文档介绍：?:1)In1492,)In1607,)In1620,102passengerssailedontheshipMayfloweracrosstheseaandsettledonthenewcontinent“NewEngland”.:nativeinhabitants:IndiansImmigrantsmostlyfromEurope:Spanish;Dutch;FrenchEnglishimmigrants,Jamestown,Virginia,1607Puritansagroupofreligiouspeopleadvocatedreligious&:1607--1783  thesettlementofNorthAmerica--theIndependenceWarMajortopic:AmericanPuritanismIntroductionTherewerenowrittenliteratureamongthemorethan500differentIndianlanguagesandtribalcultures,:(1)practicalmatter-of-ountsoffarming,hunting,travel,“athome”whatlifewaslikeinthenewworld,and,often,toinducetheirimmigration;(2)highlytheoretical,generallypolemical(好辩的),:1783—1861theIndependenceWar--theCivilWarRomanticism(1783-1865)WashingtonIrvingJamesFenimoreCooperSummitofRomanticism-Transcendentalism(AmericanRenaissance)RalphWaldoEmerson  FillipThoreauLateRomanticismNathanielHawthorneHermanMelvillenotoptimisticRomanticPoetsWaltWhitmanEmilyDickensonEdgarAllenPoe:themostcontroversial&themostmisunderstoodTheageofRealismTime:1865--1918  theCivilWar--mon-placeofferanobjectiveviewTheAgeofRealism(1865-1918)heodoreDreiserAmericanLiterature——ColonialPeriodandRevolutionaryPeriodTime:thesettlementofNorthAmer