Literary Time Periods Review

What were people interested in reading about during the romantic period?

• love and romance

• ideal nature/the natural world

• exploring the jungle

• real-life people and situations

What were people interested in reading about during the modern period?

• new ideas and forms of writing about the individual

• new ideas about nature and industry

• new ideas about warfare

• new ideas about music

Which is the most recent period of Literature?

• classical

• colonial

• modern

• contemporary

These famous forefathers wrote with rhetoric to persuade readers

• puritans

• african americans

• native americans

• american revolutionaries

These first inhabitants of the US wrote myths to pass down generational lessons

• puritans

• african americans

• native americans

• american revolutionaries

This period of literature took place after WW1 and included the Harlem Renaissance

• contemporary

• modern

• romantic

• colonial

This period of literature took place after WW1 and included the Harlem Renaissance

• contemporary

• modern

• romantic

• colonial

During this period, people wanted stories about real-life problems.

• native americans in the US

• Ancient Greece

  Classical

• Contemporary period

• Realist/naturalist period

These groups of extremely religious people were writing during the colonial period

• puritans

• african americans

• native americans

• american revolutionaries

This period of literature takes place after the civil war and before ww1

• contemporary

• modern

• romantic

• colonial