Notes on The Colonial Period/The Age of Faith
	

The Colonial Period isn't really the first American literature, because Native
	Americans had oral tradition.

Genres of Colonial Period literature: journels,  sermons, narratives,  religious 
	poetry, and histories.

Puritans
		-Law from Bible
		-Had a strong work ethic/hard working
		-Persecuted for their faith
		-Were literalists (if Bible says it, they do it)
Pilgrims
		Puritans that came to New England in 1620, first to come over


What we identify as American today comes from the religion, beliefs, and ethics of the 
	Puritans

		Puritan Literature
-Always wrote about religion
-Wrote abot forms of revelation, and moments when the spiritual world and the physical
	world converge or diverge
-"The Puritans read their lives like a literary critic reads a book"
-Style = very plain and literal, no puns or fancy wording ("means what it says and says
		  what it means")
-Plain style-- lacks symbolism, metaphors, cliches, puns, hidden messages, etc.

Histories         vs       Journels
Factual/objective			Opinionated/subjective
After things happen		As things happen