CH 1: American Literature from 1600-1800 Flashcards
Native American’s Contribions
made sense of the world through storytelling: natural disasters/events that seemed random could be attributed to the Great Spirit / all groups shared an “oral tradition” /
Native American Common Themes
link between the land and people ~ make it clear that people come from the land and return to it / hero’s journey - initiation rights and coming of age / explain the natural and supernatural world - utilizes animal characters /
Impact of Native American Lit
on the founding and future of American literature : Europeans blended Their literary traditions with that of the native Americans.
Captain John Smith
he was a leader among the settlers in the Jamestown colony / wrote books on the geography of the colonies / told the story of Pocahontas
John Winthrop
a puritan lawyer who helped found MA colony and served as governor / wrote “A Modell of Christian Charity” ~ how puritans would live and conduct their fate in the USA
Roger Williams
minister with radical beliefs - wanted to separate the church from the state / he was banished from MA for saying the land should be bought from the Native Americans
Anne Bradstreet
famous poet from 17th century / first female poet to be published in England and America / acknowledged the problems with Puritanism and attacked their beliefs and the way that women were seen as inferior
Johnathan Edwards
founder of The Great Awakening - worried that people had lost their focus on God and were distracted by the worldly goods/ philosopher and minister/
The Age of Reason
European movement of philosophy and science
The Great Awakening
sought to revive religion in England and the British Colonies in America [people were beginning to find religion again]
