Unit Outline: Early American and Colonial Period
I. Informational Article:
"Introduction to Early
American and Colonial Period"
II. Lecture Notes on Puritan Theology, Literature & Culture
III. First Hand Accounts
A. William Bradford's Plymouth Plantation
"Chapter 9", Mayflower Compact & Study Guide Questions
B. Mary Rowlandson's "The Captivity and
Restoration of Mary Rowlandson," & Study Guide Questions
C. Excerpts from "The
Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus
Vassa the African" and Study Activity
IV. Puritan Verse
A. Selected Poems by Anne Bradstreet and
Study Guide Questions
B. Selected Poems by Edward Taylor and Study
Guide Questions
V. Puritan Sermons
A. Articles:
"Sermon Structure: A Brief
Outline" and
"Forms of Puritan Rhetoric"
B. Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands
of an Angry God" & Study Guide Questions
VI.
Important
Terms and Concepts of Early American Literature
Genres
- narratives
- exploration narratives
- slave narratives
- narratives of captivity
- Puritan verse
- Puritan rhetoric
- sermons
- jeremiads
Puritan Theology & Culture
Quaker Culture
Southern Culture
Related Literary Terms
- plain style
- inversion
- archaisms
- satire
- conceit
- extended metaphor
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