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American Unseen revision - Coggle Diagram
American Unseen revision
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Essay structure
By either THEME, LANGUAGE or CHRONOLOGICAL
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Time Periods
Generally, nineteenth century passages may feature the build-up of wealth on the Eastern seaboard, often introducing social concerns that mirror those of Europe.
A date early in the twentieth century may foreground the rise of realism and or the work of the first significant generation of writers from Continental Europe (eg Dreiser and Cather).
The twenties may feature angst at the legacy of the First World War and/or hedonistic lifestyles during the economic boom.
The thirties are likely to mirror economic depression.
The literature of the South is likely to revisit the Civil War and possibly the legacy of slavery
Pre-1900s
1776 - American Declaration of Independence
individual freedom and equality.
concerned with these idealised concepts, and how they are
achieved (or not) in reality
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Pre-1880 - The Frontier
The idea of moving West to make your fortune from the land was one that had developed way before the beginning of our time period.
1880 Literary Trends
Romanticism stories were often about an individual who
was tested by circumstances, then overcame them
Naturalism - later in 19th century and 20th century - exploring how our genetic makeup and physical surroundings drive human behaviour causing people to act in a certain way
European concerns - depicted middle and upper classes, manners and social ettique, concerned with the place of women
1917-1929
ww1 - not neutral anymore
capitalism, jazz age, post war, prohibition, roaring 20s, atheism
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1929-1940 - Dust Bowl
period of bad storms which devastated the formly prosperous prarie land, ruining crops and livelihoods
The Great Depression- economic recession, out of work
migration away from the Great Plains for work
1929-1940 Literature of Recession
concerned about effects of Great Depression on peoples lives
greater intrest in invisible or marganilised lives, damaged lives
racial inequality
Romanticism books
The Prairie - James Fenimore Cooper - influences Cather and Steinbeck. Romanticises the landscape around you; individualism - making yourself through the land
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Mark Twain - Huckleberry Finn criticises romanticism in the south. Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn and the Judge - actions criticise romanticism as they are revealed as naive
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