Revision sheet: Littérature coloniale et révolutionnaire américaine

📋 Plan du Cours

1. Influence puritaine et évolution religieuse en Nouvelle-Angleterre
2. Genres littéraires coloniaux : sermons, autobiographies et récits historiques
3. Poésie puritaine et didactique dans les colonies
4. Littérature révolutionnaire : prose engagée, poésie patriotique et néoclassique
5. Fiction révolutionnaire : roman gothique et satire post-révolutionnaire

📖 1. Influence puritaine et évolution religieuse en Nouvelle-Angleterre

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Great Awakening : Mouvement de renouveau religieux dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre au XVIIIe siècle, initié par les sermons de Jonathan Edwards, qui a suscité un réveil spirituel dans les colonies.
• First Americans (1620-1800 : Période historique couvrant la colonisation et la formation des premières sociétés américaines, marquée par l'influence puritaine initiale et l'évolution vers des idées des Lumières.

📝 Points essentiels

• Le Great Awakening, initié par les sermons de Jonathan Edwards, a provoqué un renouveau religieux dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, préparant le terrain pour la Révolution américaine.
• Les Puritains cherchaient à purifier l'Église d'Angleterre en fondant leur foi sur un contrat avec Dieu et la Bible comme unique guide.

💡 À retenir

Le Great Awakening, initié par les sermons de Jonathan Edwards, a provoqué un renouveau religieux dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, préparant le terrain pour la Révolution américaine.

📖 2. Genres littéraires coloniaux : sermons, autobiographies et récits historiques

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Sermons : Received enthusiastically and led to a movement of revival in all the colonies, leading to the American Revolution.
• **Autobiographies & Diaries
• Puritan intellectuals believed** : Les intellectuels puritains considéraient l'histoire comme une manifestation providentielle, croyant que leur entreprise en Nouvelle-Angleterre faisait partie d'un dessein supérieur, comme le montrent les récits historiques et personnels de l'époque.

📝 Points essentiels

• Le sermon était le premier genre littéraire américain, caractérisé par un style long, logique, simple mais dramatique, exemplifié par Jonathan Edwards.
• Les autobiographies et journaux coloniaux, comme ceux de William Byrd II et Sarah Kemble Knight, mêlaient récit personnel et observations sociales, avec un ton souvent humoristique ou critique.

💡 À retenir

Les formes littéraires coloniales, notamment les sermons, autobiographies et récits historiques, servaient à transmettre des valeurs religieuses, sociales et historiques dans un contexte de construction identitaire puritaine.

📖 3. Poésie puritaine et didactique dans les colonies

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Colonies was pious : La poésie dans les colonies américaines était essentiellement pieuse, didactique et souvent plate, reflétant les valeurs religieuses puritaines.
• Poetry in the new colonies : La production poétique dans les nouvelles colonies américaines était dominée par des œuvres pieuses et moralisatrices, visant à instruire la communauté dans la foi puritaine.

📝 Points essentiels

• La poésie coloniale était essentiellement pieuse, didactique et souvent plate, avec des œuvres majeures comme The Bay Psalm Book et The Day of Doom de Michael Wigglesworth.
• Anne Bradstreet a introduit une poésie plus personnelle, notamment sur la vie familiale, tout en restant dans un cadre puritain.

💡 À retenir

La poésie coloniale était essentiellement pieuse, didactique et souvent plate, avec des œuvres majeures comme The Bay Psalm Book et The Day of Doom de Michael Wigglesworth.

📖 4. Littérature révolutionnaire : prose engagée, poésie patriotique et néoclassique

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

• Federalist Papers : Une série d'essais philosophiques et politiques écrits par Alexander Hamilton, John Jay et James Madison pour promouvoir la ratification de la Constitution américaine.
• General Prose : Un genre de prose engagée durant la période révolutionnaire, incluant des écrits défendant l'indépendance, la démocratie et les droits naturels.
• **Prose
• Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote** : Les œuvres de Thomas Paine, telles que Common Sense, The Rights of Man et The Age of Reason, qui défendent la liberté politique, la démocratie et critiquent les systèmes monarchiques et la religion établie.

📝 Points essentiels

• La prose révolutionnaire, avec des auteurs comme Thomas Paine et Thomas Jefferson, défendait l'indépendance, la démocratie et les droits naturels.
• Les Federalist Papers, écrits par Hamilton, Jay et Madison, étaient des essais philosophiques et politiques visant à promouvoir la ratification de la Constitution américaine.

💡 À retenir

La prose révolutionnaire, avec des auteurs comme Thomas Paine et Thomas Jefferson, défendait l'indépendance, la démocratie et les droits naturels.

