Timeline of american Literature
Native american and Pre-colonial
Native Americal and Pre-colonial
(BC- 1600s)
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Generational
During the Native Americal and Pre-colonial period, many storys, myths, and legends were passed down orally from one generation to the next.
Puritanism and Colonial Period
Puritanism and Colonialism (1600-1700)
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Religious
Much of puritan litterature was focused on God and how he percived people.
The Enlightenment (1700s-1800s)
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Philisophical
The litterature of the Enlightenment reflected the ideas and philosophies that the well-educated were thinking of during this time.
Romanticism (1800s-1870)
Emotional
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Romanticism challenged the realistic norms of the Enlightenment. Writers portrayed the thoughts, emotions, and common experiences of everyday people.
Transcendentalism
(1840-1860)
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Individual
Transcendentalist litterature was based around the influence of nature on the indidivual person.
Gothic lit.
(1830-1860)
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Deathy
Gothic litterarature was charachterised by horror storys with a dark and moody vibe.
Realism (1870-1910)
Slice-of-life
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Realism focused on depicting the possibities of the everday lives of ordinary people
Modernism (1910-1945)
New
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Modernism focused on how the "American ideal" could go wrong. This genre was new and unexpected at the time because many peple thought very highly of America.
The Lost Generation (1920s)
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Ignorance
The Lost Generation wrote about how people are ignorant and refusing to acknolege the bad things that are going on.
Harlem Renaissance (1920s)
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Cultural
In the Harlem Renaissance, black people from the Great Migration were finally allowed in more artistic parts of white society, which allowed black people to write and sing about their previously ignored experiences.
Postmodernism (1945-Present)
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Explorative
In Postmodernism, writers branch out and create less formatted writings that dont tend to stick to any genre or theme in particular.
Native american and Pre-colonial
Native Americal and Pre-colonial
Puritanism and Colonial Period