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Although many people know of him an his work, few people know much of his personal life.
He loved cats. One time he hired 2 cats to give him company while he was writing.
Twain dropped out of school when his father passed away, taking a job as a printer's apprentice. link

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Realism followed Romanticism but came before Modern Art. The artists tried to depict the world exactly as it appears. The main things that were painted were everyday subjects and people. link
Civil War
1861-1865
Reconstruction Era
1865-1877
1. Feelings of disillusionment.
2. Common subjects: slums of rapidly growing cities, factories replacing farmlands, poor factory workers, corrupt politicians.
3. Represented the manner and environment of everyday life and ordinary people as realistically as possible (Regionalism).
4. Sought to explain behavior (psychologically/socially).
Mark Twain
-Huckleberry Finn
Jack London
-Call of the Wild
-"To Build a Fire"
Stephen Crane
-"The Open Boat"
Ambrose Bierce
-"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"
Kate Chopin
-"Story of an Hour"
-The Awakening

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Glaspell studied at Duke University. She worked as a journalist in Iowa and covered a local murder trial, inspiring one of her stories. Glaspell breifly worked for the Federal Theater Project. link

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In this time, the American Dream was perceived that an individual could achieve success in their life only if they work hard enough.
The idea had evolved more into the idea of easy money and more relaxed social values, which is what corrupted the dream and ultimately led to its downfall. link

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There were about 11,000 banks in the US which failed during the Great Depression. The average family income dropped by almost 40%. Around 300,000 companies went out of business during this time. link

World War I
1914-1918
The Great Depression
1929-1939
World War II
1939-1945
1. Sense of disillusionment and loss of faith in the "American Dream": the independent, self-reliant, individual will triumph.
2. Emphasis on bold experimentation in style and form over the traditional.
3. Interest in the inner workings of the human mind (ex. Stream of consciousness).
| Lorraine Hansberry
-A Raisin in the Sun
F. Scott Fitzgerald
-The Great Gatsby
William Faulkner
-"A Rose for Emily"
Eudora Welty
-"A Worn Path"
Robert Frost
-poetry
T. S. Eliot
-The Waste Land
-"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"
John Steinbeck
-Of Mice and Men
-The Grapes of Wrath

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Was considered to be the "Dark Ages". Because of the Great Depression, the Dream had simply turned into having a job, and finding another one with a better pay.
More than 1 million acres of land were were affected during the Dust Bowl in this time as well, contributing to the Great Depression and the simplification of the American Dream. link

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Harlem Renaissance
"The Jazz Age"
"The Roaring 20s"
1920–1940
| "The New Negro Movement"
1919-1925
Prohibition
1920-1933 | 1.Black cultural movement in Harlem, New York
2.Some poetry rhythms based on spirituals and jazz, lyrics on the blues, and diction from the street talk of the ghettos
3. Other poetry used conventional lyrical forms | James Weldon Johnson
Claude McKay
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes (poetry)
Zora Neale Hurston

During this period, it was illegal to sell alcohol, which caused the opening of many illegal clubs.
Jazz was invented by African-Americans in New Orleans in the late 1800s. link

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The idea of the American Dream had changed over the past 20 years. It had gone from surviving and having a job, to having a perfect family, secure job, and a perfect house.
The perfect house would be considered a decent sized house, with a big front yard and a white picket fence. An important factor was that there had to be a TV in the living room, so the families could sit and watch TV together in the evenings. link

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The American Dream in the '70s had changed again to just living a peaceful life. Vietnam War was happening at the time and US troops were being sent to fight.
Gas prices were increasing, interest rates were going up, and there was double digit inflation. link

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The American Dream in this decade has changed yet again. The main goals were to live free and have fun, but the biggest goal was to make as much money as possible.
Many people simply wanted a care-free life (much like today). The idea was that when you had money, you had fun and a happier life. link

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Although the American Dream in the '90s was similar to that of the '80s, it was still more developed. The dream was to have more money, power, and social status. In addition to all this, there was also the want for fame and fortune.
The American Dream in this time was more of an individual success story, rather than a dream of world peace and equality. The American Dream was more about wages than the idea of "fighting the good fight." link

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Contemporary "Postmodernism"
1950–present | Korean War
1950-1953
Vietnam War
1954-1975
1. Influenced by studies of media, language, and information technology.
2. Sense that little is unique; culture endlessly duplicates itself.
3. New literary forms and techniques: works composed of only dialogue, or combining fiction and nonfiction, experimenting with physical appearance of their work.
| Alice Walker
Wallace Stevens
e.e. cummings
Maya Angelou
Anne Sexton
James Baldwin
Richard Wright
Sandra Cisneros
Amy Tan

Postmodernism was created by a French philosopher named Jean-Francois Lyotard and was named in 1979
In Postmodernism, everything is considered to be art, including movements. link

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This piece of literature takes place in the 1970s and has a lot to do with people and their views or thoughts. It is a story about love, forgiveness, and betrayal. It is about what people need from each other and about what makes life worth living in the first place. link
Theme: There are bad people, but they don't need to speak for all people.

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I have found the timeline to be a very interesting way of learning about how literature has developed over time. It is pretty cool to see how it has changed and what famous authors have come over the years and how their styles contrast. You can really see how the events in the outside world affect what people will write. It has been a journey seeing how the styles of literature have changed over time and how they will continue to develop in the future.