An Introduction to Early American Literature (1620-1776)

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American LiteratureAn Introduction to Early American Literature(1620-1776)

The Form of USA: religious controversy; the desire of monarchs to expand their empires ; the human thirst for land, adventure, and “glistering gold;” efforts by nations to rid themselves of surplus populations The Form of American literature: European traders and colonizers wrote of their hopes, rare triumphs, and frequent disasters

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An Introduction to Early American Literature The first permanent English settlement in North America :Jamestown, Virginia, 1607 . Captain John Smith His vision helped lure the Pilgrims and Puritans who saw themselves as new saints with a spiritual mission to flee the Old World and create a New Israel, a New Promised Land, in the America that John Smith had described.

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An Introduction to Early American Literature

The Age of Reason and Revolution: The writers of the Southern and Middle Colonies who followed John Smith made their greatest contribution to American literature in the 18th century, New England’s great contribution to American literature : Sermons

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An Introduction to Early American LiteratureInfluence of Puritanism: remained hard impression on the American mind. It had spoken for the preeminence of the individual, for freedom from oppressive governments, for the value of learning and education, led Americans to scrutinize their beliefs, their world, and each other ; gave ordinary people a sense of purpose and encouraged them to examine issues in religion and in government and to speak out; helped to create in Americans a sense of duty to their God, their nation, and their fellow men . Its ideas helped prepare for the revolutionary achievements of the Age of Enlightenment and for the artistic triumphs of the Age of American Romanticism.

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UnitⅠ Benjamin Franklin (1706 -1790) Life: When 24: the sole owner of a successful printing shop and editor and publisher of the Pennsylvania Gazette ; Before 42: founded a library, invented a stove, established a fire company, subscribed to an academy that was to become the University of Pennsylvania, served as secretary to the American Philosophical Society 1776:served on the committee to draft the

Declaration of Independence

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UnitⅠ Benjamin Franklin (1706 -1790) Works :

Poor Richard’s Almanac (1732);

The Autobiography (1771-1790)Some famous maxims given by Franklin 1. When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. 2. He that will thrive must rise at five. 3. Little strokes fell great oaks.