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CLEP American Literature

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1. Chicago School : Verses often concern ordinary - everyday people; realistic poems and dramatic emphasis attract a large audience. Wrote 'Chicago -' and a biography of Abraham Lincoln. Poems describe everyday Americans - have a positive tone - use sim






2. A pattern of stressed unstressed syllables that create a beat - as in music.






3. Friedrich Nitezche's belief in the 'will to power' as the primary force of society and the individual.






4. Credited with creating: the modern short story and the detective novel - and the entire genre of mystery. Wrote 'The Philosophy of Composition' - 'The Raven' - 'Tell-Tale Heart -' 'The Cask of Amontillado -' and 'The Gold Bug.' (The first detective






5. (Colonial Period) Began 'The History of New England' aboard the Arbella in 1630. Lead 2 -000 English emigrant to Massachusetts Bay. Made daily journal-style entries until his death. Intended it to be an account of his long governorship. Style is pla






6. Unrhymed poetry Captures natural rhythm of speech.






7. Well-known humorists.






8. A piece of literature intended to be performed in front of an audience.






9. 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






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






11. Unorthodox writers who hung around the bars and coffee houses of San Francisco's North Beach.






12. Ezra Pound and T.S Eliot






13. Chicago School - Wrote 'Lucinda Matlock' - Created 'Spoon River Anthology' - Spoon River poems are characterized by: An unpoetic - colloquial style - frank descriptions of sex - a very critical view of small town life - and a description of he inner






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






15. Won the Pulitzer and Nobel Prize - Works focused on the South - Wrote 'As I Lay Dying -' 'Sanctuary -' and 'The sound and the Fury.' Experimented with Stream of Consciousness writing. Considered the most innovative novelist of his time.






16. Typically referred to as the greatest American novelist (next to Mark Twain) of the second half of the 19th century. Main theme of his work was the innocence and exuberance of America compared to the corruption and wisdom of Europe. Wrote 'The Portra






17. The idea that there is something different - unique and special about Americans.






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






19. 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'






20. Wrote 'Daddy' and 'The Bell Jar' - Confessional Poet






21. A 14-line poem with a set rhythm and rhyme scheme.






22. First Black female poet to win a Pulitzer. Best known for her poems 'The Bean Eaters' and 'We Real Cool.'






23. First vice president and second president. Member of the First and Second Continental Congresses. Helped draft the Declaration of Independence. Husband of Abigail Adams.






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






25. Local Colorist Wrote 'The Awakening' Writing is memorable for its : Vivid and economical style - Rich Local Dialect - and Penetrating view of the culture of South Louisiana.






26. Wrote 'Portnoy's Complaint.' Work reflects the changing attitude of Jews living in post-World War II America.






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






28. (Colonial Period) One of the most brilliant of American thinkers. Theologian and philosopher; vigorous defender of Calvinistic orthodoxy at the end of the Puritan era. Influenced major nineteenth century writers such as Emerson - Hawthorne - Melville






29. A stanza.






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






31. Wrote 'Songs of Jamaica' - Poetry and 'Harlem Shadows' (first great literary achievement of the Harlem Renaissance. Much of his poetry evokes the rich heritage of Jamaica.






32. Characterized by: Ordinary Language - Free Verse - Concentrated Word Pictures - Very specific words and phrases - Advanced by Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell; also utilized by Robert Frost






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






34. Brief - musical poems that convey a speaker's feelings.






35. A story in poetic form. Has plot. characters and theme.






36. A philosophy pioneered by Ralph Waldo Emerson in the 1830's and 1840's - in which each person has direct communication with God and Nature - and there is no need for organized churches. It incorporated the ideas that mind goes beyond matter - intuiti






37. Autobiography is considered the one of the greatest ever written. Wrote Poor Richard's Alamanac






38. Anne Bradstreet - Michael Wigglesworth - Edward Taylor






39. Movement in the early part of the 20th Century where writers experimented with new themes such as fragmentation - stream of consciousness - and imagery.






40. Wrote 'Native Son -' and 'Black Boy' - First Black Best-Seller - Staunch Communist : Believed it was black America's best hope for equality.






41. A literary argument that aims to change public opinion rather than entertain.






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






43. People who are best adapted to survive are chosen through the process of natural selection.






44. A social and artistic movement of the 1950's stressing unrestrained literary self expression and nonconformity with the mainstream culture






45. Famous Poet and Novelist - 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'






46. Writings portray the lives of poor - oppressed black women in the early 1900s.






47. Wrote 'The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass.' Escaped slave that became one o f the most effective orators of his day - an influential newspaper writer - a militant abolitionist - and a famous diplomat.






48. 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.






49. (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






50. '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