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| 4379653611 | Impressionism | a 19th century movement in literature and art which advocated a recording of the artist's personal impressions of the world, rather than a strict representation of reality | 0 | |
| 4379657307 | Modernism | (1920s- 1945) a term for the bold new experimental styles and forms that swept the arts during the first third of the 20th century | 1 | |
| 4379661940 | Naturalism | (late 1800s-mid 1900s) a 19th century literary movement that was an extension of realism and that claimed to portray life exactly as it was | 2 | |
| 4379664283 | Plain Style | writing style that stresses the simplicity and clarity of expression (but will still utilize allusions and metaphors) and was the main form of the Puritan writer | 3 | |
| 4379670420 | Puritanism | (1620-1770s) writing style of America's early English-speaking colonists; emphasizes obedience to God and consists mainly of journals, sermons, and poems | 4 | |
| 4379679919 | Rationalism | a movement that began in Europe in the 18th century, which held that we can arrive at truth by using our reason rather than relying on the authority of the past, on authority of the church, or an institution (also called neoclassicism and age of reason) | 5 | |
| 4379686985 | Realism | (1850s- early 1900s) a style of writing, developed in the 19th century, that attempts to depict life accurately without idealizing or romanticizing it | 6 | |
| 4379699174 | Regionalism | (1884- early 1900s) literature that emphasizes a specific geographic setting and that reproduces the speech, behavior, and attitudes of the people who live in that region | 7 | |
| 4379704506 | Romanticism | (early 1800s-1870s) a revolt against Rationalism that affected literature and the other arts, beginning in the late 18th century and remaining strong throughout most of the 19th century | 8 | |
| 4379710780 | Surrealism | a movement in art and literature that started in Europe during the 1920's wanted to replace conventional realism with the full expression of the unconscious mind, which they considered to be more real than the "real" world of appearances | 9 | |
| 4379718613 | Symbolism | a literary movement that originated in late 19th century France, in which writers rearranged the world of appearances in order to reveal a more truthful version of reality | 10 | |
| 4379722274 | Transcendentalism | a 19th century movement in the Romantic tradition, which held that every individual can reach ultimate truths through spiritual intuition, which transcends reasons and sensory experience | 11 | |
| 4379742992 | Neoclassic | 1770s-early 1800s | 12 | |
| 4379744117 | Post-Modernism | 1945- present | 13 |
