American Literary Periods
American Literary Periods
American Literary Periods
Modernism: 1900-1946
American
Puritans: 1650 - 1750 Renaissance/Romanticism: 1800
1855
Postmodernism: 1946 - present
Gothic: 1800-1850
Harlem Renaissance:
Realism: 1855-1900 1920s
Content: Genre/Style: Effect: Historical Context: Authors:
identity politics narratives: both fiction and Not yet known people beginning a
people learning to cope with problems nonfiction new century and a
through communication anti-heroes new millennium
people's sense of identity is shaped by concern with connections media culture
cultural and gender attitudes between people interprets values
emergence of ethnic writers and emotion-provoking
women writers humorous irony
storytelling emphasized
autobiographical essays
Major Work: