美国初期文学史_Yanqing Zhang.pptx

History of American Literature:I. The First Americans;  2. Inventing Americas.  ;I. The First Americans American Literature Before and During the Colonial and Revolutionary Period--- Imagining Eden --- A multicultural environment ;Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) ;Myth of Eden;Perspective of Native Americans ;Common refrains in Native American tales;A multicultural environment;2. Inventing Americas--- The Making of American Literature, 1800–1865;--- The Making of American Literature, 1800–1865;Moving west: Trail of Tears;The Making of American Myths--- Myths of an emerging nation