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AMERICAN LITERATURE - Coggle Diagram
AMERICAN LITERATURE
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Its focus
There is an emphasis on pitting the American ideals of forward-looking pragmatism (an approach that evaluates theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application).
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While trying to develop a distinct voice, American writers also very much leaned into European traditions.
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What is it?
Literature predominantly written or produced in English in the United States of America and its preceding colonies.
Before the founding of the United States, the Thirteen Colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States were heavily influenced by British literature.
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