Above is a picture of Jonathan Edwards.
Good evening :)
We are coming to the end of our time with the Puritans. On Wednesday we will move on to the birth of the United States with The Autobiography of Ben Franklin. It is amazing to think that his lifespan and Jonathan Edwards' overlapped!
Here are links to the videos we watched in class:
This version is more dramatic, and it is slightly modernized:
As we finish up the Puritan section of American Literature I, I would like you to answer some of the following questions:
-- Which themes are present in American Literature I so far (starting with the Native American myths)?
-- What have you learned from reading the early works in American Literature I (Native Americans, narratives of exploration, Puritan literature)?
-- How would you characterize American Literature I so far?
-- How would you characterize Puritan literature?
-- How would you characterize the Puritans?
-- How would you compare Puritan America to the Revolutionary Era?
-- Discuss the differences between public and private writing, between public and private genres.
-- Discuss the range of genres that we have read so far.
-- Discuss the part that poetry plays in American Literature so far.
-- Discuss the part that life writing plays in American Literature so far.
-- Discuss the role that metaphor and/or allegory play(s) in literature.
-- Discuss Rev. Edwards' use of Christian imagery and/or Bible texts in his sermon.
-- How does listening to the reenactments of his sermon help you with understanding it more?
I'm looking forward to hearing what you have to say!
Dr. Szlyk
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