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Why study literature?

Why study literature?. Why study literature?. Become literary expert Develop critical thinking skills Better understand other people Improve language skills Because it’s required Win on legyen milliomos. What this means for you. Come to lecture prepared

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Why study literature?

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  1. Why study literature?

  2. Why study literature? • Become literary expert • Develop critical thinking skills • Better understand other people • Improve language skills • Because it’s required • Win on legyen milliomos

  3. What this means for you • Come to lecture prepared (check website and read works in advance) • Read works in English • Ask questions

  4. Purpose of lecture class • Provide context for readings (history/background) • NOT to force-feed interpretations • Opportunity to discuss other works • Prepare for kollokvium

  5. I. Literature of the New World (1492-1620)

  6. Lit of New World • 1492 Columbus • 1620 Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

  7. Lit of New World • Who came? • Why? • Where? • What did they write?

  8. Ponce de Leon Hernando DeSoto Balboa Spanish

  9. Spanish • Came for gold • This led them to believe legends they heard… • Fountain of Youth • Seven Cities of Gold

  10. French • Samuel de Champlain

  11. French • Came for furs (hunting and trading) • Because of this, few came and mostly men • Better relations with Indians • Eventual loss of North America • Restricted to Quebec

  12. Dutch • Henry Hudson

  13. Dutch • Came to settle, primarily for commericial reasons. • Relationship to Indians bad • Lost war in 1664 to England • Names still in evidence

  14. English • Pilgrims 1620 (Massachusetts) John Winthrop William Bradford • Jamestown 1607 (Virginia) John Smith

  15. English • Came to settle for both religious & commericial reasons • This influenced • What they wrote • How they interpreted what they saw

  16. What did they write? • Diaries • Travel journals

  17. New writings • Change came when the Europeans settled and interacted with Indians. • Then came…. advertising.

  18. Jamestown -1607 • Colony nearly failed • Disease • Starvation • Indians • 80% died

  19. Jamestown - 1608 • John Smith leader • Autocratic rule ensures survival • Propaganda developed later to encourage new settlers

  20. Pocahontas • Who was she? • What did she do?

  21. Pocahontas • Saves John Smith’s life • Taken hostage by English • Marries John Rolfe • Dies in England

  22. Pocahontas & John Smith • Why the changes over the years?

  23. Pocahontas - 1616 • How the 17th century wanted to see her (adaptable)

  24. Pocahontas • 19th century version (sexy, exotic)

  25. Pocahontas • 21st century advertisement (child cute commodity)

  26. Myth of the Noble Savage • Beginnings of idea that primitive peoples better than civilized people. They are closer to nature, hence innocent and unspoiled. • Applies here only to females • Takes hold once Indian culture defeated

  27. Review terms • Travel journals & diaries • Henry Hudson • Jamestown & John Smith • Pocohontas • Myth of the Noble Savage

  28. Next week • Read Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (short passage) • Literature of Colonial America

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