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AMERICAN LITERATURE - Coggle Diagram
AMERICAN LITERATURE
AMERICAN LITERARY MOVEMENTS
Native American Literature
American Gothic
Enlightenment and Revolution
Romanticism and Transcendentalism
Colonial Literature
Literary Realism, Naturalism and Modernism
Contemporary & Postmodern Literature
The broader story of the American literary movements
THEMES
American Dream
Loss of innocence
Coming of age
Relationship with nature, science and society
Justice and injustice
The Persuit of Happiness
American - British literature - DIFERENCES
English literature emerged earlier than American literature, since America was a British colony.
English literature is written in British English while American literature is written in American English
American literature is simpler and more accessible
American literature is focused on politics, economics and social status
British literature is focused on romance, human values, ideals and manners
Writers
Merry Rowlandson
William Bradford
Anne Bradsford
John Winthrop
American - British literature - SIMILARITIES
They have common themes which are already mentioned