美国文学Colonial Period.pptVIP

American Literature Colonial America Colonial Literature General features Types of writing: diaries, histories, letters etc. Content: serving either God or colonial expansion or both Form: imitating English literary traditions Writers P16-17 (1) Captain John Smith: the first American writer (P16) A Description of New England 《新英格兰叙事》 (2) William Bradford 布拉德福德: Of Plymouth Plantation Records 《普利茅斯种植园史》 (3) John Winthrop 温斯罗普: A Model of Christian Charity 《基督慈善的模式》 (4) Anne Bradstreet(安妮·布拉德斯特里特): the first American woman poet; a Puritan poet, once called “Tenth Muse”; her poems mainly