped by the
intellectual musings of Spongebob and Squidward
questionable character of circus clowns
greatest hits of the disco era
moral, ethical, and religious convictions of the Puritans
8
Early native Americans organized life around
medicinal ceremonies - not currency
the past, the future, and progress - not cycles of nature
sacrifice - not selfishness
cycles of nature - not past, future, and progress
9
Writings from the Age of Reason
contributed in part to the violence against natives
contributed in part to the American Revolution
contributed in part to the rise of immigration
contributed in part to the decline of civilization
10
Romantic literature found inspiration in
myth, legend, and folk culture
mathematics, legend, and legal briefs
11
Rationalists believed that human history is marked by
progress toward a more perfect existence
evolution toward a more multicultural society
a steady decline toward a more godless society
progress toward a less perfect existence
12
Rationalists believed that people are basically
animalistic and soulless
flawed and sinful
both good and evil
good and perfectible
13
To early native Americans, the land was
something that humans stole from the gods, and owned by men
disposable, and abuse of it was justified
terrifying, and it needed to be tamed by brave warriors
sacred, and no one could own it
14
An important part of the oral tradition of each early native American culture was its
myths which explained why the world is the way it is
whistling which explained the cultural importance of birds
interpretive dances which explained nature's forces
written stories which explained the value of writing
15
Rationalists believed that the world operates according to
man's rules & through reason we can discover those rules
nature's rules & through reason we can discover those rules
no rules & through reason we can create order out of chaos
God's rules & through reason we can discover those rules
16
Romantic writing contemplates
urban development as a path to spiritual development
nature's beauty as a path to spiritual and moral development
17
Examples of Romantic authors include
Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson
Washington Irving and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Edgar Allan Poe and Herman Melville
18
Examples of Puritan authors include
Benjamin Franklin and Washington Irving
Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet
Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry
19
Romantic writing champions
individual freedom and the worth of the individual
the power of society and the worth of community
20
Romantic writing finds beauty and truth in
urban development...and the marvels of engineering
exotic locales...and the inner world of the imagination
21
In early Native American cultures, traditions passed
through song - through elders teaching young apprentices
through dance - through elders teaching young apprentices
in written form - through text and emails
verbally - through folktales, fables, and sacred stories
22
Romanticism developed in part as a
reaction against America
reaction against Transcendentalism
reaction against the Renaissance
reaction against Rationalism
23
The Romantic movement saw
calculus as the highest expression of the art of mathematics
poetry as the highest expression of the imagination
24
Romantic writers prefer
educated sophistication to youthful innocence
youthful innocence to educated sophistication
25
Romantic writing looks
forward to sophisticated progress and distrusts the past
backward to the wisdom of the past and distrusts progress
26
Romantic writers shun
unspoiled nature and seek the artificiality of civilization
the artificiality of civilization and seek unspoiled nature
27
Puritans favored a
plain style that stressed clarity of expression
complicated style that stressed complicated speech
complicated style that inadvertently obscured expression
plain style that avoided complicated figures of speech
28
In the wake of the Industrial Revolution, w/ its squalid cities and wretched working conditions
people had come to realize the limits of reason
people had come to realize the limits of revolution
people had come to realize the limits of prayer
people had come to realize the limits of faith
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Rationalism is the belief that human beings can arrive at truth by using reason rather than
classic rock, electronica, smooth jazz
authority of the past, religious faith, intuition
dreams, dream interpretation, dream journals
drawing, painting, sculpture
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Rationalists believed that God
forgives us but does not forget our failings
created the universe and continues to control it and us
loves us but does not love us too much
created the universe but does not interfere in its workings

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