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The Bible was the model for writing
Stresses clarity of expression and was mainly journals, diaries and factual accounts
Explores inner and outer lives for signs of the workings of God |
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Stresses that humans can arrive at truth by using reason rather than intuition
Clarity, order, balance and common sense were stressed |
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One of its main qualities is to look to the past
Nature is the path to spiritual and moral development
Stresses the imagination and the inner world of human nature dominates
Values feeling and intuition over reason |
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Physical Nature= the doorway to spiritual or ideal world because God’s spirit is revealed in nature (tree huggers!)
Everything is a reflection of the Divine Soul
Self-reliance and individualism outweighs authority and conformity |
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These writers aimed at a very minute fidelity to the common course of ordinary life
Subjects of writers moved away from idealized characters and on to ordinary people |
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In their fiction, they attempted to dissect human behavior
Relies heavily on the growing scientific disciplines of psychology and sociology
Included a grim losing battle with characters unable to control their destinies |
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This literature emphasizes a specific geographic setting and makes use of speech and manners of the people who live in that region
Uses local color |
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Calls for bold experimentation and wholesale rejection of traditional themes and styles
Pursuit of the American Dream is a central theme
Uses stream of consciousness |
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