Garcia, Sophie_ENGL300_Timeline by Sophia Garcia

Start

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-08-27 17:17:11 UTC

Fact #2: Many tribes traced their families through the mother.

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Native Americans- 2200 B.C.- Tower of Babel, 2200 B.C. to 1600 A.D., 1607-Early settlement of Jamestown

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Oral literature: epic narratives, creation myths, stories, poems, songs. Use stories to teach moral lessons and convey practical information about the natural world.Deep respect for nature and animals. Cyclical worldview. Figurative language/parallelism.

Native Americans: stories like Earth on Turtle's Back and Navajo creation were told orally.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-08-27 17:26:55 UTC

Fact #1: During pre-Columbian times, all of North America was inhabited by Native Americans.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-09-02 17:13:01 UTC

Famous Authors and Works: William Bradford -"Of Plymouth Plantation" Anne Bradstreet (poetry) John Edwards -"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Edward Taylor -"Huswifery"

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-09-02 17:15:45 UTC

Puritanism and Early settlement of First American colonies - 1600- 1800 1507: Early Settlement of the first American colonies - Jamestown 1692: Salem Witch Trials 1741: Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

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1. Wrote mostly diaries and histories, which expressed the connections between God and their everyday lives.
2. Sought to "purify" the Church of England by reforming to the simpler forms of worship and church organization described in the New Testament.
3. Saw religion as a personal, inner experience.
4. Believed in original sin and "elect" who would be saved.
5. Used a plain style of writing.

Fact #1: Puritan society was highly structured and governed by strict moral codes

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Fact #2: The most well-known Puritan settlement in America was the Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Rationalism/"The Age of Reason"/"The Enlightenment" 1607 Early Settlement—Jamestown 1775-1783 Revolutionary War)

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1. Mostly comprised of philosophers, scientists, writing speeches and pamphlets

2. Human beings can arrive at truth (God's rules) by using deductive reasoning, rather than relying on the authority of the past, on religious faith, or intuition

Famous Authors and Works:

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Benjamin Franklin
—Autobiography

Patrick Henry
—"Speech to the Virginia Convention"

Thomas Paine
—"The Crisis"

Phyllis Wheatley
—poetry

The Constitution

The Bill of Rights

The Declaration of Independence

Fact #1: During 17th century

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Fact #2: Surge of scientific discovery and global connectivity

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Transcendentalism/"The American Renaissance" 1840-1860 Transcendentalism

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-09-30 21:20:15 UTC

1. Everything in the world, including human beings, is a reflection of the Divine Soul.

2. People can use their intuition to behold God's spirit revealed in nature or in their own souls.

3. Self-reliance and individualism must outweigh external authority and link conformity to tradition.

4. Important social and political movements include the Abolitionist, Utopian, and Women's Suffrage Movements

Famous authors and works:

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Ralph Waldo Emerson
—Nature
—"Self-Reliance"

Henry David Thoreau
—Walden
—Life in the Woods

Louisa May Alcott
—Little Women

Fact #1: The American Renaissance was a period of American architecture and the arts from 1876 to 1917.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-09-30 21:24:51 UTC

Fact #2: Literary movement that helped form the basis of American Literature.

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Modern Day examples of Taking a stand

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-10-08 16:44:26 UTC

Protest for Black Lives Matter

Climate Activism

Fact #1: An estimated 15 to 26 million people participated in Black Lives Matter protests in the United States, making it one of the largest protest movements in the country's history

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-10-08 16:47:53 UTC

Fact #2: Climate change is human-made and we can still do something about climate change.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-10-08 16:54:19 UTC

Romaticism/Industrialization: 1800-1860The War of 18121812-1815California Gold Rush (find the date)

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1. Valued feeling, intuition, idealism, and inductive reasoning.

