Duplicate of Time Periods of American Literature

Question 1

Rejected extravagant language and used simple diction that showed class distinctions

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Realism

Question 2

Experimented with bold new styles and forms of writing, reflecting the fragmentation of society

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Modernism

Question 3

Focused on the human mind and how it worked

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Modernism

Question 4

Attempts to depict life accurately, using real life situations, without idealizing it.

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Realism

Question 5

These writings expressed creativity by allowing words to take on many meanings

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Contemporary

Question 6

Writers described the workings of God

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Puritanism

Question 7

These writers also disliked city life and idealized rural life and the wilderness

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Romanticism

Question 8

There was great representation of diverse cultures in American writing

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Contemporary

Question 9

Rejected traditional themes, subjects, and forms

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Modernism

Question 10

Emphasized the importance of the individual as opposed to the group.

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Romanticism

Question 11

Believed that poetry was superior to science

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Romanticism

Question 12

Authors sometimes used the past boldly

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Contemporary

Question 13

Experienced a loss of faith in the American dream

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Modernism

Question 14

Conviction that intuition, imagination, and emotion are superior to reason

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Romanticism

Question 15

They admired clarity of expression and avoided complex figures of speech

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Puritanism

Question 16

Bible provided a model for writing

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Puritanism

Question 17

Expressed creativity through combining fiction and non-fiction

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Contemporary

Question 18

Looked for the relationship between biblical events and things in their own lives

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Puritanism

Question 19

Concentrated on contemporary life and on middle- and lower-class lives in particular

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Realism

Question 20

Literature not only became very personal, but it also opened up the cultural sphere

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Contemporary

Question 21

They rejected the idea of an ideal hero, but accepted flawed heroes

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Modernism

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