Chapter I The Literature of colonial america 2021/2/21
2021/2/21 1 Chapter Ⅰ The Literature of Colonial America
1. Historical Background 1607 Jamestown Colony, in Virginia 1620 Plymouth Colony a 1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony 1640 The Bay Psalm Book, the first publication in America 2021/2/21 2
2021/2/21 2 1. Historical Background 1607 Jamestown Colony, in Virginia. ◼ 1620 Plymouth Colony ◼ 1630 Massachusetts Bay Colony ◼ 1640 The Bay Psalm Book, the first publication in America
1. Captain John Smith:(1580-1631) The first american writer Primarily an adventurer, explorer, and trader 2. New England Literature: a literature of Ideas John cotton: the first major intellectual spokesman of The Massachusetts Bay Colony The Patriarch of New england 2021/2/21 3
2021/2/21 3 1. Captain John Smith: (1580—1631) The First American Writer— Primarily an adventurer, explorer, and trader. 2. New England Literature: a literature of ideas: John Cotton: the first major intellectual spokesman of The Massachusetts Bay Colony. “The Patriarch of New England
2. The first american writer Captain John Smith:(1580-1631) Primarily an adventurer. explorer, and trader ■ Main works -A True relation of such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony(1608) -A Map of virginia. with a Description of the Country(1612) Description of New England,(1616) General History of virginia(1624) 2021/2/21 4
2021/2/21 4 2. The First American Writer-- Captain John Smith: (1580—1631) ◼ Primarily an adventurer, explorer, and trader. ◼ Main works: ----A True Relation of such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony (1608) ----A Map of Virginia: with a Description of the Country (1612) ----Description of New England, (1616) ----General History of Virginia (1624)
3. New England Literature a literature of ideas (1) Anne Hutchinson: _(1591-1643) She refused to worship God in the manner demanded by the puritan Church, She was banished from Massachusetts Bay in 1638 (2) Roger Williams:(1603-1683)exile to Rhode Island. He begins the history of religious toleration in America, and the history of the separation of church and state A Key into the language of america 2021/2/21
2021/2/21 5 ◼ (1) Anne Hutchinson: (1591-1643) She refused to worship God in the manner demanded by the Puritan Church, She was banished from Massachusetts Bay in 1638. ◼ (2) Roger Williams: (1603—1683) exile to Rhode Island. He begins the history of religious toleration in America, and the history of the separation of church and state. ◼ A Key into the Language of America. 3. New England Literature: A literature of ideas: