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The Age of Reason

The Age of Reason. or the Revolutionary Period in American Literature… (The late 1700s). Focus on “reason”. By the end of the 1700s, the Puritan influence on America began to wane (decrease). People had come from all over Europe to the American colonies.

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The Age of Reason

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  1. The Age of Reason or the Revolutionary Period in American Literature… (The late 1700s)

  2. Focus on “reason” • By the end of the 1700s, the Puritan influence on America began to wane (decrease). • People had come from all over Europe to the American colonies. • Were the colonists happy, overall, with the situation they were in?

  3. OF COURSE NOT… • We all know about the troubles that the American colonists ran into with British rule. • But how did it affect the literature that was produced?

  4. How do events of a given time influence what is written? • To answer this question, you should know that the most important pieces of literature during the AGE OF REASON, were political documents, speeches, and pamphlets (short, concise works that usually argue for or against a political cause.) • Non-fiction (such as the forms mentioned above) was far more influential than fiction.

  5. List of political documents that are considered a part of the AGE OF REASON (Revolutionary Period) • The Declaration of Independence • Patrick Henry’s Speech to the Virginia Convention • Thomas Paine’s The Crisis • Works of Benjamin Franklin

  6. Revolutionary PeriodAge of Enlightenment The 18th-century American enlightenment as a movement marked by an emphasis on: • rationality rather than tradition • scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious doctrine • representative government in place of monarchy. • Important writers: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and any other of the so-called “Founding Fathers.”

  7. Revolutionary PeriodAge of Enlightenment • Enlightenment thinkers and writers, such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine, were devoted to the ideals of justice, liberty, and equality as the natural rights of man.

  8. Setting the Scene…The American Revolution Pgs. 120-121 • The Boston Tea Party • Declaration of Independence – justified the revolt against the British. • shots fired at Lexington, Mass. Signaled the beginning of the American Revolution. • 1787 the Constitution is written to establish a new nation with a powerful national government. • Growth and technology advances helped create a flourishing new nation.

  9. Persuasion Elements • All writing is essentially persuasion • All persuasion papers should have the following elements: Logos: Logic Pathos: Emotional Ethos: Ethical

  10. Use in Pop Culture The original Star Trek series heightened the dynamic conflict of its main characters by utilizing one primary element in each character: Logos = Logic Pathos = Emotion Ethos = Ethics

  11. Poor Richard’s AlmanackBy: Benjamin Franklin Pgs. 134-135 • Focus on: Aphorisms

  12. But First….Franklin’s Aphorisms! • Aphorisms are short, memorable statements that convey a general truth or observation about life. • Examples “A man with one clock knows what time it is; a man with two clocks is never sure.” “A place for everything and everything in its place.”

  13. Aphorisms • 'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.Samuel JohnsonPope • A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.Robert Burton • A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody has read. • A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.Wilson • A fool must now and then be right by chance.William Cowper • A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.Wilson Mizner • A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.Saul Bellow • A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices.William James • A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something. • "It can't happen here" is number 1 on the list of famous last words.David Crosby99% of the game is half mental.own • A bend in the road is not the end of the road -- unless you fail to make the turn. • A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project will take only twice as long. • A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there.A conclusion is simply the place where someone got tired of thinking.n

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