https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33 Semester B en-us 2022-01-24 19:57:22 UTC 2025-10-16 17:25:55 UTC hello@padlet.com ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009710665 <sup>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).</sup>]]> 2022-01-24 20:02:36 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009710665 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009713183 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

]]> 2022-01-24 20:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009713183 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009722686 <sup>During this time period, modern art was first created. It rejected any other abstract arts and only focused on realistic arts. It focused on how life was structured socially, economically, and politically. 

https://www.theartstory.org/movement/realism/</sup>  ]]> 2022-01-24 20:08:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009722686 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009727596 ^{Realism time period rejected the idea of Romanticism in books. It centered around fiction novels, making sure there were real life elements in the literature or at least representing a real life.
http://www.longwood.edu/staff/lynchrl/english%20336/american_realism.htm}]]> 2022-01-24 20:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009727596 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009730323 ^{The War between the North and South over slavery}]]> 2022-01-24 20:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009730323 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009732295 The time when the North came down to the South to recover and set in new laws in the South]]> 2022-01-24 20:13:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2009732295 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2010198076 <sup>Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens and he was not expected to live during his childhood years due to health complications. Twain briefly served as a soldier on the confederate side only because he lived in the South. Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn based on a real person he knew that was much like Huckleberry in his story. Twain died with no direct descendants to carry his name. 

https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-mark-twain</sup>]]> 2022-01-25 02:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2010198076 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2014464509 ^{Alice Walker and her ex-husband was the first couple to interracially marry which caused some commotion. Alice Walker's first essay won her 300 dollars and it was her first published work. Alice wrote a book called, The Color Purple which was turned into a film that went huge in the box office.
source: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/635875/alice-walker-facts}

]]> 2022-01-26 20:16:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2014464509 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049083264 <sup>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).</sup>


]]> 2022-02-15 17:10:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049083264 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049086556 ^{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}]]> 2022-02-15 17:11:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049086556 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049089653 World War 1: 1914-1918
The Great Depression: 1929-1939
World War 2: 1939-1945]]> 2022-02-15 17:12:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049089653 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049101884 <sup>During this era the past was "thrown out" and new things started to form which started the industrial revolution.  World Wars started to break out  and many people lost the sense of romanticism.

https://www.utoledo.edu/library/canaday/guidepages/Modernism2.html</sup>]]> 2022-02-15 17:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049101884 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049109951 <sup>During this period authors started shifting their poems and writing styles to different styles. Poets started to write their poetry in free style and broke the original structure of writing.

https://kids.kiddle.co/Modernist_literature#:~:text=Literary%20modernism%20has%20its%20origins,was%20%22Make%20it%20new%22.</sup>]]> 2022-02-15 17:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2049109951 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2074324255 <sup>The American Dream during the 20s was that the person can accomplish anything in life regardless of family history or social status if you work hard enough.

Source: https://inforefuge.com/demise-of-american-dream-the-great-gatsby</sup>]]> 2022-03-02 19:55:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2074324255 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2074328491  ^{The American Dream was also about acquiring riches and become wealthy. During that era everything was about materialistic things and not about values although some people did still believe in values as the American dream but it was a rare sight to see.}]]> 2022-03-02 19:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2074328491 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2179750444 The Great depression swept across America <sup>and the start of WW2 forced some women to go into the work force and create war weapons or transportation. The Dust bowl also happened during the 30s. 

Link: https://www.familysearch.org/en/blog/1930s-america-culture#:~:text=The%20Great%20Depression%2C%20the%20Dust,for%20fun%2C%20and%20much%20more.</sup>]]> 2022-05-11 16:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2179750444 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2179758037 ^{The first nuclear bomb built to bomb Japan in which it ended War World 2. The end of the 40s, the Cold War began to rise creating tensions between Russia and America.} ]]> 2022-05-11 16:39:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2179758037 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191728559 ^{During the 50s, the Korean war starts and ends. Rosa Parks is arrested which then starts the boycott of buses. After the war, the baby boom began. Babies began to be born during the 50s.}

Resource: https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/1950s.html]]> 2022-05-19 17:27:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191728559 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191733610 ^{Frozen dinners is first introduced along with Ellis Island ceases to be  a point of immigration into the U.S. Alaska and Hawaii are now part of America in 1959.}]]> 2022-05-19 17:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191733610 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191742492 <sup>The Harlem Renaissance is known as the Jazz Era and Roaring 20s era.

