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CLEP American Literature

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1. Wished to return to more primitive principles - to simplicity - sobriety - religious earnestness - and personal self-control. Aim was to purify church of England from 'Popery' - Persecuted harshly by Charles I and Archbishop of Canterbury William Lau






2. A stanza.






3. Pattern of five feet (groups of syllables) - each having one unstressed syllable and one stressed syllable.






4. American novelist - essayist - social critic - painter and spoken performer. Most of his works are autobiographical. Frequently experimented with drugs. He wrote the 'Naked Lunch' and the 'Cities of Red Night'






5. First Black woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature. Novel focus on black cultural identity in contemporary America. Wrote 'The Bluest Eye -' 'Tar Baby -' and 'Beloved'






6. Coined the term 'Beat Generation' - Wrote 'On the Road' - All of his books are Autobiographical






7. The repeated use of identical sounds.






8. Won the Nobel Prize - Novels concentrate on the turmoil of modern Jewish life.






9. Wrote 'The House of Mirth -' and 'The Age of Innocence' most famous for 'Ethan Frome' Noted use of indirection and allusion. First women to win a Pulitzer for 'The Age of Innocence' Main themes were upper-class life and the constraints it placed on b






10. An organization of the leading transcendentalists living around Boston. They were interested in new developments in theology - philosophy - and literature. Major writers: Ripley - Emerson - Alcott - Fuller - Hawthorne - Thoreau - Channing - Hedge - P






11. Stylistic Elements Parallel Structure: repeated used of phrases - clauses - or sentences that are similar in structure. Rhythm - Forceful and Direct Language






12. Wrote 'Howl -' ' Empty Mirror -' and 'Kaddish and Other Poems' - Poet






13. Use of medieval - wild - or mysterious elements in literature. Features gloomy settings and horrifying events. Edgar Allen Poe is regarded as the American Master of Gothic writing.






14. Involves a speaker who addresses an unseen audience. Usually takes place at a crucial moment in the speaker's life.






15. Confessional Poet - Won a Pulitzer for 'Live or Die'






16. (Colonial Period) 1. God is King and Ruler. 2. Our duty in this world is to see that God's will prevails.3. Man is depraved from birth. 4. Few will be saved. Damned are damned despite their best efforts. Belief in Covenant Theology : God's covenant w






17. A single sheet of paper printed on one or both sides. 'The Dying Redcoat'






18. A group of lines in a poem. - Lines of poems are grouped into _______s - just as sentences of prose are grouped into paragraphs.






19. Resisted materialism and chose a life of simplicity - close to nature. Walden is a guidebook for life - showing the reader how to live wisely in a world designed to make wise living impossible. 'On the Duty of Civil Disobedience' has become a primer






20. People who sang lyrics as they played string-like instruments.






21. A regular pattern of words that end with the same sound.






22. Produced a number of sketches - poems - and a one-act pay titled 'Cane.'






23. 'The Old Man and the Sea -' 'The Sun Also Rises -' 'A Farewell to Arms -' and 'For Whom the Bell Tolls.' Writing style emphasizes: Short sentences - brief paragraphs - active verbs - authenticity - compression - clarity - and immediacy. Produced some






24. Considered the greatest humorist of 19th century American Literature. Wrote 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' Master of 'Local Color' writing. Used vernacular - exaggeration and deadpan narrator to create humor.






25. Chicago School - Work bridges folk poetry and modernist poems. Used music and strong rhythm - Wrote 'The Congo'






26. (Colonial Period) Stands in direct opposition to the principles - personalities and literary styles of William Bradford and John Winthrop. Did not come to settle the land and establish God's Kingdom - but to trade beaver pelts and live pleasantly. Es






27. Unrhymed poetry Captures natural rhythm of speech.






28. The Bard of Harlem; most successful black writer in America during the Harlem Renaissance. Wanted to capture the dominant oral traditions of black culture in written form. Best known for his poetry: 'The Weary Blues -' 'Fields of Wonder -' and 'The D






29. Confessional Poet - Wrote 'Lord Weary's Castle' and 'In Life Studies'






30. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






31. Created the first American adventure story. First successful American novelist. 'Father of the American novel.' Very litigious - cranky and vain. Most famous for the 'Leatherstocking Tales': A series of five novels about the frontiersman - Natty Bump






32. Wrote 'The Invisible Man' - Considered a landmark achievement in American literature






33. Local Colorist Great Niece of Harriet Beecher Stowe. Wrote 'The Yellow Wallpaper'






34. The beat or rhythm of a poem - created by a pattern of stressed an unstressed syllables.






35. Writings interweave sexual and racial concerns; what it means to be black and homosexual in America in the 2nd half of the 20th Century.






36. Wrote 'since feeling is first -' 'somewhere i have never traveled - gladly beyond -' and 'The Enormous Room' - Experimented with : form - punctuation - spelling - typography - grammar - imagery - rhythm - and syntax.






37. Considered the voice of the Twenties. Wrote 'The Great Gatsby' - Heavy drinking problem.






38. The process of reading a poem to figure out it's meter.






39. New England local color writer - is known primarily for her two collections of stories. 'A Humble Romance' and 'A New England Nun'






40. Third US President Referred to as the 'Sage of Monticello'Drafted the Declaration of Independence.






41. Written by Cottonn Mather - to justify the execution of 19 women during the Salem Witch Trials.






42. Poetry that does not have a regular beat - rhyme or line length. Walt Whitman






43. Wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' - first American novel to sell a million copies. The most influential book of the 19th century. Credited with starting the Civil War. Most famous American woman of her day.






44. Produces ribald - exuberant - feminist poems - novels and essays. Most famous novel is 'Fear of Flying.'






45. Prose - Poetry - Drama






46. Literary movement of the 19th century that traced the effects of heredity and environment on people who ere helpless to change their situations. Also called Determinism for its belief in the effects of environment - heredity - and chance on human fat






47. A line or group of lines repeated at the end of a poem or song. Refrains reinforce the main point and create musical effects.






48. The belief that 'true' Americans were those of earlier Anglo-Saxon descent - and that this 'race' was under threat from the growing influx of Central European and Asian immigrants.






49. Ben Franklin paid his passage to America. First Pamphlet was Common Sense : credited with getting the colonists to see the 'advantage - necessity - and obligation' of breaking with Britain. Followed by a series of pamphlets - collectively called 'An






50. A type of literature win which words are selected and strung together for their beauty - sound - and power to express feelings.