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• The American Revolution against
Britain (1775-1783) was the first modern
war of liberation against a colonial
power.
MANIFEST DESTINY:
Americans were
destined for greatness
• Americans´ excessive dependence on
English literary models.
• America’s literary identification with
England, an excessive imitation of English or
classical literary models.
• The roots of the Colonial writers of the
Revolutionary generation.
• Politics, law, and diplomacy paid. Writing,
on the other hand, did not pay.
• No publishers. No audience. No
copy right laws.
Enlightenment thinkers and writers
were devoted to the ideals of:
• Benjamin Franklin lived from 17
January 1706 to 17 April 1790.
• Benjamin was the 6th president of
Pennsylvania and was one of the
Founding Fathers of United States.
• Franklin had many professions, he
was a leading author, printer, political
theorist, politician, scientist, inventor and
diplomat.
• he was the most famous and
respected private figure of his
time.
• He learned from the
Enlightment writers to apply
reason to his own life and to
break with tradition.
• He also had the Puritan
capacity for hard, careful work,
constant self scrutiny, and the
desire to better himself.
• He initiated a characteristically
American genre — the SELF-HELP
BOOK.
• Poor Richard’s
Almanack:
• Useful encouragement,
advice, and factual
information
• Written to advise his son
Franklin lists 13 virtues:
temperance,
silence,
order,
resolution,
frugality,
industry,
sincerity,
justice,
moderation,
cleanliness,
tranquility,
chastity, and humility.
Despite his prosperity and fame,
Franklin never lost his democratic
sensibility:
he was
an important figure at the 1787
when the US constitution was
drafted
he was president of an
antislavery
association.
His last efforts was to promote
universal public education.
• Born on December 31, 1735 –
November 12, 1813, in France.
• Naturalized in New York as John
Hector St. John, was a French-
American writer.
• He gave Europeans a glowing idea of
opportunities for peace, wealth, and
pride in America through his work.
Crèvecoeur was the earliest European to
exploit the “MELTING POT” image of America,
in a famous passage:
• The passion of Revolutionary literature is
found in pamphlets.
• Over 2,000 pamphlets were published
during the Revolution.
• The pamphlets thrilled patriots and
threatened loyalists.
• They were often read aloud in public to
excite audiences.
• American soldiers read them aloud in their
Camps.
• Born February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809.
• Thomas Paine was known as a
pamphleteer and contributed to the
American Revolutions with the
pamphlet Common Sense.
“The cause of America is in a great
measure the cause of all mankind,”
WRITERS OF FICTION
Brockden Brown was born in 1771 and
died in 1810. He was an American
novelist, historian, and editor of the Early
National period.
Brown was the fourth of five brothers
and six surviving siblings total in a
Philadelphia
Quaker merchant family.
He wrote novels as Wieland (1798),
Arthur Mervyn (1799), Ormond (1799), and
Edgar Huntley (1799).
 American gothic.
 American settings.
 Explore political and ideological conflicts.
 Dramatics, suspenseful tales of crisis.
 Psychological derangement.
 First person narratives.
 Emphasis on social and political anxieties.
 Irving was an American author,
essayist, biographer, historian,
and diplomat of the early 19th
century.
 He is best known for “The
Sketch Book of Geoffrey
Crayon, Gent ” .
 The medieval past.
Imagery.
Rural settings.
Dramatic aspects of American
History.
Refuse the American condition.
 James Fenimore Cooper was
born in Burlington, New Jersey,
to William Cooper and Elizabeth
(Fenimore) Cooper, the eleventh
child of twelve children.
 His historical romances of
frontier and Indian life in the
early American days created a
unique form of American
literature.
 Among the novels are Precaution
(1820), The Pioneers (1823), The
Last of the Mohicans (1826) etc.
A sense of the past
Based on the real life
Reveal a deep tension
Acceptation of American condition
 American characters, settings and
themes.
 Anne Bradstreet
 Anne Hutchinson
 Ann Cotton
 Sarah Kemble Knight
 Phillis Wheatley was born in
Africa and brought to Boston,
Massachusetts.
 The first African-American
author of importance in the
United States.
 Among her best-known poems
are “To S.M., a Young African
Painter, on Seeing His
Works”.
