-refers to a classification of literature
- used to refer to a group of literary works that are considered the most important of a particular time period or place
- may be composed of works from a particular country, works written within a specific set of years, or even a collection of works that...
-refers to a classification of literature
- used to refer to a group of literary works that are considered the most important of a
particular time period or place
- may be composed of works from a particular country, works written within a specific
set of years, or even a collection of works that were all written during a certain time
period and within a certain region correct answers loose canon
- French term
- Type or category, particularly of literature, music, film, etc correct answers genre
examples of literary genres? correct answers short story
poetry
romance
science fiction
drama
creative nonfiction
- means "text of origin"
- considered the source from which a culture or nation's literature originates correct
answers Ur-texts
examples of ur-texts? correct answers - ancient greece
- ancient rome
- ancient mesopotamia
- england
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule.
"no one escapes" correct answers satire
started in the mid-1800s when women demanded the right to vote. Women's fight for
rights correct answers First Wave Feminism
Railroad connecting the west and east coasts of the continental US that made it easier
of traveling. correct answers transcontinental railroad
Sensory deprivation what we believe is true or not.
He specialized in women's disorders. correct answers The rest cure and Dr. S Weir
Mitchell
_____ were heavily used since novels were too expensive. correct answers magazines
, a 1896 Supreme Court decision which legalized state ordered segregation so long as
the facilities for blacks and whites were equal. A doctrine that came to be known as
"separate but equal" correct answers Plessy v Ferguson
a collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific
method. correct answers pseudoscience
the movement to end slavery correct answers abolition
the right for women to vote correct answers Women's suffrage
abstinence from alcohol correct answers Temperance
Women of different diversity come together to form a declaration of Rights and
sentiments. Was considered the first women rights convention.(own property, right to
vote, equal education) correct answers Seneca Falls Convention
A literary movement that suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment
shaped human behavior. correct answers american literary naturalism
Is a hierarchical structure of all matter and life, thought by medieval Christianity to have
been decreed by God. The chain begins with God and descends through angels,
humans, animals, and plants, to minerals. (Nonbeing-God Angels) ( Being- demons,
man, woman, animals, plants, minerals.) correct answers the great chain of being
He was highly involved with animals and how they are equal to people. "Nature red in
tooth and claw" correct answers Charles Darwin and "On the Origin Of Species"
Example of "Plot of decline" or "process of inevitable decline" correct answers Jack
London "To Build A Fire"
what movement began as a reaction to and rejection to romanticism (which emphasized
emotion, imagination, and the individual)? correct answers American Realism
what was American Realism centered in? correct answers Fiction
what are common themes and elements in realism? correct answers - pragmatism
- emphasis on "real life"
- characters are ordinary people
- use of vernacular
- Social criticism—effect on audience is key; often satirical
- Presents indigenous American life
- Importance of place—regionalism, "local color"
- View of life through a social science lens
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