American Lit Outline (Pt 1) Flashcards
(37 cards)
When was the Early National/Revolutionary Period?
1760-1830
When was the Colonial Period?
1607-1765
When was the American Romantic Period?
1800-1865
What was the Divine Mission of the Pilgrims?
Establish a New World which would be like a city on a hill, a model for other countries and societies
What were struggles in the New World?
Struggles against the elements
Fight for survival
Dependence on the land
What types of freedom were provided under the New World government?
Religions, political, economic
What was nationalism the result of?
Feelings of identity and unity which eventually led to a distinctly American literature
What were the some of issues early American literature covered?
Historical, poltical, religious, and spiritual
What was key to early American literature?
Experience- New World provided a variety of experiences, these experiences helped develop an even wider variety of early American writers
Where were the majority of the Northern writers located?
New England
What were some of the hardships of the New World that Northern writers wrote about?
Threatening features of climate
Indian attack
Disease
Starvation
What were some of personalhardships of the New World that Northern writers wrote about?
Loss of life
Loss of personal possessions
Discouragements both individual and communal
What was a common purpose of Northern writing?
Religions and spiritual instruction
What were ways that the South varied from the North?
Unlike Puritan New England with its growing towns and cities
Fewer communities in the South
Southern writers were usually not radicals who sought to sever ties with Britain
What were characteristics of Southern literature?
Witty, urbane, largely imitative of British models
What were motivations of Southern literature?
Nature
Scientific observations
Self-satisfaction
Did not usually write for religious instruction
Many Southern writers were…
aristocrats or gentlemen planters
Who was William Byrd?
Southern writer who recorded scientific data and sent it back to the Royal Academy of Science in England
What were many early works and writings?
Diaries
Journals
Histories
What were the subjects of Captain John Smith’s writings?
Indian adventures
Explorations
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
What was the first book in American literature?
A True Relation of Virginia by Captain John Smith
Who is called the “Father of American history”?
William Bradford
What book provides an eye witness account of the pilgrim’s journey to the New World?
Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
Who were 3 early famous poets?
Anne Bradstreet, Michael Wigglesworth, & Edward Taylor (all of whom were Puritans)