📖 5. Fiction révolutionnaire : roman gothique et satire post-révolutionnaire

🔑 Notions clés & Définitions

📝 Points essentiels

• Hugh Henry Brackenridge, avec Modern Chivalry, propose une satire des mœurs de l'Amérique post-révolutionnaire, inspirée de Don Quichotte et située en Pennsylvanie rurale.
• Charles Brockden Brown est considéré comme le père du roman américain, mêlant gothique, sentimental et préoccupations morales et politiques.

💡 À retenir

La fiction révolutionnaire américaine constitue un espace d'expérimentation littéraire mêlant critique sociale, terreur gothique et satire politique, illustrant la diversité des formes narratives au tournant de la république.

🧩 Compléments de couverture

1. Détail source à réviser : Literature During the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods Yves Gardes, Maître de conférences, Université de Rouen Normandie 1 Week 7 The First Americans (1620-1800) • "America is a poem in our eyes: its ample geography da (Source: "Literature During the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods Yves Gardes, Maître de conférences, Université de Rouen Normandie 1 Week 7 The First Americans (1620-1800) • "America is a poem in our eyes: its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres." Ralph Waldo Emerson • Puritans were focused on subsistence and")
2. Détail source à réviser : de conférences, Université de Rouen Normandie 1 Week 7 The First Americans (1620-1800) • "America is a poem in our eyes: its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres." Ralph Waldo Eme (Source: "de conférences, Université de Rouen Normandie 1 Week 7 The First Americans (1620-1800) • "America is a poem in our eyes: its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres." Ralph Waldo Emerson • Puritans were focused on subsistence and survival, and their writing was private and religious, as they sought to record their")
3. Détail source à réviser : will not wait long for metres." Ralph Waldo Emerson • Puritans were focused on subsistence and survival, and their writing was private and religious, as they sought to record their history for posterity. • The Puritan in (Source: "will not wait long for metres." Ralph Waldo Emerson • Puritans were focused on subsistence and survival, and their writing was private and religious, as they sought to record their history for posterity. • The Puritan influence of the Massachusetts Bay Colony waned in the 18th century as population grew and immigrants came from different backgrounds,")
4. Détail source à réviser : their history for posterity. • The Puritan influence of the Massachusetts Bay Colony waned in the 18th century as population grew and immigrants came from different backgrounds, leading to the spread of deism, natural sc (Source: "their history for posterity. • The Puritan influence of the Massachusetts Bay Colony waned in the 18th century as population grew and immigrants came from different backgrounds, leading to the spread of deism, natural science, Newton and Locke, and the Enlightenment. • Population growth and the creation of colleges led to a growth in readership,")
5. Détail source à réviser : leading to the spread of deism, natural science, Newton and Locke, and the Enlightenment. • Population growth and the creation of colleges led to a growth in readership, newspapers, almanacs, and books such as The New En (Source: "leading to the spread of deism, natural science, Newton and Locke, and the Enlightenment. • Population growth and the creation of colleges led to a growth in readership, newspapers, almanacs, and books such as The New England Primer, which helped develop literacy. • Polemical and theoretical literature shaped America's future, inspiring colonists to")
6. Détail source à réviser : newspapers, almanacs, and books such as The New England Primer, which helped develop literacy. • Polemical and theoretical literature shaped America's future, inspiring colonists to rebel against British taxation and the (Source: "newspapers, almanacs, and books such as The New England Primer, which helped develop literacy. • Polemical and theoretical literature shaped America's future, inspiring colonists to rebel against British taxation and the monarchy. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) Introduction • Puritans sought to purify the Church of England, based on a contract")
7. Détail source à réviser : to rebel against British taxation and the monarchy. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) Introduction • Puritans sought to purify the Church of England, based on a contract between themselves and God, with the Bible a (Source: "to rebel against British taxation and the monarchy. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) Introduction • Puritans sought to purify the Church of England, based on a contract between themselves and God, with the Bible as their only guide. • Puritans believed that only a few would be chosen and redeemed, and that reading the Bible, self-analysis")
8. Détail source à réviser : a contract between themselves and God, with the Bible as their only guide. • Puritans believed that only a few would be chosen and redeemed, and that reading the Bible, self-analysis and consciousness of sin could help, (Source: "a contract between themselves and God, with the Bible as their only guide. • Puritans believed that only a few would be chosen and redeemed, and that reading the Bible, self-analysis and consciousness of sin could help, but only God knew who would be chosen. • The Puritans' legacy is central to the American psyche, but is also blamed for materialism, rigid")
9. Détail source à réviser : and consciousness of sin could help, but only God knew who would be chosen. • The Puritans' legacy is central to the American psyche, but is also blamed for materialism, rigid morality, and limited art. Week 7. The First (Source: "and consciousness of sin could help, but only God knew who would be chosen. • The Puritans' legacy is central to the American psyche, but is also blamed for materialism, rigid morality, and limited art. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: The Puritans • Sermons were the first literary genre developed in America, being long,")
10. Détail source à réviser : rigid morality, and limited art. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: The Puritans • Sermons were the first literary genre developed in America, being long, logical and plain, but also striking and d (Source: "rigid morality, and limited art. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: The Puritans • Sermons were the first literary genre developed in America, being long, logical and plain, but also striking and dramatic. • Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a Massachusetts minister who wrote sermons which started the Great Awakening, a religious")
11. Détail source à réviser : long, logical and plain, but also striking and dramatic. • Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a Massachusetts minister who wrote sermons which started the Great Awakening, a religious revival in colonial New England. • His (Source: "long, logical and plain, but also striking and dramatic. • Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) was a Massachusetts minister who wrote sermons which started the Great Awakening, a religious revival in colonial New England. • His best-known sermon, 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' (1741), is a terrifying and melodramatic jeremiad describing the terrors of")