 Susanna Rowson (c. 1762-1824)
 Hannah Foster (1758-1840)
 Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820)
Charlotte
Temple
(1791)
The Coquette
(1797)
History of the
Rise, Progress,
and
Termination of
the American
Revolution
(1805)
AMERICAN SUBJECTS
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
THEMES OF CHANGE
NOSTALGIC TONES
MANY PROSE GENRES
A LIVING THROUGH LITERATURE
American revolution

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American revolution

  • 1.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4. • The American Revolution against Britain (1775-1783) was the first modern war of liberation against a colonial power. MANIFEST DESTINY: Americans were destined for greatness
  • 5.
  • 6. • Americans´ excessive dependence on English literary models. • America’s literary identification with England, an excessive imitation of English or classical literary models. • The roots of the Colonial writers of the Revolutionary generation. • Politics, law, and diplomacy paid. Writing, on the other hand, did not pay. • No publishers. No audience. No copy right laws.
  • 7.
  • 8. Enlightenment thinkers and writers were devoted to the ideals of:
  • 9.
  • 10. • Benjamin Franklin lived from 17 January 1706 to 17 April 1790. • Benjamin was the 6th president of Pennsylvania and was one of the Founding Fathers of United States. • Franklin had many professions, he was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor and diplomat.
  • 11. • he was the most famous and respected private figure of his time. • He learned from the Enlightment writers to apply reason to his own life and to break with tradition. • He also had the Puritan capacity for hard, careful work, constant self scrutiny, and the desire to better himself.
  • 12. • He initiated a characteristically American genre — the SELF-HELP BOOK. • Poor Richard’s Almanack: • Useful encouragement, advice, and factual information
  • 13. • Written to advise his son Franklin lists 13 virtues: temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquility, chastity, and humility.
  • 14. Despite his prosperity and fame, Franklin never lost his democratic sensibility: he was an important figure at the 1787 when the US constitution was drafted he was president of an antislavery association. His last efforts was to promote universal public education.
  • 15.
  • 16. • Born on December 31, 1735 – November 12, 1813, in France. • Naturalized in New York as John Hector St. John, was a French- American writer. • He gave Europeans a glowing idea of opportunities for peace, wealth, and pride in America through his work.
  • 17. Crèvecoeur was the earliest European to exploit the “MELTING POT” image of America, in a famous passage:
  • 18.
  • 19. • The passion of Revolutionary literature is found in pamphlets. • Over 2,000 pamphlets were published during the Revolution. • The pamphlets thrilled patriots and threatened loyalists. • They were often read aloud in public to excite audiences. • American soldiers read them aloud in their Camps.
  • 20.
  • 21. • Born February 9, 1737 - June 8, 1809. • Thomas Paine was known as a pamphleteer and contributed to the American Revolutions with the pamphlet Common Sense. “The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind,”
  • 23. Brockden Brown was born in 1771 and died in 1810. He was an American novelist, historian, and editor of the Early National period. Brown was the fourth of five brothers and six surviving siblings total in a Philadelphia Quaker merchant family. He wrote novels as Wieland (1798), Arthur Mervyn (1799), Ormond (1799), and Edgar Huntley (1799).
  • 24.
  • 25.  American gothic.  American settings.  Explore political and ideological conflicts.  Dramatics, suspenseful tales of crisis.  Psychological derangement.  First person narratives.  Emphasis on social and political anxieties.
  • 26.  Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.  He is best known for “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent ” .
  • 27.
  • 28.  The medieval past. Imagery. Rural settings. Dramatic aspects of American History. Refuse the American condition.
  • 29.  James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey, to William Cooper and Elizabeth (Fenimore) Cooper, the eleventh child of twelve children.  His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature.  Among the novels are Precaution (1820), The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826) etc.
  • 30.
  • 31. A sense of the past Based on the real life Reveal a deep tension Acceptation of American condition  American characters, settings and themes.
  • 32.
  • 33.  Anne Bradstreet  Anne Hutchinson  Ann Cotton  Sarah Kemble Knight
  • 34.  Phillis Wheatley was born in Africa and brought to Boston, Massachusetts.  The first African-American author of importance in the United States.  Among her best-known poems are “To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works”.
  • 35.  Susanna Rowson (c. 1762-1824)  Hannah Foster (1758-1840)  Judith Sargent Murray (1751-1820) Charlotte Temple (1791) The Coquette (1797) History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution (1805)
  • 36. AMERICAN SUBJECTS HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES THEMES OF CHANGE NOSTALGIC TONES MANY PROSE GENRES A LIVING THROUGH LITERATURE