Generally Literary movement are some piece of literature done by various authors over same period of time usually which carries some similar ideas among them. There are many literary movements present and here is some of the important ones are listed mostly above 19th century.
1. Amatory fiction - 17 th and 18 th century, romance fictions
2. Cavalier Poets - They are called son of Ben, Ben Jonson. 17th c royalist poets write about courtly love
3. Metaphysical poets - Often write about religion or love, but not always
4. The Augustans - 18th c works based on satire, skepticism or classic ideals
5. Romanticism - 19th c , imaginary and emotional works
6. Gothic novel - supernatural and violence
7. Lake Poets - Poets from Lake district write about nature
8. American Romanticism - Majorly about American history
9. Pre-Raphaelitism - 19th c poets who mostly skilled in painting too
10. Transcendentalism - 19th c American movements independent from modern technology self- reliance poetry and philosophy.
11. Dark romanticism - Reaction to transcendentalism, man inherently sinful and self destructive.
12. Realism - An everyday concern, simplification of image & style of 19th c.
13. Naturalism - 19th c, works that believe in heredity
14. Symbolism - Basically a French movement, structure of thought rather than image or poetic form
15. Stream of consciousness - Quotidian thought without authorial presence.
16. Modernism - Reaction to science and technology, 20th century.
17. The Lost Generation - Impact of post World war I
18. Dada - Against artistic norms
19. First World War Poets - Horrors of the war during the world wars.
20. Stridentism - Speaks about social revolution and urban life. Mexican movements.
21. Los Contemporáneos - Mexican movements, served as a group's mouthpiece
22. Imagism - Depends on the theme natural objects are always adequate symbol.
23. Harlem Renaissance - Elements of blues and folklore. African - American poets.
24. Surrealism - written in unconscious tone
25. Southern Agrarians - Metrical verse and narratives
26. Oulipo - Based on arbitrary rules for the sake of challenges in addition.
27. Pargatiwadi Dhara - Marxist sloganistic tone
28.Paryogsheel Lehar - Panjabi poetry, mapping new direction to the future generation.
29. Postmodernism - Post war movements
30.Black Mountain Poets - Based on the poets of the Black Mountain College.
31. Beat poets - Counter culture and youthful alienation, an American movement.
32. Hungryalist Poets - A literary movement in postcolonial India, Kolkata.
33. Confessional poetry - Brutally exposed poetry, beauty and power of human frailty.
34. New York School - Gay or Gay- friendly poets of 1960's.
35. Magical Realism - Consist of magical elements, Latin American literary boom of 20th century.
36. Postcolonialism - Loosely connected movements of writers of colonies of European countries.
37. Prakalpana Movement* - Chetanavyasism philosophy, Indian writers in Bengali literature
38. Spiralism - Level of relations and historical connections.
39. Spoken Word - Monologue, speaking voice to present fictions.
40. New Formalism - American poetry advocating a return to traditional accentual-syllabic verse.
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