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Introduction to American Literature. 10 CP. 6 Major Time Periods. Beginnings to 1800 American Romanticism The American Renaissance Realism Modern Period Postmodern/Contemporary Period. 1. Beginnings to 1800. Begins with Native American oral tradition Navajo Sioux.
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6 Major Time Periods • Beginnings to 1800 • American Romanticism • The American Renaissance • Realism • Modern Period • Postmodern/Contemporary Period
1. Beginnings to 1800 • Begins with Native American oral tradition • Navajo • Sioux
1. Beginnings to 1800 • Puritan Literature • William Bradford • Mary Rowlandson
1. Beginnings to 1800 • Colonial Literature • Jonathon Edwards • Benjamin Franklin
2. American Romanticism 1800-1860 Washington Irving William Cullen Bryant
2. American Romanticism1800-1860 • Gothic Literature • Edgar Allan Poe • Nathaniel Hawthorne • Herman Melville
3. The American Renaissance1840-1860 • Emerson • Thoreau
4. Realism1850-1900 • Mark Twain
5. Modern Period1900-1950 • F. Scott Fitzgerald • John Steinbeck
5. Modern Period1900-1950 • The Harlem Renaissance • Langston Hughes • Countee Cullen • Zora Neale Hurston
6. Contemporary/Postmodern1950-Present • Elie Wiesel • Tim O’Brien • Toni Morrison • Amy Tan
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