2. Placed faith in inner experience and the power of the imagination.

3. Shunned the artificiality of civilization and sought unspoiled nature as a path to spirituality.

4. Championed individual freedom and the worth of the individual

5. Saw poetry as the highest expression of the imagination

6. Dark Romantics: used dark and supernatural themes/settings (Gothic style)

Famous Authors and works:

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Washington Irving
—"Rip van Winkle"

Emily Dickinson
—poetry

Walt Whitman
—Leaves of Grass

Edgar Allan Poe
—"The Raven"

Nathaniel Hawthorne
—The Scarlet Letter

Fact #1: t was also to some extent a reaction against the Enlightenment and against 18th-century rationalism and physical materialism in general. Romanticism emphasized the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous, the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-10-28 21:16:14 UTC

Fact #2: Romanticism was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-10-28 21:30:52 UTC

Fact about Nathaniel Hawthrone: He was a classmate of another famous author and a president

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Fact #3 (week 11): Authors such as Edgar Allen Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville were critical of reformers, depicted nature as a dangerous force, and wrote characters that were prone to destructive behavior. Their contributions to the American Renaissance created a rich and diverse national literary consciousness

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Fact #1 about Salem Witch Trials: To identify witches, authorities used the "touching test", in which victims of witchcraft would become calm upon touching the culprit. (britannica)

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-11-13 20:36:37 UTC

Fact #2 about Salem Witch Trials: Salem witch trials, (June 1692–May 1693), in American history, a series of investigations and persecutions that caused 19 convicted “witches” to be hanged and many other suspects to be imprisoned in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Britannica)

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-11-18 20:33:51 UTC

Poets Part 1: E.E Cummings

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-12-10 17:55:07 UTC

Fact #1: He wrote about 2,900 poems (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings#:~:text=Cummings%20wrote%20approximately%202%2C900%20poems,case%20spellings%20for%20poetic%20expression.)

Fact #2: He received his bachelors and masters from Harvard University

Fact #3: He served as a volunteer in the Norton-Harjes Ambulance Corps in France during World War I, where he was imprisoned in 1917 on suspicion of anti-war views and espionage.

Fact 2 and 3 source: (https://www.masshist.org/object-of-the-month/july-2013#:~:text=Cummings%20attended%20Cambridge%20Latin%20School,anti%2Dwar%20views%20and%20espionage.)

Poets Part #2: Emily Dickinson

sgarciafuemmeler — 2024-12-17 18:40:38 UTC

She was an accomplished Gardner (hence the choice of picture)

Only ten of her poems were published during her lifetime

Most of her poems can be sung to the tune of The Yellow Rose of Texas

Source: https://www.yourdictionary.com/articles/emily-dickinson-facts

Poets Part #3: Lousia May Alcott

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-01-07 18:15:53 UTC

Fact #1: Alcott was born into a family that was deeply entrenched in the Transcendentalist movement, a significant philosophical movement that championed the inherent goodness of individuals and nature, a belief system that would go on to profoundly color her writing and outlook.

Fact #2: Louisa May Alcott passed away on March 6, 1888, just two days after the death of her father.

Fact #3: Alcott served as a nurse during the Civil War, but contracted typhoid fever during her tenure, an experience that deeply affected her but also inspired her first published book, the insightful "Hospital Sketches".

Realism (1850-1900): Civil War (1861-1865) Reconstruction Era (1865-1877)

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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).

Famous works:

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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

Fact #1: Robert Henri (1865–1921) was an important American Realist and a member of The Ashcan school. Henri was interested in the spectacle of common life. He focused on individuals, strangers, quickly passing in the streets in towns and cities.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-01-24 16:24:20 UTC

Fact #2: The Ashcan school was a group of New York City artists who sought to capture the feel of early-20th-century New York City through realistic portraits of everyday life. These artists preferred to depict the richly and culturally textured lower class immigrants, rather than the rich and promising Fifth Avenue socialites.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-01-24 16:25:44 UTC

Fact #3: American realists embraced the colloquial and the informal, the customary and even the "ugly" that defined the day-to-day life of big American cities, such as New York.

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Author Study #1: Jack Finney

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Fact #1: Was given the name John Finney at birth but was legally renamed Walter Braden Finney at the age of three after fathers death.

Fact #2: He attended Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, graduating in 1934.

Fact #3: Mr. Finney specialized in thrillers and science fiction works. Two of his novels, The Body Snatchers and Good Neighbor Sam became the basis of popular films, but it was Time and Again (1970) that won him a devoted following.

Sources: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6944.Jack_Finney

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Finney#:~:text=Finney%20was%20born%20in%20Milwaukee,%2C%20Illinois%2C%20graduating%20in%201934.

