pre-settlement period before 1620 (when the puritans founded plymouth plantation)
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Pre-settlement Period
Before 1620
(when the Puritans founded Plymouth Plantation)
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Native American Stories
Oral Tradition,
Storytelling, and
Myths
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Characteristics of the Pre-settlement Period
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Oral Literature• Native American
Literature relies on spoken word and performance
• Most texts were not written down until the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries
• Used repetition to create a sense of expectation
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Types of Oral Narratives
• Origin and Emergence Stories
• Historical Narratives
• Cultural Hero Stories
• Trickster Tales
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Trickster Tales
• Do these guys look familiar?
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Myth:
What does it mean?
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We usually think of…• Something that is FALSE.
• There are OTHER KINDS OF TRUTH BESIDES SCIENTIFIC TRUTH!!!
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Think of this
definition
• ““A dramatic show A dramatic show of culturally of culturally important truths” important truths”
• (might be a play, (might be a play, a song, or a a song, or a story) story)
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In other words…
• Myths represent a shared vision of the world for those who have this vision.
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Myths reveal 3 Areas of Beliefs:
1. Beliefs about the way the physical world works
2. Beliefs about social order and appropriate behavior
3. Beliefs about human nature and the problem of good and evil
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Writers during the Pre-settlement Period
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Writers
• Unknown
• WHY?
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Historical Events during the Pre-settlement Period
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1452 Gutenberg invents the printing press
Oct. 12, 1492 Columbus discovers America, landing on an island in the Bahamas
1507 Martin Waldseemuller, geographer, names the
new land “America”
1607 Captain John Smith founds Jamestown in Virginia