PPT-Literary Movements in American Literature

Or how we ended up with all these pieces of literature we have to study in school Overview There are many different literary movements and not everyone agrees on what qualifies things to be a movement. Dr. Maier. Aristotle: . Poetics. First significant work of literary criticism . Authored in 335 B.C. . Pity and Fear (Eleos and Phobos) . Catharsis. Mimesis. A Multiplicity of Approaches. Literary critics are almost never unified in their interpretation of a novel or any literary work. Why do you suppose this is the case? What factors make it virtually impossible for critics to come to a consensus regarding the meaning of a literary work? . Life and Works . February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968. John Steinbeck. Born in Salinas, California.. He used this setting for many of his stories. . One of the best known and most widely read American writers of the 20. By David Johnson. Chapter 5 . The Politics of English : Conflict, Competition, Co-existence. Introduction. In Chapter 4, the concept of the English language as a global industry introduced English-language publications as significant in the spread of English. . Middle English 1066-1500. transitional period between Anglo-Saxon and modern . English. cultural . upheaval that followed the Norman Conquest of England, in . 1066. secular literature:. ballads,. chivalric romance. the Age of Reason . (1750-1800). The literary implications of the American Revolution. . Military victory and . p. olitical independence from Britain spanned nationalistic hopes for a great . national. Cultural . Liberation. Literature and the arts:. Most of earlier genteel writers had died by 1920s. New Yorker Edith Wharton and Virginia-born Willa Cather continued to be popular. Now new modernists becoming popular (see Thinking Globally section). By. 1. Dr. P. S. . Sontakke. . ( M.A., . M.Phil.. , Ph.D. ). Asst. Prof. of English. Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Karad, . Dist. . Satara. (Maharashtra). . . www.paragsontakke.com . Email-paragsontakke75@gmail.com. 2011. This is graded as the Semester . Project. Failure to do this project will have . a serious . adverse effect on the final grade in this class.. Assignment Due Date. Monday December . 17, . and. Tuesday . 2011. This is graded as the Semester . Project. Failure to do this project will have . a serious . adverse effect on the final grade in this class.. Assignment Due Date. Monday December . 17, . and. Tuesday . Midterm Review What you need to know for your Midterm: American Literary History through 1914 Terminology used in discussing literature How to find rhyme, rhythm and meter How to do basic literary analysis American Literary History through 1914. Terminology used in discussing literature. How to find rhyme, rhythm and meter. How to do basic literary analysis. Section 1: Major Themes in American Literate to 1914. Psychoanalytic Criticism . Psychoanalytic.  criticism adopts the methods of "reading" employed by Freud and later theorists to interpret texts. It argues that literary texts, like dreams, express the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author, that a literary work is a manifestation of the author's own neuroses. One may psychoanalyze a particular character within a literary work, but it is usually assumed that all such characters are projections of the author's psyche.. Social Ills of Global Capitalism under Scrutiny in American Literature Classes 147Teaching to Transgress148BSTRACT26e article foregrounds the importance of honing critical literacy through socially en The following is an overview of the major periods in British literature we will be studying.. Please take notes on the timeline provided to you.. Your timeline will serve as a frame of reference as we move forward in the course..