12. Détail source à réviser : a religious revival in colonial New England. • His best-known sermon, 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' (1741), is a terrifying and melodramatic jeremiad describing the terrors of hell. • His sermons were received e (Source: "a religious revival in colonial New England. • His best-known sermon, 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' (1741), is a terrifying and melodramatic jeremiad describing the terrors of hell. • His sermons were received enthusiastically and led to a movement of revival in all the colonies, leading to the American Revolution. Week 7. The First Americans")
13. Détail source à réviser : terrors of hell. • His sermons were received enthusiastically and led to a movement of revival in all the colonies, leading to the American Revolution. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Sermons • (Source: "terrors of hell. • His sermons were received enthusiastically and led to a movement of revival in all the colonies, leading to the American Revolution. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Sermons • Puritans sought to help others find Grace through self-help. • Michael Wigglesworth's The Day of Doom (1662) records the succession of his")
14. Détail source à réviser : (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Sermons • Puritans sought to help others find Grace through self-help. • Michael Wigglesworth's The Day of Doom (1662) records the succession of his sins and his complete degeneracy. • In hi (Source: "(1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Sermons • Puritans sought to help others find Grace through self-help. • Michael Wigglesworth's The Day of Doom (1662) records the succession of his sins and his complete degeneracy. • In his Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover (1709-12), William Byrd II records society and manners in the Southern colonies, but")
15. Détail source à réviser : of his sins and his complete degeneracy. • In his Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover (1709-12), William Byrd II records society and manners in the Southern colonies, but with less of a sense of providence. • As for (Source: "of his sins and his complete degeneracy. • In his Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover (1709-12), William Byrd II records society and manners in the Southern colonies, but with less of a sense of providence. • As for the Journal (pub. 1825) of Sarah Kemble Knight, the account of a trip from Boston to New York and back, it is full of lively,")
16. Détail source à réviser : but with less of a sense of providence. • As for the Journal (pub. 1825) of Sarah Kemble Knight, the account of a trip from Boston to New York and back, it is full of lively, humorous descriptions of people and landscape (Source: "but with less of a sense of providence. • As for the Journal (pub. 1825) of Sarah Kemble Knight, the account of a trip from Boston to New York and back, it is full of lively, humorous descriptions of people and landscapes. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Autobiographies & Diaries • Puritan intellectuals believed in the")
17. Détail source à réviser : humorous descriptions of people and landscapes. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Autobiographies & Diaries • Puritan intellectuals believed in the medieval conception of providential history and (Source: "humorous descriptions of people and landscapes. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Autobiographies & Diaries • Puritan intellectuals believed in the medieval conception of providential history and believed their enterprise in the New World was part of a higher purpose, as exemplified by Edward Johnson's history, The Wonder")
18. Détail source à réviser : the medieval conception of providential history and believed their enterprise in the New World was part of a higher purpose, as exemplified by Edward Johnson's history, The Wonder Working Providence of Sion's Saviour in (Source: "the medieval conception of providential history and believed their enterprise in the New World was part of a higher purpose, as exemplified by Edward Johnson's history, The Wonder Working Providence of Sion's Saviour in New England (1653). • John Winthrop’s History of New England from 1630 to 1649 is a detailed journal of his crossing and arrival in")
19. Détail source à réviser : Wonder Working Providence of Sion's Saviour in New England (1653). • John Winthrop’s History of New England from 1630 to 1649 is a detailed journal of his crossing and arrival in America, as well as reflections on broade (Source: "Wonder Working Providence of Sion's Saviour in New England (1653). • John Winthrop’s History of New England from 1630 to 1649 is a detailed journal of his crossing and arrival in America, as well as reflections on broader political issues. • William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation (1630-51) recounts the Pilgrims' arrival in New England and their role in")
20. Détail source à réviser : in America, as well as reflections on broader political issues. • William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation (1630-51) recounts the Pilgrims' arrival in New England and their role in carrying out God's plans. • Mary Rowla (Source: "in America, as well as reflections on broader political issues. • William Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation (1630-51) recounts the Pilgrims' arrival in New England and their role in carrying out God's plans. • Mary Rowlandson wrote The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson (1682) to")
21. Détail source à réviser : role in carrying out God's plans. • Mary Rowlandson wrote The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson (1682) to give an account of her captivity among N (Source: "role in carrying out God's plans. • Mary Rowlandson wrote The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restauration of Mrs Mary Rowlandson (1682) to give an account of her captivity among Narragansett Indians. • Cotton Mather’s Wonders of the Invisible World (1692) and Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) documented the")
22. Détail source à réviser : to give an account of her captivity among Narragansett Indians. • Cotton Mather’s Wonders of the Invisible World (1692) and Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) documented the history of the Church in New England, Harvard C (Source: "to give an account of her captivity among Narragansett Indians. • Cotton Mather’s Wonders of the Invisible World (1692) and Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) documented the history of the Church in New England, Harvard College, and prominent governors and ministers. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Historical Works • Poetry in")
