EN 2220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Deserted Village, Oral Literature, Wampum
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Two row wampum (peace belt, indigenous people) //peterborough petroglyphs. History & context from exploration to settlement: french exploration and alliance with indigenous groups (early 1600"s) british established later. 1600"s (hudson"s bay company: seven years (1754-63) : france defeated by the british (plains of abraham) Quebec act of 1776: american revolution 1776 british loyalists. Black loyalists (recall slavery legal in british empire until 1833 and in us until 1865) Literary context: shift from exploration to emigration , north american context, british readers, literary societies and the rise of newspapers, literary history, firsts , religion, gender, tracts vs. poetry. Explore: what is it about? (content, evidence & examples, how is it presented (form, evidence and examples, what is the significance what"s at stake? (context, evidence and examples. Its about contrast between auburn and acadia pattern of good and bad between there and here early stage in acadia, lonely and isolated.
