American Literary Movements

________ is the literary movement that celebrates African American art, literature, and culture.

• The Modern Movement

• The Houston Rebirth

• The Harlem Renaissance

• Realism

Which American movement's main literature consisted of creation myths?

• Puritans

• Native Americans

• Modernism

• Enlightenment

The ________ opposed fiction because it was fake and full of lies.

• Enlightenment Period

• Modernists

• Native Americans

• Puritans

The Salem Witch Trials took place during this literary movement.

• Puritans/English Settlers

• Realism

• Transcendentalism

• Enlightenment

____________ is a system of philosophy emphasizing the intuitive and spiritual above the empirical and material

• Romanticism

• Industrialism

• Transcendental Club

• Transcendentalism

Poe is looked upon as one of the great writers of the 1800's. What is this time called for America?

• Transcendentalism

• Romanticism

• Neo-Classicalism

Which of the following inferences about the Civil War is best?

• After the difficulty of the Civil War, escapist, non-realistic fiction became more popular and widespread.

• Because many social justice problems plagued the nation after the Civil War, most Americans preferred to read investigative journalism pieces instead of fiction.

• After the difficulty of the Civil War, most Americans preferred fiction with realistic settings, but unrealistically optimistic endings.

• After the difficulty of the Civil War, most Americans were disillusioned with previous literary movements and preferred Realism because it reflected their problems.

A literary battle raged between realists and what movement from right before?

• rationalists

• naturalists

• puritans

• romantics

___________ is a literary movement (that branched from Realism) in which writers strove for detailed realistic and factual description and had a focus on the circumstances of middle- and working-class urban life

• Reconstruction

• Naturalism

• Realism

• Regionalism

Which literary genre emerged as a response to the rapid changes in society during the early 20th century?

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Postmodernism

• Modernism