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.
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