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Senior Review/Study Guide Modern American Literature Please define the following vocabulary words: 1.) acrimonious 2.) d
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Senior Review/Study Guide Modern American Literature Please define the following vocabulary words: 1.) acrimonious 2.) dispassionate
3.) resuscitate
4.) abate
5.) fortuitous
6.) motley
7.) specious
8.) inculcate
9.) paragon
10.) extenuate
11.) annotation
12.) imperious
13.) sedentary
14.) corroborate
15.) palpable
16) sear
17.) incisive
18.) redundant
19.) implicit
20.) nonplussed
Please review the following concepts: (from Language workshop worksheets) Parallel Structure Conjunctions
Unit 1-Modernism •
Modernism was a movement occurring in the ________________ in literature, music, and other arts
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swept along by __________________with traditions that seemed to have become spiritually empty
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called for bold experimentation and a rejection of ________________l themes and styles
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The positive ideas and beliefs that people had about America before World War I can be summed up into three central ideas that we have come to call the _________________________.
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Idea #1-The admiration of America as a new ________________________: a land of beauty, bounty, and unlimited ____________________.
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Idea #2-______________________ justified by ever expanding opportunity and abundance
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Idea #3-Importance and ultimate triumph of the individual-the independent, self-reliant
person. •
Once __________________ occurred (1914-1918), the attitudes of Americans changed.
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WWI shook the people's ____________________ in their country, and made people question the ideals of the ______________________________.
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This led to doubt and ___________________________ among Americans. These feelings were reflected in the literature and art of the time.
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Other contributing factors to the Modernist Period were ____________________________ and ________________________________.
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The settling of what we now call America began in the ____________________________ area. As a consequence, much of American Literature had been focused in the _______________________ area.
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After World War I, the center of American literary life began to shift away from _____________________________. As a result of this, many Modernist writers were born in the South, West, or Midwest.
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Marxism-____________________ belief system led by Karl Marx which was in direct opposition to the American economic system of _____________________
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Psychoanalysis-explored the workings of the __________________________ mind
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Psychoanalysis studied the part of our minds of which we are not consciously aware. Freud felt that this unconscious part of our mind had _____________________ over our actions.
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People became nervous that this control by our unconscious mind left little room for ____________________________________.
Stream of Consciousness
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Did not focus on ______________________________.
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Attempted to record the moment to moment flow of perceptions and memories in a character's mind
Modernist Literary Hero •
The most important trait of this type of hero were:
1.) Disillusioned but still ________________________ and ________________________ 2.) Displays "grace under pressure"
Understanding the Historical Context •
In 1919, the Constitution was amended to prohibit the manufacture and sale of ____________________.
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At this time, _____________________ was singled out as a central social evil.
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The years following Prohibition became known as the Roaring Twenties, or the ________________________________.
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The illegal manufacture and/or sale of alcohol is called ___________________________.
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_____________________________ were young women who dressed and behaved unconventionally.
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The Roaring Twenties brought an increase in organized crime and the dangerous profession of the gangster.
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Some believed this was a consequence of the need to transport __________________________ illegally as a result of ____________________________.
Unit 2-Dreams vs. Reality "Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" by James Thurber "Winter Dreams" Please name three important events which take place in "Winter Dreams." 1.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3.) ___________________________________________________________________________
Please name an important theme in "Winter Dreams." __________________________________________________________________________
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"
Please name three important events which take place in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." 1.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3.) ___________________________________________________________________________
Please name an important theme in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty." __________________________________________________________________________
Unit 3-Heroes
"Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson "Miniver Cheevy" by Edwin Arlington Robinson "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemingway "Richard Cory" Please name three important events which take place in "Richard Cory." 1.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3.) ___________________________________________________________________________
Please name an important theme in "Richard Cory." __________________________________________________________________________ "Miniver Cheevy"
Please name three important events which take place in "Miniver Cheevy." 1.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3.) ___________________________________________________________________________
Please name an important theme in "Miniver Cheevy." __________________________________________________________________________
"Soldier's Home"
Please name three important events which take place in "Soldier's Home." 1.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2.) ___________________________________________________________________________
3.) ___________________________________________________________________________
Please name an important theme in "Soldier's Home." __________________________________________________________________________
Unit 4-The Role of the Past "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"
Please name three important events which take place in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall." 1.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3.) ___________________________________________________________________________
Please name an important theme in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall." __________________________________________________________________________
"A Rose for Emily"
Please name three important events which take place in "A Rose for Emily." 1.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 2.) ___________________________________________________________________________ 3.) ___________________________________________________________________________
Please name an important theme in "A Rose for Emily." __________________________________________________________________________
Unit 5-The Harlem Renaissance •
The Harlem Renaissance was a burst of creativity from Harlem, ___________________.
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Writers, painters, and musicians flourished.
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Their art reflected the struggle of African Americans to obtain the _________________ promised to all American citizens.
Contributing Factors •
In the early part of the 1900's, a large number of people, including African Americans, moved from the ___________________ to the ____________________. This was due to the fact that the agricultural economy of the South was having ______________________ difficulties, while the industrial economy of the North provided more opportunity. This was called _________________________________.
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A new African American middle class was brought about by new post Civil War ______________________ and ____________________ opportunities for African Americans.
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During the time preceding the Harlem Renaissance, a new political and social agenda (set of ideas) developed among African Americans.
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Due in part to increased education, African Americans began to develop new ideas and increased racial pride.
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The _______________________________ movement inspired African Americans to embrace their cultural heritage and to figuratively go back to their roots. It encouraged racial pride and encouraged African Americans to seek acceptance from others.
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The white literary establishment soon became fascinated with the writers of the Harlem Renaissance and began publishing them in larger numbers. But for the writers themselves, acceptance by the white world was less important, as Langston Hughes put it, than the "expression of our individual dark-skinned selves."
Declining Factors Please name three factors which caused the Harlem Renaissance to decline: 1.)
2.)
3.)
Please review your Harlem Renaissance poetry packet (it can be found on the Wikispace)
Unit 6-Death of a Salesman Please review your Death of a Salesman Test.