LIT 361 - Early American Literature

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Bentley University

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Before America was a nation, it was an idea. That idea was conveyed through John Winthrop's comparison of the Puritan community to a city on a hill. This model city was imagined opposition to what was assumed to be a savage wilderness. In contrast, the woodland Indians who inhabited what the Puritans had erroneously deemed virgin landscape had been referring to the continent as Turtle Island for generations. Begins with these New World stories and narratives of exploration and discovery. Considers literature from the revolutionary period and concludes with a look at slave narratives or a James Fenimore Cooper novel.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.bentley.edu

Phone Number:

(800) 523-2354

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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