American Literature has been around for a very long time, longer than anyone in my generation or even many generations before me. Literature has been a way for people to express themselves and to let the future generations know what has happened in the past. Without literature it would be very hard to document and teach history, and our favorite stories would not exist because nobody wrote them down for us to enjoy. Literature is the easiest way to keep people entertained and informed. But being that it is so old, It has changed. Literature has become as modern as each era it is written in. But if you compare literature written over one hundred years ago to now, the language and style would be quite different. For example, in the book “The Norton Anthology American Literature” There are poems written by an author named Anne Bradstreet. Her works are perfect when it comes to
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There is a very big difference in how those two sentences are structured. Even though example one was modern for 1666, compared to the 2016 version it just seems old and something that wouldn’t even cross our mind while we are writing. A third major change in literature is faith and religion. Back in 1666 it seemed as if the writing revolved around God and other high spiritual aspects. In Anne Bradford’s poem she repeats multiple times on how since her house is burning down, all of her faith is being put in God. The last line of the poem is:
“My hope and treasure lies above.”
As you can see, she has completely put all of her trust in God after the terrible incident. But most any literature today is based off of many different subjects, not just religious. Back in this time period God was the normal thing for everyone to believe in. There really was nothing else. But now there are so many different things people believe or don’t believe in because of how time has evolved and how people have
There is a very big difference in how those two sentences are structured. Even though example one was modern for 1666, compared to the 2016 version it just seems old and something that wouldn’t even cross our mind while we are writing. A third major change in literature is faith and religion. Back in 1666 it seemed as if the writing revolved around God and other high spiritual aspects. In Anne Bradford’s poem she repeats multiple times on how since her house is burning down, all of her faith is being put in God. The last line of the poem is:
“My hope and treasure lies above.”
As you can see, she has completely put all of her trust in God after the terrible incident. But most any literature today is based off of many different subjects, not just religious. Back in this time period God was the normal thing for everyone to believe in. There really was nothing else. But now there are so many different things people believe or don’t believe in because of how time has evolved and how people have