American Literary Periods

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  1. 4. Key elements are: Providence, Dominion, and Predestination
  2. 7. Closely related to realism, but more closely focused on nature and humans relationship with nature
  3. 9. An artistic and literary movement of the early to mid 19th century that attempted to intuitively discover the deepest "truths" of nature
  4. 10. A mid 19th century literary period that emphasizes imagination, inspiration, emotion, nature, and subjective experience. Used the sublime and the picturesque
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  1. 1. This period emphasizes reason and logical thinking, reemergence of classical philosophy. Uses Logos, Pathos, and Ethos
  2. 2. Spiritually connected to nature, believed in unity with nature, believed in deities, documents struggles
  3. 3. A movement closely related to realism, but defined by the growing sense regional identity in the United States. It often embraces local "color" and the local customs specific to a geographical region
  4. 5. Literary period that favors precision of imagery and use of clear, sharp language
  5. 6. An early 20th century movement in the arts, literature, philosophy, and religion that sought new forms of art to reflect the industrial world. Was heavily influenced by WWI
  6. 8. A literary movement that represents reality by portraying mundane, everyday experiences as they are in real life