EARLY EXPLORERS AND THE PURITAN INFLUENCE

Unit 1 A Gathering of Voices(Beginnings to 1750)

Significant Historical Events

EQ: How does the literature of Early America reflect the beliefs and culture of the people?

1492 – Columbus

1620 – Puritans

1700s- Great Awakening

Early Explorers’ Literature Exploration Narrative –

Narrative Account –

Firsthand accounts-

Secondhand accounts-

Early Explorers’ Literature Continued…

Narrative Nonfiction

Journal: Imagine finding yourself in a strange land among people whose customs were unknown to you. What if you had no way of sending for help and no way of knowing exactly how to get back home? How would it feel to spend several years in this land with no apparent hope of returning home? On whom could you depend for help?

The Puritan Influence Separatists/”purifiers”/”dissenters”

King James I Return to the simple ways

Mayflower and Speedwell Passenger on board Difficult journey

Spiritual and Business pilgrimage

Belief System Bible – literal word of God Covenant Theology –

Individual Group

Elect vs. Unregenerate

Puritan Virtues:

Belief System continued… Church vs. individual

No national church

Pilgrim – pilgrimage Journey for salvation

Puritan ethic:

T U L I P (Calvinism) Total Depravity

Unconditional election

Limited Atonement

Irresistible Grace

Perseverance of the saints

Literature of the Puritans Plain style

Inversion (think Yoda)

ApostropheEx. John Donne

Busy old fool, unruly sun,Why dost thou thus,Through windows, andThrough curtains call on us?

Purpose: Spiritual insight/instruction

Literature continued… Conceit

Esoteric

Diaries/Journals

Drama/Fiction

How God reveals his purpose… The Bible

The natural world

Divine Providence -

Great Awakening 1734 – 1750

Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Gilbert Tennet

Purpose:

Assignment Read from Journal of the First Voyage to

America pages 60-62

Prepare the following assignment with your reading:

Pretend you are someone else on the island besides Columbus. Retell the main events from your perspective.