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Title: Themes of American Literature


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Themes of American Literature
  • American Identity
  • Individualism and the American Dream
  • Portrayal of Nature
  • Religion and morality

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The American Identity
What is an American? When did the colonists
become American? Does a distinct American culture
exist?
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Individualism and the American Dream
Individualism is the belief that a single person
has control of his (or her) own fate.What is the
American dream? Money? Freedom?
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Portrayal of Nature
Imagine the wilderness here in America when the
first Europeans came. Is nature a source of
wealth or a source of spirituality? Is nature
innately good or innately evil?
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Religion and Morality
From the Puritans city on a hill and the
Enlightenment idea of human perfectibility to
William Bennetts Book of Virtues, religion has
always been at the forefront of American
dialogue.
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