THE LITERARY TIME PERIODS

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THE LITERARY TIME PERIODS

• Tiffany Toteno

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COLONIAL

• Also know as Puritan
• Foundations of America to 1800s
• Writing styles plain style puritan writing style
• Famous authors Anne Bradstreet and Jonathan
  Edwards
• Book of the time Salem Witch Trials, A Narrative
  of the Captivity, The Crucible

Wood, Laura et al. Elements of Literature.
Austin Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, 2005.
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COLONIAL
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REVOLUTIONARY

• Also know as the Age of Reason
• Rationalists believed people could improve
  themselves by thinking in an ordered manner
• Used rationalism in writing and rhetorical
  questions
• Logos and pathos
• Form of allusion
• Famous authors Patrick Henry, Ben Franklin,
  Washington Irving, Thomas Paine
• Books The Autobiography, Poor Richard's Almanac,
  All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten

Wood, Laura et al. Elements of Literature.
Austin Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, 2005.
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REVOLUTIONARY
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ROMANTIC

• 1800s - 1860s
• Individualism was very important
• Formed the American Romantic Hero
• Bold and confident writings
• Started transcendentalism
• Feeling over reason and imagination over science
• Authors Emily Dickinson, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
  Ralph Emerson, Walt Whitman
• Books Nature, The Black Veil, Song of Myself,
  Leaves of Grass

Wood, Laura et al. Elements of Literature.
Austin Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, 2005.
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ROMANTIC
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REALISTIC

• From the start of the Civil War to 1914
• Writers started to accurately portray life
• Used local color, vernacular, humor, and
  naturalism in their writings
• Authors Fredrick Douglas, Stephen Crane, Jack
  London
• Books/Poems Narrative of the Life of Fredrick
  Douglas, War is kind, To Build A Fire, A Pair of
  Silk Stockings

Wood, Laura et al. Elements of Literature.
Austin Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, 2005.
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REALISTIC
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MODERN

• 1914- 1939
• People lost faith in the American Dream
• Started the Lost Generation
• Found new themes and styles
• Characters who behave honorably in a world
  without purpose
• Inspired by rhymes found in everyday speech
• Authors Ernest Hemmingway, John Steinbeck,
  William Faulkner, Robert Frost
• Books The Great Gatsby, Soldier's Home, A Rose
  for Emily

Wood, Laura et al. Elements of Literature.
Austin Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, 2005.
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MODERN
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POSTMODERN

• 1939 present
• Surrealism, existentialism, traditionalism
• Literature is open to multiple interpretations
• Writers are now better trained in writing skills
• Poetry emphasizes intellectual analysis
• Authors Alice Walker, Tennessee Williams, Arthur
  Miller, Kurt Vonnegut
• Books The Catcher in the Rye, Night

Wood, Laura et al. Elements of Literature.
Austin Holt, Rinehart and Wilson, 2005.
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POSTMODERN
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