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Introduction to American Literature

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6 Major Time Periods1. 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


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