What makes American Literature American? by Kate https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45 Made with a little mischief en-us 2017-12-11 17:31:56 UTC 2025-04-23 16:48:36 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372472 American literature talks about problems in America and what American life is like in America 

]]> 2017-12-12 12:25:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372472 https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372489 -they talk about the mountains n other ONLY American geography stuff (bc mountains are exclusive to north America apparently thanks APUSH (this is sarcasm))
-FREEDOM
-lots of stuff about slavery and stuff bc America was one of the last places to abolish it (wtf usa)
-themes of the "American dream" -- paving your own path instead of strolling on someone else's
-general idea of being able to do whatever you want
-EAGLES

]]> 2017-12-12 12:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372489 American Literature describes the struggles and achievements of the classic true American. The struggle to overcome daunting odds to emerge victorious. This element is present in the writing in other cultures also, but never to this extent. the description of the achievement of the American dream. Rising up from low places in society to the highest peaks. Liberty and freedom, to make your own decisions. https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372615 2017-12-12 12:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372615 https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372681 They have American themes such as westward expansion, the gold rush, colonization, liberty, freedom,etc. It also can talk about specific events and people speaking out against them. ]]> 2017-12-12 12:26:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372681 https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372770 They take place in America
They talk about events that occur in America including slavery, the abolitionism movement, oppression]]> 2017-12-12 12:26:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372770 https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372791 striving for liberty and freedom]]> 2017-12-12 12:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372791 https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372914  In the Antebellum Period, literature changed with the times. The works of the time soon became known for their philosophical insights. Hawthorne: The human capacity for sin, constant evolution of society
Emily Dickinson: God, life, death, and loneliness
Edgar Allan Poe: Dark themes in his poems as well, his philosophies on life and death exposed in his writings
Walt Whitman: One of the classic literature greats, was known for his controversial views on the woman's role and differing sexualities, interjecting new and deviant ideas into the time
Overall, the time period saw many authors beginning to push more and more realism into their fiction, and even those such as
Henry David Thoreau: Wrote about his time in the forest, studying and documenting nature, wrote about their philosophies on life and death and the complexities of the human nature
-The "American Dream" idea]]> 2017-12-12 12:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215372914 https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215373029 American Literature describes the events and circumstances of that time period.]]> 2017-12-12 12:27:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215373029 -Religious freedoms, liberty https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215373179 -]]> 2017-12-12 12:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215373179 https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215373286 2017-12-12 12:28:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215373286 https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215373646 2017-12-12 12:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_hartman/gvb8chz3bd45/wish/215373646