2.NORTH-AMERICAN-LITERATURE (2)

North America

a mainland or continent totally inside the Northern Hemisphere and practically all inside the Western Hemisphere

United States, Canada, Mexico, Greenland, and islands of the caribbean

Countries included in North America

Ottowa - English and French

Capital and Official Languages of Canada

Washington D.C. - American English

Capital and Official Language of the US

North American Literature

refers to the compilation of literary works of North America written or composed by North American authors.

North American Literature

the term used to describe the written works produced in the English language in the continent of North America, which includes the United States, Canada, Mexico and the countries of Central America and the Caribbean.

Indigenous oral tradition, colonial influences and cultural developments

North American Literature has diverse origins shaped by the follwoing

European Colonization

the writings of explorers and settlers began to emerge during this time

16th

European colonization in the _____ century brought a new wave of literature to North America.

Detective Fiction, Historical Novel, Letter, Mystery, Pastoral, Romance, Short Story, Novel

Give the 8 Literary Genres

Historical novel

novel with a period in History as it setting

Detective Fiction

novel or short story in which a mystery is solved

Letter

Written messages

Mystery

literary genre in which the cause of mysterious happening exists or is emphasized

Novel

a sustained work of prose fiction a volume of more in length

Pastoral

literary work in which the shepherd life is presented in a conventionalized manner

Romance

tale of love and chivalric adventure, in verse or prose

Short Story

work of prose fiction, usually consisting of between 500 and 10,000 words

Mark Twain

he pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens, wrote "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," which was published in 1876.

Samuel Langhorne Clemens

The real name of mark twain

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

is a classic of American literature and is often considered one of the first great American novels

Mark Twain

Also known as the Father of American Literature

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

was an American author known for his exploration of the American Jazz Age. His most famous work, "The Great Gatsby,"

The great Gatsby

published in 1925, is a classic novel set during the Roaring Twenties.

Edgar Allan Poe

born in 1809, was an American writer known for his macabre and Gothic tales.

The raven

Is one of edgar allan poe’s most famous poems

The raven

The poem tells the melancholic story of a man mourning the loss of his love, Lenore, when a mysterious raven visits him.

Nevermore

in the raven, what did the raven repeatedly refrain?

The adventures of huckleberry finn

often named ‘the great American novel.’ It is one of the first American novels to have been written entirely in the vernacular, using the regional colour of the deep Sout

Moby dick or the Whale

is an 1851 novel by American writer Herman Melville

Herman Melville

who wrote the moby dick

Native Son

is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright. It tells the story of 20- year-old Bigger Thomas, a black youth living in utter poverty in a poor area on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.

Richard Wright

Who wrote the Native son

Chelsea Abdullah

Is a Kuwaiti-American writer. She is the author of the fantastical Sandsea Trilogy

Diane Ackerman

American poet, essayist, and naturalist known for her wide-ranging curiosity and poetic explorations of the natural world. Her works of nonfiction include, most recently, The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us

The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us

Famous work by Diane Ackerman

Ryland Adams

an American YouTuber

Ryan Bruce Adams

Real name of Ryland Adams

Ibra Ake

a Nigerian-American artist. He has worked as a director, screenwriter, producer, photographer, and creative director

Black is King

Famous work by Ibra Ake

Arlene Alda

an American musician, photographer and writer. She began her career playing clarinet professionally, then moved on to photography and writing children's books.

Paul Alexander

an American lawyer and paralytic polio survivor. He is the last person living in an iron lung after he contracted polio in 1952 at the age of six.

Three minutes for a dog

Famous book by paul alexander

Camila Alire

n American librarian and was president of the American Library Association from 2009 to 2010. She was the first Hispanic president of the ALA.