https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk DIRECTIONS: For 100 you must give and explain your opinion of each literary movement (there are 4) and politely and thoughtfully react to at least 1 other student's comment. That's five items, each counting for 20 points. PLEASE remember to put your name at the start of your comment or I cannot credit you. en-us 2022-01-12 12:50:15 UTC 2022-01-21 12:58:51 UTC hello@padlet.com csiegel3 https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk/wish/1988139684 The period of the Enlightenment's influence on literature was roughly the late 1600s through the late 1700s. That period covers our Smith, Powhatan, and Byrd texts. (NOTE: Douglass actually fits into Realism but was included in our first unit as contrast to Byrd.) The Enlightenment introduced Europe and thus America to the belief in Reason and Logic rather than obedience to religion, it emphasized use of the mind and objectivity.]]> 2022-01-12 12:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk/wish/1988139684 csiegel3 https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk/wish/1988158315 Romanticism of all types rebelled against the Enlightenment's emphasis on objectivity. Romanticism emphasized subjectivity and said everyone should listen to their inner voice (intuition). Edgar Allan Poe used Dark Romanticism to explore the workings of the mind in his fiction and to show that, perversely, we don't always use our reason even though it might make us healthier, wiser, happier.]]> 2022-01-12 13:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk/wish/1988158315 csiegel3 https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk/wish/1988164423 Transcendentalism is a type of Romanticism. It emphasizes that God is in each of us and that we must all work to hear and follow that inner voice and if we do our lives will be lived rightly. Even if no one else shares our view, Transcendentalism says we must follow our own inner voice. In this way it emphasizes individualism.]]> 2022-01-12 13:12:41 UTC https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk/wish/1988164423 csiegel3 https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk/wish/1988177127 Realism emphasizes the honest depiction of life in fiction. Not all, but many Realist writers believed they could change society for the better through their writing. Our authors in this category were Crane and Sinclair.]]> 2022-01-12 13:19:41 UTC https://padlet.com/csiegel3/q89qnrtqvuqv2qwk/wish/1988177127