Survey of American Literature
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- What three words explain our lack of "traditional" literature during the Early American Period?
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Arrive
Survive
Establish - List the seven types of early American literature.
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letters diaries
journals sermons
historical accounts
documents some poetry - From what historical account do we derive Thanksgiving?
- Of Plymouth Plantation
- What Puritan minister delivered the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?
- Jonathan Edwards
- What was the first document of self-rule in American history?
- The Mayflower Compact
- Classicism is defined by what three key words?
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Clarity
Form
Order - Classicism was a product of what European movement?
- The Enlightenment, also called the Age of Reason
- Who has been called "The First American"?
- Benjamin Franklin
- In what pamplet did Thomas Paine logically call for American independence?
- Common Sense
- How is the influence of Classicism evident in the Declaration of Independence?
- The Declaration is a clear, logical list of reasons why the colonies are angry with King George.
- List the four characteristics of Romanticism
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Love of nature
Interest in the past
Interest in the unexplained
Emphasis on the individual - Who is the Father of the American Short Story?
- Washington Irving
- From what source did Irving derive many of his stories?
- German folk tales
- Who defined the short story as a genre?
- Edgar Allan Poe
- Who is the Father of American Poetry?
- William Cullen Bryant