Native literature before the 19thc
Before the 19thc, there were American writers, but we are going to study the 19thc in American Literature.
Before the 19thc, we have the colonial literature, in the 17thc and 18thc, under British Rule. People had their own reason to write. There are different Forms in colonial literature, but all them have in common there is not fiction.
There were two important zones in America:
-north: Virginia: they were noble people, from the Anglican Church, called gentlemen. They were looking for treasures and adventures.
-south: Massachusetts: puritans who want to expend their religion. They were non-
conformists from Britain
There were four groups:
a)Literature about exploration and development
The most important force that emerges in America. The explorers wrote the impressions and they described everything they saw in the new......
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