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Making of a National Literature (1800 - 1865)
Part 1

Historical background

William Lloyd Garrison

The Trial of Tears

Washington Irving (1783 - 1859)

His works

W. Irving's other collections

W. Irving's style

W. Irving embraces the spirit of the new Romantic movement

Rip Van Winkle
Forerunner of Romanticism

James Fenimore Cooper

His works

Tales

Leatherstocking Tales

  1. The Pioneer” (1823) - Natty Bumpoo (White scout) is middle-aged and ahs difficulty setting in a “civilized” community; his friend Chiugachgook (Mohican Indian) dies despite Natty's efforts to save him.

  2. The Last of the Mohicans” (1826) - Bumpoo is called Hawkeye

  3. The Prairie

  4. The Pathfinder” (1840)

  5. The Deerslayer” (1841) - a young Natty Bumpoo (Deerslayer) kills an Indian in a fight who gives him the name Hawkeye

To read the story of Natty Bumpoo from youth to old age one must read these novels not in the order of composition, but following this order: 5, 2, 4, 1, 3.

The American Frontier

American Hero

Natty Bumpoo

So-called AMERICAN ADAM (natural wisdom, morality, reliance on action and instinct rather than thought, reasoning)

Questions:

Cooper's writing style

W. Irving vs. J. F. Cooper

Making of National Literature (1800 - 1065)
Part 2

Romanticism - a particular attitude toward the realities of man, nature and society.

Characteristics

Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849)

Relations with his foster father

  1. GAINS

  1. SUFFERING

Poe's first marriage

Poe's character

Poe's ways of writing (5 examples)

Poe invented the detective story - the “ratiocinative” tale. The devices used in it.

Poe's contribution to literary theory

Poe's poetry

Poe's themes (5 examples)

Poe's hero

Poe's setting

Poe's works

Unlucky in death as he had been in life thanks to:

Rufus Wilmot Grisworld

Defending Poe

Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804 - 1864)

Life

His works

Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter” (1850)

The novel highlights

His other works

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

Moby Dick, or the Whale

The main character: Captain Ahab

Universal ideas

The Whiteness of the Whale



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