1. Lesson 1.3
Puritan Literature

2. Activating Strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCQapezJPsE
What do you already know about the Puritan way of life?

3. Essential Question
How does the Puritan use of plain-style writing aid Bradstreet and Rowlandson in conveying their respective points of view effectively?

4. Puritan Life
Their writing style, like their method of worship, was plain & unornamented
Known as the plain-style, it was a way of writing that stressed simplicity and clarity of expression
Emphasized uncomplicated sentences and the use of everyday words from common speech

5. Anne Bradstreet
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Often considered to be the pioneer of American poetry
Came to Salem, Massachusetts in 1630
Poems were published by her brother-in-law, John Woodbridge
He titled them “The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America”

6. Poetry This type of expression has been around for ages
Typically uses the follow key elements:
Meter:
Rhyme:
Inversion: when the words of a sentence or phrase are wrenched out of normal English syntax

7. “Here Follow Some Verses….”
p.29 in your book
As you read this piece by Anne Bradstreet take note of the areas in which Bradstreet employs inversion & rhyme

8. Mary Rowlandson
Came to Salem in 1639; moved to Lancaster, Mass. in 1653
Taken captive by a Wampanoag raiding party with her three children
Ransomed after being in captivity for 11 weeks and five days
Wrote a narrative detailing her captivity
Frequently uses allusions to reflect on her experience
Allusions provide a reference to someone or something well known in history, literature, religion, politics, sports etc.

9. “A Narrative of Captivity”
p.37 in your book
Note the instances in which Rowlandson employs the use of allusion

10. Points of View There are three main points of view.
First Person
Second Person
Third Person
Limited
Omniscient

11. First Person Point of View
The narrator actively participates in the story
Uses words like: I Me My
Mine

12. Second Person Point of View
Rarely used
Uses the words “You” and “Your” to bring the reader in to the story

13. Third Person Point of View
The narrator does not actively participate in the story
Explains to us how the characters feel
Helps us learn through an outside voice
Uses words like: He
She It
They

14. Third Person cont’d
Omniscient: in this point of view the narrator knows everything about all of the characters
Limited: knowledge is limited to one character, whether major or minor, within the story

15. Journal
How does the Puritan use of plain-style writing aid Bradstreet and Rowlandson in conveying their respective points of view effectively?