| A | B |
|---|
| Native Americans | Their literature included myths that often taught a lesson and were passed down orally |
| Puritans | Their literature included diaries, journals, sermons, and poetry, with NO fiction or drama |
| Rationalists | They believed that God's gift to man was the ability to think and reason logically. |
| Romantics | They valued emotions, imagination, and the past. |
| Transcendentalists | They valued hard work, simplicity, and individualism. |
| Anti-Transcendentalists | They believed man had an evil side and often wrote about themes of guilt, sin, and shame. |
| Realists | Their stories were about realistic people, places, and events. |
| Regionalists | Their literature is about specific geographical areas and includes dialect and mannerisms of the people who live there. |
| Naturalism | This type of literature examines human nature and suggests that people are just like animals, reacting to basic instincts and controlled by nature. |
| Modernism | This period is characterized by a break from tradition and the use of bold experimentation in writing. |
| Harlem Renaissance | This was a period of great production of art by African Americans (in music, literature, and visual arts). |
| Postmodern | This is the period in which we now live, read, and write. |
