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History and Literature American and Colonial period - Coggle Diagram
History and Literature American and Colonial period
INDIAN CULTURE
the orally transmitted myths, legends, tales, and lyrics (always songs)
glow with reverence for nature as a spiritual as well as physical mother.
Mexican Tribes
revered the divine Quetzalcoatl, a god of the Toltecs and Aztecs
Contritubted with words
“canoe,” “tobacco,” “potato,” “moccasin,” “moose,” “persimmon,” “raccoon,” “tomahawk,” and “totem
American Literature
almost every oral genre
lyrics, chants, myths, fairy tales, humorous anecdotes, incantations, riddles, proverbs, epics, and legendary histories
Songs: Short poem songs given in dreams sometimes
Vision songs are often very short, are another distinctive form.
Scandinavian language
the first European record of exploration in America
Almost 400 years before the next recorded European discovery of the New World.
Bartolomé de las Casas
the richest source of information about the early contact between American Indians and Europeans
History of the Indians criticizing
1st Colony
Roanok
Lost Colony
2nd Colony
more permanent
Jamestown, established in 1607
main record
the writings of Captain John Smith
Between 1630 and 1690
many university graduates in the northeastern section of the United States
Puritans
interpreted all things and events as symbols with deeper spiritual meanings
felt that in advancing their own profit and their community’s well-being, they were also furthering God’s plans
Writers
William Bradford (1590-1657)
William Bradford was elected governor of Plymouth in the Massachusetts
Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612-1672)
The first published book of poems by an American was also the first American book to be published by a woman
Edward Taylor (c. 1644-1729)
a teacher who sailed to New England in 1668 rather than take an oath of loyalty to the Church of England
Roger Williams (c. 1603-1683)
he established a new colony at Rhode Island that would welcome persons of different religions
John Woolman (1720-1772)
The best-known Quaker work is the long Journal (1774) of John Woolman. Antislavery writer
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
The antithesis of John Woolman is Jonathan Edwards, who was born only 17 years before the Quaker notable.