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American Literature - Coggle Diagram
American Literature
Movements
American Gothic
Romanticism and Transcendentalism
American Revolution
Realism, naturalism and modernism
Colonial Literature
Contemporary
Native American Literature
Recurrent Themes
Alienation and Isolation
Rebellion and Protest
Comingo of age/ loss of innocence
Relationship with society, nature and science
American Dream
Key American Authours
Mark Twain
Kate Chopin
Emily Dickinson
F. Scott Fizgerald
Herman Melville
Difference with British literature
focused on romance, human values, ideals and manners and class differences
begun in the 10th century
protrayal of themes in plots and. characterization
Main Focus
the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States.
shapped by it's history
focused on american history and what is happening in the country during the context of production