Write a 500-750 word essay on one of the following topics. 

 

1. Based on the readings from weeks one and two, discuss the images of America the European writers constructed to promote colonization and settlement. What kinds of unique natural resources and environmental factors did they extol in their accounts of the New World? Relate these images to natural resources and environmental factors today. 

 

2. Based on the readings from weeks one and two, choose one passage written by one of the authors we’ve read. Identify the author and the title of the work. Then analyze the passage you chose in terms of its significance and historical impact. You should explain why it was chosen, look at the details provided in the passage, and explain in detail what the passage suggests about the work as a whole including its value to American history as well as to American literature.

3. If there's an aspect of the stories from these two weeks that particularly interests you, you may choose your own topic, but you must run it by me first to be sure it is headed in an analytical direction.

Your essay should be formatted in MLA style, including double spacing throughout. All sources should be properly cited both in the text and on a works cited page. As with most academic writing, this essay should be written in third person. Please avoid both first person (I, we, our, etc.) and second person (you, your).

 

 

Week 1 Readings:

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca: Author Bio

 

Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, from The Narrative of Cabeza de Vaca

 

Samuel de Champlain: Author Bio

 

Samuel de Champlain, from Voyages of Samuel de Champlain: The Voyages of 1604-1607

 

Christopher Columbus: Author Bio

 

Christopher Columbus, Report of the First Voyage

 

John Smith: Author Bio

 

John Smith, from The General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles, Chapter II: What Happened Till the First Supply

 

 

Week 2 Readings:

William Bradford: Author Bio

William Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation, Book I

William Bradford, from Of Plymouth Plantation, Book II

Puritanism

Anne Bradstreet: Author Bio

Anne Bradstreet, Contemplations

Puritanism, Indians and Witchcraft

Mary Rowlandson: Author Bio

Mary Rowlandson, from A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson

Edward Taylor: Author Bio

Edward Taylor, Upon Wedlock, and Death of Children

Puritanism, Indians, and Witchcraft

Cotton Mather: Author Bio

Cotton Mather, from Bonifacius: Essays to Do Good

The South and the Middle Colonies

St. John de Crevecoeur: Letters from an American Farmer, What is an American?

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