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AMERICAN LITERATURE - Coggle Diagram
AMERICAN LITERATURE
Themes
The American Dream
The ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative
Loss of Innocence
It is usually thought of as an experience or period in a child's life that widens their awareness of evil, pain or suffering in the world around them.
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Relationship with Nature
- Nature as Teacher: nature is viewed as a positive, life giving force.
- Cold, Impersonal World: nature can be completely indifferent to what happens to us.
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Alienation and Isolation
The experience and consequences of being isolated from a group or an activity to which one should belong, or in which one should be involved.
Survival of the Fittest
A justification for behavior that undermines moral standards by letting the interpretation of strength determine justice to the detriment of the weak.
Disillusionment
The feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be
Rebellion and protest
Process of resisting authority, control, or convention.
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American literature
The common tendency of American literature is to be focused on politics, economics, and social status
American writers of the 17th century invoked Puritanical morals. In the 18th century, revolutionary topics prevailed in American style.
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US writers tend to simplify the English language by removing letters from words: they write “color” instead of “colour” or “neighbor” instead of “neighbour
Concerning irregular verbs, Americans simplify again. Disregard the rules; they form Past Simple Tense by adding –ed.
Americans use the end –iz rather than –is: “capitalize” instead of “capitalise” or “summarize” instead of “summarise.”
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British literature
mostly invokes romance, human values, ideals, and manners, although class differences are often discussed or referenced in some meaningful way.
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In British English, the suffix –t is added.
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in the UK, writers use single quotation marks rather than double marks
what is its main focus?
to help readers understand the ways Americans have changed over time and the ways that all Americans, regardless of time or place, are the same
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