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American Literature I
American Literature I (1650–1860) examines significant literary works of early American and Puritan literature, the Enlightenment, American Romanticism, and pre-Civil War era. The course includes primary texts (many accompanied by video/audio options), historical background, literary criticism and interpretation, and instruction on writing about literature.
- Author
- Anne Eidenmuller
- Publisher
- Columbia Basin College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- English
Contents· 76 sections
- 01: Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts
- 1.01: Introduction to Reading and Interpreting Literary Texts
- 1.02: How to Analyze a Short Story
- 1.03: A Short History of the Early American Novel
- 1.04: Approaching Poetry
- 1.05: Free Verse
- 1.06: Literary Terms- A Guide
- 1.07: Literary Criticism
- 02: Early American and Puritan Literature (16501750)
- 2.01: Introduction to Early American and Puritan Literature
- 2.02: Video- American Puritanism (I)
- 2.03: Video- American Puritanism (III)
- 2.04: A Model of Christian Charity
- 2.05: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
- 2.06: The Pilgrims Progress
- 2.07: Verses upon the Burning of Our House
- 2.08: Additional Resources
- 03: Enlightenment Literature (17601820)
- 3.01: Introduction to Enlightenment Literature
- 3.02: Reader-Response Criticism
- 3.03: Video- Edwards and the Transition to Enlightenment
- 3.04: Video- American Puritanism (I)
- 3.05: Video- The American Enlightenment
- 3.06: Video- American Puritanism (III)
- 3.07: Learning Outcomes
- 3.08: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
- 3.09: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- 3.10: Video- American Gothic (I)
- 3.11: Additional Resources
- 3.12: Video- American Transcendentalism (I)
- 3.13: Video- Frederick Douglass
- 3.14: Video- American Transcendentalism (I)
- 3.15: Video- Frederick Douglass
- 3.16: Video- American Gothic (I)
- 04: Romantic Literature (18201860)
- 4.01: Introduction to Romantic Literature
- 4.02: The Romantic Period 18201860- Essayists and Poets
- 4.03: Thanatopsis
- 4.04: Wakefield
- 4.05: Song of Myself
- 4.06: The Use of Nature in American Gothic
- 4.07: The Indian Burying Ground
- 4.08: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- 4.09: The Raven
- 4.10: History of American Literature
- 4.11: The Second Great Awakening and Transcendentalism
- 4.12: Nature
- 4.13: The American Scholar
- 4.14: Self-Reliance
- 4.15: Walden- Economy
- 4.16: Walden- Where I Lived and What I Lived For
- 4.17: Walden- Conclusion
- 4.18: Womens Sphere and the Emergence of the Womens Rights Movement
- 4.19: Woman in the Nineteenth Century
- 4.20: Resistance and Abolition
- 4.21: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave
- 4.22: Uncle Toms Cabin
- 05: Writing About Literature
- 5.01: Introduction to Writing About Literature
- 5.02: Distinguish Between Primary and Secondary Sources
- 5.03: Annotated List of Useful Online Resources
- 5.04: Using Databases- Periodical Indexes and Abstracts
- 5.05: Annotated List of Useful Databases
- 5.06: Finding and Evaluating Research Sources
- 5.07: Finding Literary Criticism
- 5.08: Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
- 5.09: Additional Resources
- 06: Assignments
- 6.01: Assignment- Defining Characteristics of the Major Schools of Literary Criticism
- 6.02: Assignment- Literary Analysis of Your Own Selection
- 6.03: Assignment- Applying a Critical Approach to Literary Criticism
- 6.04: Assignment- Literary Agents of Change
- 6.05: Assignment- Defining Characteristics of Early American Writing
- 6.06: Assignment- Analysis of Wheatley Poem
- 6.07: Assignment- Comparison of Wakefield and Walden
- 6.08: Assignment- Song of Myself