On Friday, we took notes on different eras of literature. To begin with, my favorite time period would definitely be Transcendentalism. It was a radical period when many writers started stressing on individual instincts rather than the doctrines based on religion. I remember reading a passage from Henry David Thoreau's Walden, which only confused me. Nonetheless, its concept of individualism was easy to relate to real life, especially as an American resident. Also, I realized that after every period, the following era would somehow contract the one before, which was an interesting fact that stood out to me. For example, there would be realism after romanticism and literature of the absurd after lost generation. The trend seems to result from the fact that for every genre of literature, there would be one opposing the view presented in it, which will eventually lead to an another era. I wonder how the people of later generations would define the present day literature.
-Chloe
I too found the literary periods interesting. However, I found it difficult to identify with the writers of the transcendentalist period. The Lost Generation has been the period that I have most enjoyed, especially the book The Great Gatsby and the writer T.S. Eliot. Some parts of the Romanticist movement are also interesting to me. I like the conflicting emotions in Pride and Prejudice and the questioning of what was considered proper social behavior in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
ReplyDelete-Jasmine