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0278277/bio/

Author Study #2: Susan Glaspell

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-02-10 21:12:08 UTC

Fact #1: Her 1930 play Alison's House earned her the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Fact #2: After her husband's death in Greece, she returned to the United States. In 1922 Glaspell and Cook moved to Delphi, Greece. Cook died there in 1924 of glanders, an infectious disease he caught from his dog.

Fact#3: During the Great Depression, Glaspell worked in Chicago for the Works Progress Administration, where she was Midwest Bureau Director of the Federal Theater Project.

Bonus Fact: She's describes as "Susan was a slight, gentle, sweet, whimsically humorous girl, a little ethereal in appearance, but evidently a person of great energy, and brimful of talent; but, we agreed, too medieval-romantic in her views of life." Barbara Gelb added that she was a "delicate, sad-eyed, witty woman."

She founded the Provincetown Players, the first modern American theatre company. First known for her short stories, Glaspell also wrote nine novels, fifteen plays, and a biography. Attended Drake university and majored in philosophy.

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cram_Cook

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Glaspell#:~:text=Her%201930%20play%20Alison's%20House,of%20the%20Federal%20Theater%20Project.

https://spartacus-educational.com/Jglaspell.htm#:~:text=Dell%20later%20wrote%3A%20%22Susan%20was,%2C%20witty%20woman.%22%20A%20journalist

Modernism (1900-1950): World War I (1914-1918) The Great Depression (1929-1939) World War II (1939-1945)

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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).

Fact #1: American modernism benefited from the diversity of immigrant cultures. Artists were inspired by African, Caribbean, Asian and European folk cultures and embedded these exotic styles in their works.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-02-25 16:40:00 UTC

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_modernism#:~:text=American%20modernism%20benefited%20from%20the,life%20in%20the%2020th%20century.

Fact #2: The Modernist American movement was a reflection of American life in the 20th century. (The idea of the American dream was changing)

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-02-25 16:42:47 UTC

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_modernism#:~:text=American%20modernism%20benefited%20from%20the,life%20in%20the%2020th%20century.

Fact #3: Revolutionary time for artist. Modernism encompasses a variety of styles rather than a single one. It includes movements like Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, and Fauvism, which all emerged during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. There was a rejection of traditional values and an emphasis on materials and the process of the art

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-02-25 16:56:48 UTC

Source: https://www.thecollector.com/modernism-definition/

1920s- Fact #1: “Art Deco” comes to the US

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-03 21:02:09 UTC

What would become a dominant style of US design for decades began in Europe. “Art Deco”—short for Arts Decoratifs—refers to the design style characterized by geometric shapes and lavish curves. The style influenced architectural design as well, and can be seen in famous skyscrapers like New York City’s Chrysler Building.

Source: https://interactcom.com/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-1920s/

1920s- Fact #2: The Roaring Twenties

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-03 21:07:15 UTC

The liveliness of the period stands in marked contrast to the historical crises on either side of it: World War I (1914–18) and the Great Depression (1929–c. 1939). The name may have originated as a play on the nautical term roaring forties, referring to latitudes with strong ocean winds.

Source: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Roaring-Twenties

1930s- fact #1: The phrase “American dream” was invented during the Great Depression. It comes from a popular 1931 book by the historian James Truslow Adams, who defined it as “that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone.” In the decades that followed, the dream became a reality

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-10 18:54:04 UTC

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/opinion/the-american-dream-quantified-at-last.html#:~:text=The%20phrase%20%E2%80%9CAmerican%20dream%E2%80%9D%20was,the%20dream%20became%20a%20reality.

1940S- fact #2: A post-World War II hike in industrial productivity and the doubling of corporate profits leads to the American Dream becoming attainable for the masses. The G.I. Bill of Rights enables returning veterans to get an education and purchase homes in newly developed suburban areas. Consumption becomes the prevailing ideology. Increased manufacturing necessitates increased consumption of American-made goods.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-10 18:56:50 UTC

Source: https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2017/the-people-vs-america/1940s.html

Harlem Renaissance: "The Jazz Age" "The Roaring 20s" (1920–1940) "The New Negro Movement" 1919-1925 Prohibition 1920-1933

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-25 18:23:50 UTC

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

Famous Authors and Works:

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James Weldon Johnson

Claude McKay

Countee Cullen

Langston Hughes (poetry)

