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What is ‘Literature’?
Where, when, what is ‘American’?
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Is Literature a only traditional genre? Poetry Novel Short Story Drama (play) Essay
Can it be other things? Oral stories History Theology Mythology Song Lyrics
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What language or languages is ‘American’? 500 Native American Indian languages
Spanish
Portuguese
English
French
Hawaiian
Samoan
Inuit
Guamanian
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U. S. 2013
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Eastern Woodlands Nations Great Plains
Nations
Southwestern Desert Nations
Mountain Nations
Pacific Northwest Nations
U. S. 1491
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J Jamestown 1607
Plymouth Colony 1620
British America 1621
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After the Louisiana Purchase 1803
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U. S. Territory 1835
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America Before the War with Mexico 1845
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America during Civil War, Red—Slave, Blue—Free, Yellow—Slave but in Union, White—Indian Territory 1860
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Great American Subjects and Themes: A New Beginning
Religion
Conflict of Cultures
Quest for freedom
Narratives of Escaped Captives
Movement West
Search for an American Identity Literature
Mythology
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Literary Periods: Beginnings through 1865 Pre-Columbian (40,000 BCE to 1492)
Age of Exploration (1492 – 1550)
Early Colonization (1550 – 1620)
Early Colonial Period (1620-1730)
Late Colonial Period (1730-17750
Revolutionary Period and Early Nationhood (1776 –1815)
Romantic Period (1816 -- 1858)
Civil War Period (1859 – 1865)