Literary Movement and Their Authors

Began in the late 1700s in Europe when the economy was shifting from farming and making things by hand

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Modernism

• Contemporary Period

Often referred to as the movement between the wars

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Modernism

• Contemporary Period

Began after the American Civil War when our country was undergoing rapid social, political, and economic changes

• Modernism

• Realism

• Romanticism

• Contemporary Period

These writers sought to create works that reflected the truth of the harsh conditions that came from living in overpopulated cities

• Romanticism

• Realism

• Modernism

• Contemporary

Which literary movement is associated with the author Charles Dickens?

• A) Romanticism

• B) Realism

• C) Modernism

• D) Postmodernism

Who is a prominent author of the Modernist movement?

• A) Jane Austen

• B) Virginia Woolf

• C) Mark Twain

• D) Emily Dickinson

The Beat Generation is most closely associated with which author?

• A) Jack Kerouac

• B) F. Scott Fitzgerald

• C) Ernest Hemingway

• D) T.S. Eliot

Which literary movement is known for its emphasis on emotion and individualism, often associated with the author William Wordsworth?

• A) Realism

• B) Romanticism

• C) Modernism

• D) Naturalism

Which author is associated with the Harlem Renaissance?

• A) Langston Hughes

• B) Robert Frost

• C) Sylvia Plath

• D) John Keats

Which literary movement is characterized by a focus on the subconscious and is associated with the author James Joyce?

• A) Realism

• B) Romanticism

• C) Modernism

• D) Postmodernism