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1 chapter 3. The Rise of a National Literature Professor : Youn-Man Kim Presenter : Hana Jung (20082528) Jihei Lee (20082523)

2  Introduce (1) Historical Background (2) Literature Tendency  a plot  Writers & Works (1) Late 18c (2) Early 19c Contents

3  Introduce (1) Historical Background (2) Tendency of Literature The romantic period

4 ① Independence of the end of 18th century (America War of Independence) ② Reclaimed land of the American west of 19th century (1) Historical Background ③ 1846~1848 Mexico war : The American deprived the Mexico from the Mexico land.

5  The romantic period - From 19th century to the civil war (in the novel 1820 ~ 1860) - In America coincided with the period of national expansion and the discovery of a American voice. - Opposed to classicism and rationalism / emphasized the human personality and emotions. - America's national identity, idealism and romantic passion for jelling with the increase of the famous works of the American Renaissance was born. (2)Literature Tendency * The first American literature was try to make to romanticism it could not support of many people, but their failure helped to success of future.

6 (1) At the time of British literature, American literature was difficult to get out from under the shade. * three points views for American literature * ① American literature still lacked national feeling. ② American literature was too young to declare its independence from the British literary tradition. ③ The call for a national literature was a mistake. -> The argument continued for almost a hundred years without any clear decision.  A plot

7 (2) Novels were the first popular literature of the newly independent United States. This is astonishing because almost no American novels were written before the Revolution. (3) The earliest American novelists had to be very careful. Like drama, the novel 'immoral' ideas into the heads of young people. At the time, American was very sensitive about take in the novel so the authors consider this point was filled with a lesson and religious.  A plot

8  Writers & Works (1)Late 18c (2)Early 19c (3)Southern

9 (1)Late 18c Age of independent Taking place of American literature

10  Written by William Hill Brown.  Considered to immoral writing by the Puritans. ㄴ Suppressed soon after it was published.  After the event, novel writers in that era, tried hard to be accepted by the Puritans First novel. Power of sympathy (1789)

11 Susanna Rowson. Charlotte Temple(1791) Written by Susanna Rowson who was a British-American novelist, poet, playwright, religious writer, stage actress and educator. Bestseller in American literature until Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin was published in 1852.

12 First important novel. Modern Chivalry(1792)

13 Writer's writer. Charles Brockden Brown

14 (2)Early 19c The Knickerbocker era(from 1810 to 1840) Beginning of professional writings New York was going to be the center of American writing

15 First professional author in America. Washington Irving

16 Father of American Full-length Novel. James Fenimore Cooper

17 Father of American Poetry. William Cullen Bryant

18 Thank you ♥


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