LITERATURE
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- etiological
- try to explain "why"
- Pilgrims and Puritans
- puritans gave up hope of purifying the church so they came to the colonies
- explorers
- explorers from all countries (Columbus, Ponce de Leon)
- euhemeristic
- have basis in historical fact
- persuasive speakers
- speackers qualification, audience, occasion, technique
- about explorers
- they kept journals, personal narrativesm reliability a question(who was the audience)
- puritan writting
- religious, practical, simple(not flowery, preachy in nature) humns, biographies, journals, poetry, richard mather)NO SHORT STORIES
- southern writers
- fiction, drama (flowery, fantastical events) entertainment
- The Walam Olum
- all thought in gladness-peace and happiness, valued knowlege, leisure, and family
- Navajo Origin
- valued corn, wind, and family(the story described creation of life)
- manito
- a powerful spirit, mulitple monitos (GOOD/BAD), magic;spirit world, mystery
- poetry
- discussed religion, it was practical, and it was simple(expresses the writers thoughts and feelings)
- southern planters
- social
- myth
- story passed down orally, usually invoves immortal beings, explains natura phenomena, origins of humans, and customs and traditions(used to teach a culture's values and morals)
- Native Americans
- oral traditions(songs and dance), pictographes-stories told by pictures
- Irioquis Constitution
- symbols:roots, eagle, council fire, meetings of graditute(it wasnt flowery so it was easier to remember)