AMERICAN LITERATURE

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is the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States.

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American literature

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was shaped by the history of the country that produced it.

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American literature

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begins with the arrival of English-speaking Europeans in what would become the United States.

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American literature

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naturally a colonial literature, by authors who were Englishmen and who thought and wrote as such.

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American literature

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=His chief books A True Relation of…Virginia…(1608) and The General Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles.
=wrote in the tradition of geographic literature

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John Smith

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Her poetic style derived from a long line of British poets, including Spenser and Sidney.

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Anne Bradstreet

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Both the content and form of the literature of this first century in America were thus markedly English.

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Anne Bradstreet, John Smith

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In early _ century America, writers like Cotton Mather carried on traditional ideas.

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18th

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Mather’s _ and _ defended older Puritan convictions.

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Magnum Christi Americana (1702) and his Manuductio ad Ministerium (1726)

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Four notable authors -

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Cullen Bryant, Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper, and Edgar Allan Poe

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• emerged and ushered in a period of significant literary development.

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Edgar Allan Poe

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: Two notable Southern novelists.

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John Pendleton Kennedy and William Gilmore Simms

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Kennedy’s _ showcases plantation life.

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Swallow Barn (1832)

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Simms’s _ highlight his talent in historical fiction.

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Yemassee (1835) and Revolutionary romances

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Significant movements in drama, poetry, fiction, and criticism during _ period.

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WW1

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=Authors experimented with radical literary techniques.
=American writers often break with literary traditions, embracing originality.
=Writers from other countries often adopt their national literary heritage.
=Many American authors actively reject the old in pursuit of new literary creations.

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American literature

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has a strong element of humor, dating back to early examples.

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American literature

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_ humor often balances out serious themes, preventing over-sentimentality.

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Salty

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_ is a common feature;

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Exaggeration

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_ acts as a coping mechanism during tough times.

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laughter

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THEMES IN AMERICAN LITERATURE

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A JOURNEY FROM INNOCENCE TO AWARENESS, THE AMERICAN DREAM, THE LAND AND THE FRONTIER, THE HERO, COMMUNITY

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=A prevalent theme in American literature
=Some characters are destroyed by their experiences, while others find strength in adversity.

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JOURNEY FROM INNOCENCE TO AWARENESS

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=Writers often expose the reality of the dream being an illusion, empty, deceptive, and destructive.
=Evident in works like Arthur Miller’s plays (The Crucible, Death of a Salesman) and Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

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THE AMERICAN DREAM