Zora Neale Hurston

Fact #1: flourishing, saw the rise of jazz poetry, a new Black identity, and a foundation for the Civil Rights movement (https://www.britannica.com/summary/Harlem-Renaissance-Key-Facts)

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-25 18:34:43 UTC

Fact #2: The Harlem Renaissance continued into the 1930s. Zora Neale Hurston’s novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937) is widely regarded as one of the signal achievements of the Harlem Renaissance.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-25 18:42:01 UTC

Source: https://www.britannica.com/summary/Harlem-Renaissance-Key-Facts

1960s- Fact #1: The American dream during the 1960s was categorized as a time of great social change, as well as change in values, norms through rallies or protesting, and emphasis on freedom.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-31 21:10:55 UTC

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/upshot/the-transformation-of-the-american-dream.html#:~:text=The%20term%20began%20to%20be,of%20deregulation%20or%20mortgage%20subsidies.

1970s- Fact #2: The American Dream, was scentered around upward mobility and prosperity, became increasingly associated with homeownership in the suburbs, and still highly valued freedom (like in the 60s).

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-03-31 21:13:21 UTC

Source: https://www.thecollector.com/american-dream-evolution/#:~:text=In%20other%20words%2C%20the%20general,the%20bane%20of%20the%20countryside.

1980s- Fact #1: In the 1980s, the American Dream often involved achieving a middle-class standard of living with secure jobs, rising pay, and long-term benefits, including lifetime pensions.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-04-23 18:22:35 UTC

Source: https://www.theglobalist.com/the-american-boulevard-of-stolen-dreams-part-i-1945-1980s/#:~:text=For%20the%20next%20three%20decades%2C%20Scholl%20and,pensions%20a%20solid%20middle%2Dclass%20standard%20of%20living.&text=The%20Forbes%20400%20%E2%80%9Crichest%20Americans%E2%80%9D%20triple%20their,1990%2C%20thanks%20to%20the%20Reagan%20tax%20cuts.

1980s- Fact #2: For many, the American Dream in the 1980s continued to be defined by the traditional markers of success: secure jobs, good pay, and a decent standard of living. This included having a family, owning a home, and enjoying the benefits of a stable job.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-04-23 18:24:09 UTC

1990s- Fact #1: Strong belief that the dream would remain, and that the future generation would go on to carry what was the current American Dream (equality of wages, rights)

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-04-23 18:28:12 UTC

Source: https://www.socialistalternative.org/why-we-need-a-labor-party/end-american-dream/

2000s- Fact #1: In the 2000s, the American Dream was heavily tied to homeownership, financial stability, and a sense of material success.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-04-23 18:30:55 UTC

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/10/american-dreams/408535/

Contemporary "Postmodernism" 1950–present: Korean War 1950-1953 Vietnam War 1954-1975

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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.

Famous Authors and works

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-04-29 17:11:38 UTC

Alice Walker

Wallace Stevens

e.e. cummings

Maya Angelou

Anne Sexton

James Baldwin

Richard Wright

Sandra Cisneros

Amy Tan

Fact #1: Postmodernism challenges the notion of universal, objective truths and rejects grand narratives that claim to explain the entire world.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-04-29 17:19:26 UTC

Fact #2: Emphasis on Plurality and Individual Perspectives: Instead of seeking a single, all-encompassing truth, post-contemporary thinkers value diverse viewpoints and subjective experiences.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-04-29 17:20:45 UTC

Modern Literature

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-05-06 17:01:54 UTC

The modern story I chose was "Percy Jackson and The Olympians the chalice of Gods" by Rick Riordan. I have read the first five books of this series and am currently on the fourth book of the second series (Heroes of Olympus). After that I can go on the read the 6th-8th books which are the senior books. This book focuses on the main character (Percy) now in high school and still at the mercy of the Greek gods who control some of his fate. This story tells that he needs to complete three trials to go to college in New Rome.

Reflection: After looking back at my timeline, I realized that literature not just allows for creativity, but it also represents what is going on at the time. Writing evolves and changes throughout the time because of humans are evolving and changing. I also think that it sparks change withing a society, such as in "Farenheit 451" by Ray Bradburry.

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-05-06 17:17:15 UTC

Present

sgarciafuemmeler — 2025-05-06 17:17:33 UTC