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Introduction to American Literature
10 CP
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6 Major Time Periods
1. Beginnings to 18002. American Romanticism3. The American Renaissance4. Realism5. Modern Period6. Postmodern/Contemporary Period
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1. Beginnings to 1800• Begins with Native American oral
tradition– Navajo– Sioux
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1. Beginnings to 1800• Puritan Literature–William Bradford–Mary Rowlandson
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1. Beginnings to 1800• Colonial Literature– Jonathon Edwards–Benjamin Franklin
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2. American Romanticism 1800-1860
Washington Irving William Cullen Bryant
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2. American Romanticism1800-1860
• Gothic Literature– Edgar Allan Poe– Nathaniel Hawthorne– Herman Melville
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3. The American Renaissance1840-1860
• Emerson • Thoreau
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4. Realism1850-1900
•Mark Twain
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5. Modern Period1900-1950
• F. Scott Fitzgerald• John Steinbeck
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5. Modern Period1900-1950
• The Harlem Renaissance– Langston Hughes– Countee Cullen– Zora Neale Hurston
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6. Contemporary/Postmodern1950-Present
• Elie Wiesel• Tim O’Brien• Toni Morrison• Amy Tan
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At Jefferson…
• We do not study literature in chronological order
• The units are grouped by the pillars of character
• We will begin with the pillar of Citizenship