Brief_History_of_American_Literature-_colonial_and_revolutionary_period.pptVIP

Introduction What is literature?Writings that are valued as works of art, esp. fiction, drama and poetry. Forms (genres) of literature?Poetry, novel (fiction), drama, prose, essay, epic, elegy, short story, journalism, sermon, (auto) biography, travel accounts, novelette, etc. Brief Outline of American literature Colonial period (1607-1775)Anne BradstreetEdward Taylor Revolutionary period (1775-1783)Benjamin FranklinPhilip Freneau Romanticism (1820-1861)Washington IrvingEdgar Allan PoeNathaniel Howthorne William Whitman* Transcendentalism * (New England Renaissance)Ralph Waldo Em