American Literature post test 1 (midterm) – Flashcards
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What war is highlighted in the romantic era?
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civil war
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the romantic era is referred to as the ___________ of the neoclassical era.
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revealt
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what was the most influential era in the american history?
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romantic era
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the romantic era was considered the _________ era of american literature
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golden
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what were the themes of the romantic era?
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1. love for nature 2. mysteries 3. fanciful 4. adventurous
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what were the genres of the romantic era?
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1. poetry 2. short story 3. novel 4. essays
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what are the literary characteristics of the romantic era?
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1. appeal to emotion 2. nature 3. Transcendentalism 4. individual insight 5. subjective 6. obscure/indirect 7. personal truths
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literary characteristics of romantic era
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1. strange 2. spontaneous 3. original 4. deeply personal
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what were the literary groups of the romantic era?
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1. The knickerbockers 2. The fireside poets 3. The transcendental optimists 4. The transcendental pessimists
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The knickerbockers
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Irving Cooper Bryant (purely unique american literature)
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The fireside poet
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Longfellow
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The transcendental optimists
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Emerson Thoreau Whitman
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The transcendental pessimists
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Hawthorne Melville Poe (more biblical)
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who was the first knickerbocker?
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washington irving
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what was the first american author to become famous internationally?
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irving
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who is considered to be the first american short story author?
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irving
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what was irving's most popular work?
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rip van winkle
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what is the theme of rip van winkle?
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the contrast between the old american prewar for independence society and the postwar politically conscious society
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Who was the first great poet of nature?
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william cullen bryant
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at what age did bryant start writing?
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9
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how old was bryant when he wrote thanatopsis?
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17
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what kind of scheme does thanatopsis have?
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blank verse
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what is the tone of thanatopsis?
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gladness, comfort and serenity in the face of death
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what is the conclusion to thanatopsis?
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live life to the fullest
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what two things are compared in " to a waterfowl"?
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the waterfowl's solitary flight to man's walk through life
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what are the two things bryant uses in the work?
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a fowler and a power
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what two things are compared in "the fringed gentian"
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life and approaching death/ a flower approaching winter
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who was the greater of frontier and sea novels?
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James Fennimore cooper
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who was the famous character created by james fennimore copper?
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natty bumppo
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who was america's first successful novelist?
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Fennimore Cooper
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what was natty bumppo known and loved for?
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his integrity and cool courage
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what kind of work is "the pioneers"?
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a historical romance
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who is the hero of the pioneers?
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leather stocking
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what is the plot of the pioneers?
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improbable adventure
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what is the moral of the pioneers?
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stewardship
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what is transcendentalism known as?
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the recurring failure
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who was the founder of transcendentalism?
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ralph waldo emerson
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what is the basic premise of transcendentalism?
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trust yourself
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basic tenants of transcendentalism
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1. god sin all of nature 2. man has a spark of divinity 3. man must rely on himself 4. man intuitively knows truth 5. man should commune with nature
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who followed transcendentalism the most?
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henry david thoreau
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what are the basic problems of transcendentalism?
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promotes selfishness, ignores biblical truths
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What do we see in the work "nature"
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it describes nature as if it were god it establishes the major beliefs of
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what concept is eliminated in "self reliance"?
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absolutes
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what does "concord hymn" commemorate?
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the first shots fired in the revolutionary war
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what is the theme of "the rhodora"?
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beauty exists, whether it can be seen and appreciated or not
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who is known as the american tennyson?
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henry longfellow
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who is called a sweet and beautiful soul by emerson?
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longfellow
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what do we get from the arrow and the song?
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it shows the far reaching consequences of our actions