23. Détail source à réviser : the history of the Church in New England, Harvard College, and prominent governors and ministers. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Historical Works • Poetry in the new colonies was pious, didacti (Source: "the history of the Church in New England, Harvard College, and prominent governors and ministers. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Historical Works • Poetry in the new colonies was pious, didactic and flat, but The Bay Psalm Book (1640) was popular. • Michael Wigglesworth's The Day of Doom was a best- selling book in 17th century")
24. Détail source à réviser : • Poetry in the new colonies was pious, didactic and flat, but The Bay Psalm Book (1640) was popular. • Michael Wigglesworth's The Day of Doom was a best- selling book in 17th century colonial England, describing Christ' (Source: "• Poetry in the new colonies was pious, didactic and flat, but The Bay Psalm Book (1640) was popular. • Michael Wigglesworth's The Day of Doom was a best- selling book in 17th century colonial England, describing Christ's second coming and the Day of Last Judgment. • Anne Bradstreet’s collection of poems The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650)")
25. Détail source à réviser : century colonial England, describing Christ's second coming and the Day of Last Judgment. • Anne Bradstreet’s collection of poems The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650) deals with a variety of subjects, but he (Source: "century colonial England, describing Christ's second coming and the Day of Last Judgment. • Anne Bradstreet’s collection of poems The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650) deals with a variety of subjects, but her most intimate poems are devoted to her family life. • Edward Taylor’s poetry addresses questions of Puritan belief, such as personal")
26. Détail source à réviser : (1650) deals with a variety of subjects, but her most intimate poems are devoted to her family life. • Edward Taylor’s poetry addresses questions of Puritan belief, such as personal salvation, sin and the existence of de (Source: "(1650) deals with a variety of subjects, but her most intimate poems are devoted to her family life. • Edward Taylor’s poetry addresses questions of Puritan belief, such as personal salvation, sin and the existence of devils and witches. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Poetry • Benjamin Franklin’s (1706-1790) was a self-made man")
27. Détail source à réviser : personal salvation, sin and the existence of devils and witches. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Poetry • Benjamin Franklin’s (1706-1790) was a self-made man who bridged the colonial age and the (Source: "personal salvation, sin and the existence of devils and witches. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Poetry • Benjamin Franklin’s (1706-1790) was a self-made man who bridged the colonial age and the new republic, uniting the Puritan legacy of hard work with an optimistic belief in natural rights and reason. • Between 1732 and 1758,")
28. Détail source à réviser : man who bridged the colonial age and the new republic, uniting the Puritan legacy of hard work with an optimistic belief in natural rights and reason. • Between 1732 and 1758, he published Poor Richard's Almanack, which (Source: "man who bridged the colonial age and the new republic, uniting the Puritan legacy of hard work with an optimistic belief in natural rights and reason. • Between 1732 and 1758, he published Poor Richard's Almanack, which contained a calendar, proverbs, science and aphorisms, and became extremely popular. • Franklin's Autobiography, published in")
29. Détail source à réviser : and 1758, he published Poor Richard's Almanack, which contained a calendar, proverbs, science and aphorisms, and became extremely popular. • Franklin's Autobiography, published in 1757, reflects his philosophy of individ (Source: "and 1758, he published Poor Richard's Almanack, which contained a calendar, proverbs, science and aphorisms, and became extremely popular. • Franklin's Autobiography, published in 1757, reflects his philosophy of individualism and optimism. • It offers a practical approach to life, recommending hard work and temperance, and presents his life as a model to")
30. Détail source à réviser : in 1757, reflects his philosophy of individualism and optimism. • It offers a practical approach to life, recommending hard work and temperance, and presents his life as a model to be imitated. Week 7. The First American (Source: "in 1757, reflects his philosophy of individualism and optimism. • It offers a practical approach to life, recommending hard work and temperance, and presents his life as a model to be imitated. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political")
31. Détail source à réviser : a model to be imitated. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political independence and democracy. • He wen (Source: "a model to be imitated. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political independence and democracy. • He went on to write The Rights of Man (1791-1792), an answer to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and an attack against")
32. Détail source à réviser : political independence and democracy. • He went on to write The Rights of Man (1791-1792), an answer to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and an attack against monarchical systems, and The Age of Reason (17 (Source: "political independence and democracy. • He went on to write The Rights of Man (1791-1792), an answer to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and an attack against monarchical systems, and The Age of Reason (1794), a deist treatise and critique of established religion. • Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) wrote the Declaration of Independence, which")
33. Détail source à réviser : monarchical systems, and The Age of Reason (1794), a deist treatise and critique of established religion. • Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was based on the principle of natural (Source: "monarchical systems, and The Age of Reason (1794), a deist treatise and critique of established religion. • Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was based on the principle of natural rights. • His Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) is a study of the natural resources, economy, system of government and culture of the")
34. Détail source à réviser : which was based on the principle of natural rights. • His Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) is a study of the natural resources, economy, system of government and culture of the state, celebrating its agrarian econom (Source: "which was based on the principle of natural rights. • His Notes on the State of Virginia (1787) is a study of the natural resources, economy, system of government and culture of the state, celebrating its agrarian economy. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) wrote")
35. Détail source à réviser : of the state, celebrating its agrarian economy. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in wh (Source: "of the state, celebrating its agrarian economy. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of freedom, independence and democracy, where men were self-reliant and hard-working. •")
