1. HONORS ENGLISH III Finals:Points of Focus- American Lit

2. Early American Writing 1600-1800 Settlement of Jamestown-1607 Early writers reflect on interaction between Native Americans and Europeans “No taxation without representation”- Revolutionary War begins Colonies free in 1776; Constitution approved 1788

3. EAW Contd. Puritans- settlers who sought to purify Church of England Return to simpler ways Unwelcome in England, left for America John Winthrop: “We must consider that we shall be a city upon a hill” Bible essential to in helping alleviate human condition

4. EAW contd. European Enlightenment- burst of intellectual energy Americans influenced-Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Paine Great Awakening- wave of religious enthusiasm, return to Puritan ways- John Edwards Puritans valued writing, Native Americans- oral traditions

5. EAW contd. Exploring the relationship between God and man Deep faith Insight into marriage, position of women Political radicals- Patrick Henry

6. EAW Writers Studied Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor Jonathan Edwards Patrick Henry Arthur Miller- The Crucible (written in 1950’s)

7. Romanticism (1800-1855)- ideas Louisiana Purchase-1803- Doubled country’s size Mexican-American War Expansionism  “Manifest Destiny” Industrial Revolution/Expansion of Slavery Shift in economy, travel, divisions within U.S.

8. Ideas Fireside Poets  Work is morally uplifting, focus on social reform Transcendentalism  Living a simple life, celebrating the truth found in nature, emotion, imagination, optimism, freedom, self-reliance

9. Writers Longfellow- Fireside Poet Emerson- Transcendentalist Thoreau- Transcendentalist Poe/Irving-Gothics (Anti-Transcendentalists)

10. Transition Period 155-1870 Romanticism to Realism- transition The Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation A Nation Divided Changes in the nation, changes in writing style

11. Writers Whitman Dickinson Irregular (organic) form- free verse

12. Regionalism and Naturalism 1870-1910 Post-Civil War (Reconstruction) Transcontinental Railroad built- 1869 Gilded Age- Division: “Haves and have nots” Laissez-Faire v. Progressivism- “Let it be” v. “Proactive” approach Regionalism- Preserving culture of a region Naturalism- Reflects harsh new reality

13. Writers Twain- Regionalism Harte- Regionalism Chopin-Naturalism (Women’s rights) Gilman- Naturalism (Women’s rights/mental health) London- Naturalism

14. Modernism 1910-1940 Traditional values no longer as crucial Search for truths of life Effects of war and economic depression felt by many Experimentation with form- “organic” Knowledge is not absolute

15. Roaring Twenties- excess, 19 th amendment Great Depression- 1930’s Trends: Mass Production Mass Media

16. Major authors and their works T.S. Eliot James Joyce Ezra Pound Faulkner Hemingway Fitzgerald Woolf D.H. Laurence

17. Modern Poets- Experimenting with form H.D.- Hilda Dolittle Marianne Moore William Carlos Williams “This is just to say…”