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    This document provides an overview of the course "Literatura Norteamericana I" or American Literature I taught by Ricardo Menéndez. The 10 ECTS credit course covers early American literature, the American Enlightenment, and Romanticism in the first term. The first study block focuses on Captain John Smith and his works from October 7th to January 20th, examining Smith's role in early English colonization of America and his portrayal of Native peoples. The document outlines the unit objectives, Smith's biography, literary works including A True Relation and maps of Virginia and New England. It also provides online resources on Smith, his relationship with Pocahontas, and the blending of fact and fiction around their

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    Literatura Norteamericana I

    American Literature I
    Ricardo Menéndez
    10 ECTS Credits 2020-2021
    Authors & Contents 1st Term
    Study Block I

     Early American Literature  Romanticism (part I)


     Captain John Smith – Oct 7th  Washington Irving – Dec 2th
     William Bradford – Oct 14th  James Fenimore Cooper – Dec 9th
     Anne Bradstreet – Oct 21st  Ralph Waldo Emerson – Dec 16th
     Mary Rowlandson – Oct 28th  Henry David Thoroeau – Jan 13th
     The American Enlightment  REVIEW
     Jonathan Edwards – Nov 4th  Units 1-12 – Jan 20th
     Benjamin Franklin – Nov 11th
     Olaudah Equiano – Nov 18th
     Phillis Wheatley – Nov 25th
    “ Heaven & earth never agreed better
    to frame a place for man’s
    habitation; were it fully manured
    and inhabited by industrious people.
    ”
    Captain John Smith (1580-1631)
     Biography
     On his literary Works and more
     Online resources
     Q&A
    Ricardo Menéndez UNED 2020-2021 ricmenendez@madrid.uned.es
    Unit 1 – Captain John Smith

    Objectives of the Unit


     Realize how unfamiliar environment of the New World provided the English
    explorers and settlers with a great diversity of experiences which demanded a
    variety of discourses and originated a wide range of literary variations
     Learn how the adventurer and explorer Captain John Smith expressing
    himself in the travel-writing tradition, chronicled the early days of the English
    colonization of America and tried to entice his fellow countrymen to leave
    their homeland and settle in the New World
     See how colonial policy was justified through the concept of “manifest
    destiny”: the notion that America made manifest the predestined expansión
    of European civilization – Europeans had the ‘right’ to possess America
     Consider how the Native peoples of North America began to be portrayed by
    English Explorers and discover the myth of Pocahontas
     Examine how Captain Smith’s rhetorical process of self-fashioning and self-
    representation illustrates issues of reliability (a mattter of concern in many
    autobiographical texts)

    Ricardo Menéndez UNED 2020-2021 ricmenendez@madrid.uned.es


    Unit 1 – Captain John Smith

    Biography
     Born in the English town of Willoughby in the Lincolnshire
     First English work written in America: A True Relation of Such Occurences and
    Accidents of Note as Hath Happened in Virginia. Written in 1608, published in
    London in the same year
     Captain Smith can be correctly described as a true pioneering adventurer and
    explorer
     Author of relevant depictions of Virginia and Powhatan Indians
     Very important illustrations of Indian settlings
     Mapmaker: Map of Virginia (1612) describing the area of current Virginia,
    Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Washington DC. Map of New England
    drawn during a second expedition to the Maine and Massachusetts Bay Area used
    by Prince Charles to put English names on the map.
     John Smith arrived at Jamestown in 1607
     Governor of Virginia 1608-1609
     Never returned to Virginia after leaving
     Facts for which he is famous probably never happened

    Ricardo Menéndez UNED 2020-2021 ricmenendez@madrid.uned.es


    Unit 1 – Captain John Smith

    Literary Works (and more)


    Excerpt covered in the unit:
    From The General History of Virginia, New England, and the
    Summer Isles
     Books III, Passages from Chapter 2
     Author of the FIRST ENGLISH WORK WRITTEN IN AMERICA:
    A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath
    Happened in Virginia (June, 1608)
     General History of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles (1624)
     The True Travels, Adventures, and Observations of Captain John Smith,
    in Europe, Asia, Africa and America (1630)
     Map of Virginia (1612) & Map of New England

    Ricardo Menéndez UNED 2020-2021 ricmenendez@madrid.uned.es


    Unit 1 – Captain John Smith

    Map Maker
    Map of Virginia (1612)

    • North is to the right


    of this map.
    • Drawn from the
    perspective of a ship
    coming from the
    Atlantic.
    • 1 league= 3 miles.
    • More than 200 indian
    towns named.
    • Remained an active
    map for over 75
    years.

    Ricardo Menéndez UNED 2020-2021 ricmenendez@madrid.uned.es


    Unit 1 – Captain John Smith

    Map Maker
    Map of New England (1616)

    • John Smith’s influential map


    designated Plymouth as a
    suitable harbour 4 years
    before the arrival of the
    pilgrims.
    • Remarkably accurate, it was
    done aboard a whaling boat.
    • Probably one of the best
    maps of his time.
    • Published alongside his
    account it served to attract
    settlers, name New England
    and the Charles River
    Ricardo Menéndez UNED 2020-2021 ricmenendez@madrid.uned.es
    Unit 1 – Captain John Smith

    Online Resources and Interesting Facts


     Definitely Disney does idealize characters

     The huge mix of fact and fiction is not (entirely) Disney’s fault however
     Librivox , Guttenberg, and other resources
    http://www.americanjourneys.org/pdf/AJ-082.pdf
    https://librivox.org/a-description-of-new-england-by-captain-john-smith/
    https://prezi.com/mgdbudsb5pj5/the-general-history-of-virginia/
    https://literature-proquest-
    com.ezproxy.uned.es/myArchive/savedRecords.do?method=restore&QueryType=authors&id=173189

     Pocahontas Revealed (PBS Nova Documentary):


    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pocahontas/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wFFyC8lj7U

    Ricardo Menéndez UNED 2020-2021 ricmenendez@madrid.uned.es


    Unit 1 – Captain John Smith

    Online Resources and Interesting Facts


     The famous 1956 Grammy award winning song Fever performed by Peggy Lee
    has a stanza that talks about Pocahontas and John Smith
    Captain Smith and Pocahontas
    Had a very mad affair
    When her daddy tried to kill him
    She said "daddy oh don't you dare"
    "He gives me fever with his kisses"
    "Fever when he holds me tight"
    "Fever, I'm his misses"
    "Daddy won't you treat him right?"

     The more popular, and far from accurate, versions of the story of John Smith
    and Pocahontas stem from an E. Boyd Smith story for children, profuse in
    fictional details and a storyboard-like layout: The Story of Pocahontas and
    John Smith
    http://www.gutenberg.org/files/24487/24487-h/24487-h.htm
    http://ia802501.us.archive.org/28/items/selectedworksofeboydsmith_1404_librivox/selecte
    dworks_02_smith_64kb.mp3
    Ricardo Menéndez UNED 2020-2021 ricmenendez@madrid.uned.es
    Unit 1 – Captain John Smith

    Remember to complete
    Self Evaluation &
    Exploratory Questions
    from the Book
    Online Self Evaluation Quiz

    Questions?
    Thank you

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