36. Détail source à réviser : wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of freedom, independence and democracy, where men were self-reliant and hard-working. • The Federalist Papers (1787-88) were (Source: "wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of freedom, independence and democracy, where men were self-reliant and hard-working. • The Federalist Papers (1787-88) were a series of philosophical and political essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison to advocate for the")
37. Détail source à réviser : • The Federalist Papers (1787-88) were a series of philosophical and political essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison to advocate for the ratification of the Constitution. Week 7. The First Ame (Source: "• The Federalist Papers (1787-88) were a series of philosophical and political essays written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison to advocate for the ratification of the Constitution. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Lucy Terry's poem "Bars Fight" was written in the oral tradition of")
38. Détail source à réviser : ratification of the Constitution. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Lucy Terry's poem "Bars Fight" was written in the oral tradition of African American poets during the rev (Source: "ratification of the Constitution. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Lucy Terry's poem "Bars Fight" was written in the oral tradition of African American poets during the revolutionary years, but not handed down until 1855. • Jupiter Hammon (1711-1806) was the first African American poet to have his work")
39. Détail source à réviser : of African American poets during the revolutionary years, but not handed down until 1855. • Jupiter Hammon (1711-1806) was the first African American poet to have his work published with Evening Thought: Salvation by Chr (Source: "of African American poets during the revolutionary years, but not handed down until 1855. • Jupiter Hammon (1711-1806) was the first African American poet to have his work published with Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, With Penitential Cries, a series of twenty-two quatrains, in 1760. • Phillis Wheatly (1753-1784) published her Poems on")
40. Détail source à réviser : work published with Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, With Penitential Cries, a series of twenty-two quatrains, in 1760. • Phillis Wheatly (1753-1784) published her Poems on Various Subjects in 1773 in London, reflec (Source: "work published with Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, With Penitential Cries, a series of twenty-two quatrains, in 1760. • Phillis Wheatly (1753-1784) published her Poems on Various Subjects in 1773 in London, reflecting neoclassical norms and painting a less than flattering picture of Africa. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of")
41. Détail source à réviser : on Various Subjects in 1773 in London, reflecting neoclassical norms and painting a less than flattering picture of Africa. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1 (Source: "on Various Subjects in 1773 in London, reflecting neoclassical norms and painting a less than flattering picture of Africa. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile")
42. Détail source à réviser : of Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile land" and "California's golden shore" (Source: "of Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in his poem "The Power of Fancy" (1770). • The "Connecticut Wits" were Pro Federalist poets who wrote neo-classical patriotic verse,")
43. Détail source à réviser : fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in his poem "The Power of Fancy" (1770). • The "Connecticut Wits" were Pro Federalist poets who wrote neo-classical patriotic verse, often contrasting the vigor of the new na (Source: "fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in his poem "The Power of Fancy" (1770). • The "Connecticut Wits" were Pro Federalist poets who wrote neo-classical patriotic verse, often contrasting the vigor of the new nation with the degeneracy of Europe. • Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) advocated an ideal of self- reliance and modest sufficiency, while")
44. Détail source à réviser : verse, often contrasting the vigor of the new nation with the degeneracy of Europe. • Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) advocated an ideal of self- reliance and modest sufficiency, while Joel Barlow (1754-1812) attempted to wri (Source: "verse, often contrasting the vigor of the new nation with the degeneracy of Europe. • Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) advocated an ideal of self- reliance and modest sufficiency, while Joel Barlow (1754-1812) attempted to write an American epic. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry")
45. Détail source à réviser : while Joel Barlow (1754-1812) attempted to write an American epic. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry (1792-1815) is an American version of (Source: "while Joel Barlow (1754-1812) attempted to write an American epic. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry (1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of post-Revolutionary America. • Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810)")
46. Détail source à réviser : Chivalry (1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of post-Revolutionary America. • Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) was the "father of the American novel" (Source: "Chivalry (1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of post-Revolutionary America. • Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) was the "father of the American novel" who drew on Gothic and sentimental novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the English Jacobin novel. His novels (Wieland;")
47. Détail source à réviser : was the "father of the American novel" who drew on Gothic and sentimental novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the English Jacobin novel. His novels (Wieland; or The Transformation, 1798) are filled with (Source: "was the "father of the American novel" who drew on Gothic and sentimental novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the English Jacobin novel. His novels (Wieland; or The Transformation, 1798) are filled with terror, the supernatural, and the irrational, and his choice of unreliable first-person narrators is an original aspect of his")
48. Détail source à réviser : novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the English Jacobin novel. His novels (Wieland; or The Transformation, 1798) are filled with terror, the supernatural, and the irrational, and his choice of unreliabl (Source: "novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the English Jacobin novel. His novels (Wieland; or The Transformation, 1798) are filled with terror, the supernatural, and the irrational, and his choice of unreliable first-person narrators is an original aspect of his work. Week 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution:")
