Native American Literature American Literature/Humanities 1 st Semester Ms. Zegar.
American literature resources
Transcript of American literature resources
PERIODS, AUTHORS & BOOKS.
The Conquers.Puritans.Illustration.Transcendentalis.Romanticisims.Renaissance.
Romantic poetry.Individualism.North & South,
Emancipation & Slavery. The Civil War.
Realism & Naturalism.
Cosmopolitism.
From 1850 to 1900
Cabeza de Vaca, John Smith. William Fradford, John
Winthrop. Cotton Mather, Johathan
Edwards, Mary Ronaldson. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin
Franklin. Washington Irvin. Ralph W.
Emerson, Henry D. Thoreau. Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Edgar A. Poe, H. Melville.
Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson.
Bret Harte, Mark Twain, Jack London, Frank Norris.
Ambrose Bierce. Stephen Crane, Edith
Warton. Henry James.
From 1850 to 1900
FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
THE CONQUERS: Exploring the new continent.
• “Naufragios” by Cabeza de Vaca
• “General History of Virginia” by John Smith
FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
PURITANS: Early puritan records.
• “Of Plymouth Plantation” by William Bradford
•“A Model of Christian Charity by John Winthrop
FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
PURITANS: Doctrine, semón & captivity narratives.
FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
ILLUSTRATION: The creation of a New Nation.
• “Declaration of Independence” by Thomas Jefferson.
• “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin” by Benjamin Franklin.
FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
TRANSCENDENTALISM: The rise of a National Literature.
• “Tales of the Alhambra” by W. Irving.
• “Self-reliance” by Ralph W. Emerson.
• “Walden” by Henry D. Thoreau
FROM NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE TO 1850
ROMANTICISM: An American Renaissance.
• “Rappacini’s Daughter” by N. Hawthorne.
• “The Murders in The Rue Mongue” by E. A. Poe.
• “Moby Dick” by H. Melville
FROM 1850 TO 1900
ROMANTIC POETRY: Individuality & the self.
• “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry” by Walt Whitman.
• “Selected Poems” by Emily Dickinson.
FROM 1850 TO 1900
INDIVIDUALISM
• “The Luck of Roaring Camp” by Bret Harte.
•“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain.
•“What life means to me” by Jack London.
• “The Octopus” by Frank Norris.
FROM 1850 TO 1900
NORTH & SOUTH, EMANCIPATION & SLAVERY. The Civil War.
• “Chickamauga” by Ambrose Bierce.
FROM 1850 TO 1900
REALISM & NATURALISM
• “Maggie, A Girl of the Streets” by Stephen Crane.
• “The Age of Innocence” by Edith Wharton.
FROM 1850 TO 1900
COSMOPOLITANISM: Europe in America.
• “Daisy Miller” by Henry James.