native american literature. the foundation of american literature is based upon three ideologies:
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Native American Literature
Native American Literature
• The foundation of American Literature is based upon three ideologies:
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• The foundation of American Literature is based upon three ideologies:
–Puritanism
Native American Literature
• The foundation of American Literature is based upon three ideologies:
–Puritanism–Deism
Native American Literature
• The foundation of American Literature is based upon three ideologies:
–Puritanism–Deism–Animism
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• Animists believe . . .– God is IN everything. It is not so much that God is
one being, but rather that God is all around us in Nature. Nature, like God, was here before us and will be here after we have passed. Therefore, to understand our purposes and meanings, we must look to Nature for answers.
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• Animists believe . . .– If God is in Nature, then the Puritan and Deist
concept of “Heaven” is present on Earth. Man comes from Earth and returns to Earth. There is no Hell.
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• Animists believe . . .– If Man acknowledges that he is a natural being,
respecting himself as he respects all nature around him, then he opens himself up to God working through him.
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• Animists believe . . .– We can learn about Life through nature if we only
learn to listen.
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• Early Native American writers. . .– created poetry and short stories– developed myths to explain nature’s wonders and
the creation of the world
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Let’s begin with Creation Myths (like the Garden of Eden in Judeo-Christian religion) . . .