49. Détail source à réviser : American Literature During the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods Yves Gardes, Maître de conférences, Université de Rouen Normandie 1 Week 7 The First Americans (1620-1800) • "America is a poem in our eyes: its ample geo (Source: "American Literature During the Colonial and Revolutionary Periods Yves Gardes, Maître de conférences, Université de Rouen Normandie 1 Week 7 The First Americans (1620-1800) • "America is a poem in our eyes: its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres")
50. Détail source à réviser : • The Puritan influence of the Massachusetts Bay Colony waned in the 18th century as population grew and immigrants came from different backgrounds, leading to the spread of deism, natural science, Newton and Locke, and (Source: "• The Puritan influence of the Massachusetts Bay Colony waned in the 18th century as population grew and immigrants came from different backgrounds, leading to the spread of deism, natural science, Newton and Locke, and the Enlightenment")
51. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) Introduction • Puritans sought to purify the Church of England, based on a contract between themselves and God, with the Bible as their only guide (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) Introduction • Puritans sought to purify the Church of England, based on a contract between themselves and God, with the Bible as their only guide")
52. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) Introduction (Source: "1620-1800) Introduction")
53. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: The Puritans • Sermons were the first literary genre developed in America, being long, logical and plain, but also striking and dramatic (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: The Puritans • Sermons were the first literary genre developed in America, being long, logical and plain, but also striking and dramatic")
54. Détail source à réviser : • His best-known sermon, 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' (1741), is a terrifying and melodramatic jeremiad describing the terrors of hell (Source: "• His best-known sermon, 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God' (1741), is a terrifying and melodramatic jeremiad describing the terrors of hell")
55. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Sermons • Puritans sought to help others find Grace through self-help (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Sermons • Puritans sought to help others find Grace through self-help")
56. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Autobiographies & Diaries • Puritan intellectuals believed in the medieval conception of providential history and believed their enterprise in the New World was part o (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Autobiographies & Diaries • Puritan intellectuals believed in the medieval conception of providential history and believed their enterprise in the New World was part of a higher purpose, as exemplified by Edward Johnson's history, The Wonder Working Providence of Sion's Saviour in New England (1653)")
57. Détail source à réviser : • John Winthrop’s History of New England from 1630 to 1649 is a detailed journal of his crossing and arrival in America, as well as reflections on broader political issues (Source: "• John Winthrop’s History of New England from 1630 to 1649 is a detailed journal of his crossing and arrival in America, as well as reflections on broader political issues")
58. Détail source à réviser : 1630-51) recounts the Pilgrims' arrival in New England and their role in carrying out God's plans (Source: "1630-51) recounts the Pilgrims' arrival in New England and their role in carrying out God's plans")
59. Détail source à réviser : 1692) and Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) documented the history of the Church in New England, Harvard College, and prominent governors and ministers (Source: "1692) and Magnalia Christi Americana (1702) documented the history of the Church in New England, Harvard College, and prominent governors and ministers")
60. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Historical Works • Poetry in the new colonies was pious, didactic and flat, but The Bay Psalm Book (1640) was popular (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Historical Works • Poetry in the new colonies was pious, didactic and flat, but The Bay Psalm Book (1640) was popular")
61. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Poetry • Benjamin Franklin’s (1706-1790) was a self-made man who bridged the colonial age and the new republic, uniting the Puritan legacy of hard work with an optimis (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Poetry • Benjamin Franklin’s (1706-1790) was a self-made man who bridged the colonial age and the new republic, uniting the Puritan legacy of hard work with an optimistic belief in natural rights and reason")
62. Détail source à réviser : 1706-1790) was a self-made man who bridged the colonial age and the new republic, uniting the Puritan legacy of hard work with an optimistic belief in natural rights and reason (Source: "1706-1790) was a self-made man who bridged the colonial age and the new republic, uniting the Puritan legacy of hard work with an optimistic belief in natural rights and reason")
63. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political independence and democracy (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political independence and democracy")
64. Détail source à réviser : 1791-1792), an answer to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and an attack against monarchical systems, and The Age of Reason (1794), a deist treatise and critique of established religion (Source: "1791-1792), an answer to Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France and an attack against monarchical systems, and The Age of Reason (1794), a deist treatise and critique of established religion")
65. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of free (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of freedom, independence and democracy, where men were self-reliant and hard-working")
66. Détail source à réviser : 1735-1813) wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of freedom, independence and democracy, where men were self-reliant and hard-working (Source: "1735-1813) wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of freedom, independence and democracy, where men were self-reliant and hard-working")
67. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Lucy Terry's poem "Bars Fight" was written in the oral tradition of African American poets during the revolutionary years, but not handed down u (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Lucy Terry's poem "Bars Fight" was written in the oral tradition of African American poets during the revolutionary years, but not handed down until 1855")
68. Détail source à réviser : 1711-1806) was the first African American poet to have his work published with Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, With Penitential Cries, a series of twenty-two quatrains, in 1760 (Source: "1711-1806) was the first African American poet to have his work published with Evening Thought: Salvation by Christ, With Penitential Cries, a series of twenty-two quatrains, in 1760")
69. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's f (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in his poem "The Power of Fancy" (1770)")
70. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry (1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of po (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry (1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of post-Revolutionary America")
71. Détail source à réviser : 1771-1810) was the "father of the American novel" who drew on Gothic and sentimental novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the English Jacobin novel (Source: "1771-1810) was the "father of the American novel" who drew on Gothic and sentimental novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the English Jacobin novel")
72. Détail source à réviser : 7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Fiction (Source: "7. The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Fiction")
73. Détail source à réviser : 1752-1817) advocated an ideal of self- reliance and modest sufficiency, while Joel Barlow (1754-1812) attempted to write an American epic (Source: "1752-1817) advocated an ideal of self- reliance and modest sufficiency, while Joel Barlow (1754-1812) attempted to write an American epic")
74. Détail source à réviser : he First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Lucy Terry's poem "Bars Fight" was written in the oral tradition of African American poets during the revolutionary years, but not handed down until (Source: "he First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Lucy Terry's poem "Bars Fight" was written in the oral tradition of African American poets during the revolutionary years, but not handed down until 1855. • Jupiter Hammon (1711-1806) was th")
75. Détail source à réviser : 1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political independence and democracy (Source: "1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political independence and democracy")
76. Détail source à réviser : 1753-1784) published her Poems on Various Subjects in 1773 in London, reflecting neoclassical norms and painting a less than flattering picture of Africa (Source: "1753-1784) published her Poems on Various Subjects in 1773 in London, reflecting neoclassical norms and painting a less than flattering picture of Africa")
77. Détail source à réviser : The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fert (Source: "The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in his poem "The Power of Fancy" (1770)")
78. Détail source à réviser : 1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of post-Revolutionary America (Source: "1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of post-Revolutionary America")
79. Détail source à réviser : 1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in his poem "The Power of Fancy" (1770) (Source: "1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in his poem "The Power of Fancy" (1770)")
80. Détail source à réviser : The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political independence and democracy (Source: "The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Thomas Paine (1737-1809) wrote Common Sense (1776), which argued for political independence and democracy")
81. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry (Source: "1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry")
82. Détail source à réviser : Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in (Source: "Revolution: Poetry • Philip Freneau (1752 1832) began his poetic career as a celebrant of "Fancy, regent of the mind" and the powers Fancy gave him to roam for "Britain's fertile land" and "California's golden shore" in his poem "The Power of Fancy" (1770). • The "Connecticut")
83. Détail source à réviser : • Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) advocated an ideal of self- reliance and modest sufficiency, while Joel Barlow (1754-1812) attempted to write an American epic (Source: "• Timothy Dwight (1752-1817) advocated an ideal of self- reliance and modest sufficiency, while Joel Barlow (1754-1812) attempted to write an American epic")
84. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Fiction (Source: "1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Fiction")
85. Détail source à réviser : 1703-1758) was a Massachusetts minister who wrote sermons which started the Great Awakening, a religious revival in colonial New England (Source: "1703-1758) was a Massachusetts minister who wrote sermons which started the Great Awakening, a religious revival in colonial New England")
86. Détail source à réviser : 1743-1826) wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was based on the principle of natural rights (Source: "1743-1826) wrote the Declaration of Independence, which was based on the principle of natural rights")
87. Détail source à réviser : The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry (1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of post- (Source: "The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: Poetry • Hugh Henry Brackenridge's Modern Chivalry (1792-1815) is an American version of Don Quixote, set in rural Pennsylvania and satirizing the manners of post-Revolutionary America")
88. Détail source à réviser : 1798) are filled with terror, the supernatural, and the irrational, and his choice of unreliable first-person narrators is an original aspect of his work (Source: "1798) are filled with terror, the supernatural, and the irrational, and his choice of unreliable first-person narrators is an original aspect of his work")
89. Détail source à réviser : The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of freedom (Source: "The First Americans (1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose • Hector St John de Crevecoeur (1735-1813) wrote Letters from an American Farmer (1782) in which he described the new country as a country of freedom, independence and democracy, where men were self-reliant and hard-working")
90. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) The Colonial Age: The Puritans (Source: "1620-1800) The Colonial Age: The Puritans")
91. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Sermons (Source: "1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Sermons")
92. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Autobiographies & Diaries (Source: "1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Autobiographies & Diaries")
93. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Historical Works (Source: "1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Historical Works")
94. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Poetry (Source: "1620-1800) The Colonial Age: Poetry")
95. Détail source à réviser : 1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose (Source: "1620-1800) The Years of Revolution: General Prose")
96. Détail source à réviser : g the manners of post-Revolutionary America. • Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) was the "father of the American novel" who drew on Gothic and sentimental novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the Englis (Source: "g the manners of post-Revolutionary America. • Charles Brockden Brown (1771-1810) was the "father of the American novel" who drew on Gothic and sentimental novels as well as the moral and political concerns of the English Jacobin novel. His novels (Wieland; or The Transformation,")

