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Unit 5 American Literature Introduction Brief Outline of American Literature Part I Colonial Period Part II Revolutionary PeriodBenjamin Franklin Philip Freneau Part III American RomanticismWashington IrvingJames Fenimore CooperEdgar Allan PoeNathaniel Hawthorne Part IV Realism(1861-1914) Mark TwainHenry JamesNaturalism Stephen CraneTheodore Dreiser Part V The 1920s T.S. EliotWilliam FaulknerErnest Hemingway(Lost Generation) Imagism Ezra Pound Part VI The 1930sSteinbeckHarlem Renaissance (Black American literature)HughesWrightEllison Part VII American DramaEugene O’Neill Part VIII The Post-war SceneSaul BellowSalinger 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. Puritanism in America They follow the ideas of the Swiss reformer John Calvin. Doctrines:- Predestination- Original sin and total depravity (human beings are basically evil.)- Limited atonement (or the Salvation of a selected few) Puritan values (creeds):? Hard work, thrift, piety, sobriety, simple tastes.? Puritans are more practical, tougher, and to be ever ready for any misfortune and tragic failure. ? They are optimistic. Puritanism in America Why did Puritans come to America?- to reform the Church of England- to have an entirely new church- to escape religious persecution* God’s chosen people* To seek a new Garden of Eden* To build “City of God on earth” Puritanism in America Influence - American Puritanism was one of the most enduring shaping influences in American thought and American literature.- American literature is based on a myth, i.e. the Biblical myth of the Garden of Eden.- Puritanism can be compared with Chinese Confucianism. Brief Outline of American literature 1. Colonial period (1607