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</sup>]]> 2022-05-19 17:36:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191742492 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191746191 ^{African Americans trying to find equality} ]]> 2022-05-19 17:39:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191746191 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191747017 ^{Alcohol was banned}]]> 2022-05-19 17:40:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191747017 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191749359 ^{James Weldon Johnson
 Claude McKay
Countee Cullen
Langston Hughes (poetry)
Zora Neale Hurston}]]> 2022-05-19 17:41:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191749359 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191757056 <sup>During this era, Black artists began to control how black culture was seen and the literary works began to be influential for African Americans. This era was the boom of African American authors and their works were known throughout the United States.

Resource: https://www.britannica.com/summary/Harlem-Renaissance-Key-Facts#:~:text=The%20Harlem%20Renaissance%20(c.,civil%20rights%20and%20reform%20organizations.</sup>]]> 2022-05-19 17:47:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191757056 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191760725 This era was also known for jazz music and blues. Once again, the African Americans influenced the music during that era. Blacks would play jazz or blues at clubs and people loved it. Music changed during the Harlem Renaissance since it was the movement of African Americans.]]> 2022-05-19 17:50:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191760725 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191767835 <sup>In the 1960s, the moon landing occurred along with JFK assassinated and Martin Luther King Jr. The end of the Cold War ends with Bay of Pigs. 

Resource: https://www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/timelines/1960-1970/</sup>]]> 2022-05-19 17:54:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191767835 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191768180 <sup>The Watergate Scandal forces Nixon to resign from office in the 70s. The Vietnam War is still going while the Americans at home are unhappy with it. Roe Vs. Wade court while Roe wins in the 70s, accepting abortion.a

Reference: https://www.historic-newspapers.co.uk/blog/1970s-events/</sup>]]> 2022-05-19 17:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2191768180 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2193265212 <sup>The Berlin Wall is torn down in 1989, ending communism in Germany.  Ronald Reagan is elected president in the 80s starting the Reagan Revolution. New technology begins to develop in the 80s as well.

Link: https://www.sechistorical.org/museum/timeline/1980-timeline.php</sup>]]> 2022-05-20 16:43:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2193265212 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2193272438 ^{The Challenger explodes killing all of the crew members.  Microsoft releases their "word" processing program. While in Russia the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes.}  ]]> 2022-05-20 16:49:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2193272438 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237490882 <sup>In the 90s the tv channel Nickelodeon was created and ruled over the tv programs. The toy Furbies was the top toy in the 90s and almost impossible to obtain. Microsoft saved Apple from bankruptcy by giving 150 million dollars to Apple. 

Link: https://www.redbookmag.com/life/charity/g31088041/memorable-90s-events/?slide=6</sup>]]> 2022-07-05 20:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237490882 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237492684 <sup>2001 was the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers shaking America as a whole. In March of 2000, the PlayStation 2 became one of the most famous selling product. The last Peanuts comic strip was posted in the newspapers after Charles Schultz's death.

Link: https://www.thepeoplehistory.com/2000.html</sup>]]> 2022-07-05 20:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237492684 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237493751 <sup>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.</sup>]]> 2022-07-05 20:27:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237493751 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237494163 ^{A fight between North Korea and South Korea over Communism} ]]> 2022-07-05 20:28:26 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237494163 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237494617 ^{Conflict between Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. A war that America lost in} ]]> 2022-07-05 20:29:57 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237494617 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237495215 Alice Walker
Wallace Stevens
e.e. cummings
Maya Angelou
Anne Sexton
James Baldwin
Richard Wright
Sandra Cisneros
Amy Tan]]> 2022-07-05 20:31:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237495215 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237496364 ^{The Contemporary Postmodernism era was when people began to see reality as subjective and not objective. People began to find their own "truths" and began to leave God out of the picture.
Link: http://jordansylaramericanliterature.weebly.com/the-postmodernist-period.html}]]> 2022-07-05 20:35:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237496364 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237497163 ^{Literature in the Contemporary Postmodernism began to show diversity, materialism, and there was pride shown. Authors began to add in new technology terms in their books and described everyday life.}]]> 2022-07-05 20:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237497163 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237508820 <sup>The Help is a story about an African American who is maid and the story is written in her point of view on white families she works for. The story describes the hardships African American maids went through during the Civil Rights Movement. The theme is an exploration of racism in the south and how it took over everything including culture.

Link: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454029/plotsummary</sup>]]> 2022-07-05 21:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237508820 ruthovrhlt https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237510013 Adding time periods from the beginning of time all the way to present has been a fascinating journey. It's been cool adding facts and seeing what type of literature was written during that era. I learned so much researching time periods and understanding why certain books were written the way they were. Although, I disliked doing this assignment at first, it became fun. It's been so cool to look behind the stories and connecting them with a specific era. All books were written for a reason and the way they were written has been influenced by a time period. I'm grateful to be on the learning journey this year. ]]> 2022-07-05 21:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthovrhlt/wrc008643vnl8t33/wish/2237510013