📅 Repères chronologiques

Date	Événement
1620	First Americans
1737	Jonathan Edwards sermons
1800	End of First Americans period
1809	Thomas Paine's death
1703	Puritan influence
1758	Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack

📊 Tableaux de Synthèse

Genres littéraires coloniaux et révolutionnaires

Genre	Caractéristiques	Exemples
Sermons	Revival, religieux, didactique	Sermons de Jonathan Edwards
Autobiographies & Récits	Perso, historique, providentiel	Anne Bradstreet
Poésie coloniale	Pieuse, plate, didactique	The Bay Psalm Book, Michael Wigglesworth
Poésie révolutionnaire	Patriotique, néoclassique	Poèmes de Philip Freneau
Prose révolutionnaire	Engagée, démocratique	Common Sense, Federalist Papers
Roman gothique, satire	Moral, sentimental, critique	Wieland de Charles Brockden Brown

⚠️ Pièges & Confusions Fréquentes

1. Confondre sermons et autres genres littéraires, notamment leur rôle et leur style.
2. Mélanger la poésie puritaine avec la poésie révolutionnaire sans distinction claire.
3. Confondre les œuvres de Puritains avec celles des auteurs révolutionnaires.
4. Confondre les dates clés de la colonisation et de la révolution.
5. Mélanger les influences religieuses et philosophiques sans préciser leur contexte.
6. Confondre les genres littéraires coloniaux avec ceux de la période révolutionnaire.

✅ Checklist Examen

1. Revoir l'influence du Great Awakening sur la société coloniale
2. Identifier les caractéristiques principales des sermons puritains
3. Comparer la poésie puritaine et révolutionnaire
4. Connaître les auteurs majeurs de la littérature coloniale et révolutionnaire
5. Comprendre le rôle des Federalist Papers dans la politique américaine
6. Distinguer les genres littéraires : sermons, autobiographies, récits, poésie, prose
7. Étudier l'évolution de la littérature religieuse vers la littérature politique
8. Analyser l'impact de la littérature sur la Révolution américaine
9. Se rappeler des dates clés et leur contexte historique