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American Literature through Time

To find out more about a particular literature time period, click a link in the table below .

Rationalism/ Age of Enlightenment

1750-1800

Content:
national mission and American character
democratic utopia
use of reason
history is an act of individual and national self-assertion

Genre/Style:
political pamphlets
travel writing
highly ornate writing style
fiction employs generic plots and characters
fiction often tells the story of how an innocent young woman is tested by a seductive
male


Effect:
patriotism grows
instills pride
creates common agreement about issues
shows differences between Americans and Europeans

Historical Context:
tells readers how to interpret what they are reading to encourage Revolutionary War
support
instructive in values

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