american literature final

free verse

consist of lines of poetry that do not have a regular rhythm and do not rhyme

leaves of grass

masterpiece of walt whitman

where was walt whitman born

Long Island, NY

how long have the whitmans lived in long island

200 years

who did whitman send leaves of grass to

emerson

what war impacted whitman

civil war

what was whitman's sexual orientation

he was gay

what were the years for realism

1860s to 1930s

realism felt romanticism was...

too idealized, too neatly patterned, and too grandly tragic

Ironist

juxtapose human pretensions with the indifference of the universe

Regionalism

subcategory of realism that emphisized a specific geographic region and dialect

what years were naturalism

1893 to 1914

Naturalism

a theory in literature that emphisizes the role in environment upon characters

what did authors of realism focus on

the effects of heredity and environment, the outside forces on humanity

what did the writers of naturalism seek

explanation for human behaviors in natural science and were skeptical, atleast of organized religion and beliefs in human free will

Picaresque Novel

type of novel where the protagonist is often low class, lives by wits, syndical and amoral.

what language does picaresque stem from

spanish

first picaresque novel

lazarillo de tormes

characteristics of a picaresque novel

realistic, satyrical, first person, not a single coherent plot

who wrote huckleberry finn

Mark Twain

Who wrote "The Story of an Hour"?

Kate Chopin

Who wrote An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge?

Ambrose Bierce

Who wrote "To Build a Fire"?

Jack London

modern poetry

experimental poetry that takes the material of language as its subject or poetry that reworks the language.

dates of modern poetry

1890s to 1940s

what is modern poetry revolting against

romanticism

modern poets

Ezra Pound, T.S. Elliot, Wallace Stevens

what do modernist believe about god

no longer possible to believe in god after WWI. only art is left to preserve what is best in humanity