Individualism
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- Aphorism
- A short, witty statement that cannot be disagreed with. Used in "Self Reliance"
- Horatio Alger
- "Rags to riches" books.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Theme of self reliance. Promoted introspection. Said no one needed a middle man to love God. To be great is to be misunderstood. Always stand up for what you believe in.
- Mystic individual
- Loner Not accepted by society Saves society Different set of morals Unique sense of justice Morally good
- Walt Whitman
- "Song of Myself", noncomformist, first american poet to write in free-verse.
- Catalogs
- The piling up or images or concrete details.
- Parallelism
- The repeated use of phrases, clauses, or sentences that are similar in structure and meaning. Works to unify poem; create structure; provide rhythm and emphasis.
- Abeyance
- Set aside for a future date.
- Effuse
- To spread out.
- Transcendentalism
- Emerson, Thoreau, Walden - reform and romanticism, over soul, utopia, intellect, nature.
- "Civil Disobiendence"
- Thoreau - Breaking a law to show that a law is unjust.
- "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"
- Bret Harte - Regionalism: dialect, people, landscape. Realism.
- Expatriated / Expat
- Driven from one's home / someone who has been driven from their home.
- Bellicose
- Quarrelsome.
- Recumbent
- Reclining.
- Juxtaposition
- Contrast.
- Personal essay
- Authentic voice, narrative coherence, communal relevance (larger truth), audience appeal.
- "The Mortgaged Heart"
- Carson McCullers - we are alone when we try to find ourselves and search for a group once we have.
- Corollary
- Easily drawn conclusion based on connection.
- Xenophobia
- Fear of strangers/aliens.
- Aesthetic
- having to do with beauty.
- Maverick
- Non-conformist.
- "The Unknown Citizen"
- Auden - beaurocracy views people as numbers and as a whole and not at all as individuals.
- "Song of Myself"
- Walt Whitman - celebrating every atom of himself, but also the fact that these atoms came from the same dirt as everyone. No real death, but that it continues. To die is luckier than anyone thought before. No idea is new.
- George Tooker
- Government Bureau painting - shows that a good citizen is one without a personality.
- "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"
- Ken Kesey - modern-day western.
- Vituperative
- Harsh criticism.
- Alacrity
- Eager readiness.
- Pariah
- Someone outcasted and avoided.
- Querulous
- Inclined to complain or find fault.