1. American Literature: What is it and why should we study it?
Mr. Church

2. What is American Literature?
Study of literary movements
(i.e. renaissance, romanticism, realist, modernist, etc.)
Study of historical change

3. Answer these overview questions in your learning log…
What is an American? How does literature create conceptions of the American experience and American identity?
What is American literature? What are the distinctive voices and styles in American literature? How do social and political issues influence the American canon?
How do place and time shape the author’s work and our understanding of them?

4. 4. What characteristics of a literary work have made it influential over time? 5. How are American myths created, challenged, and re-imagined through this literature? BE PREPARED TO SHARE YOUR RESPONSES!!!

5. Why do we study Am. Lit.? The contexts in which we study …
Fine Arts History Material Culture Architecture Religion Politics Music Psychology Cultural Geography Folklore Anthropology

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