history: American literature is important for us all to know about.
knowledge: American literature is literature written or produced in the United States and its preceding colonies (for specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States).
response: Ah, I see. I know that it includes literature made during colonial days as well.
history: American literature is important for us all to know about.
Ah, I see. I know that it includes literature made during colonial days as well.
You are so right, history lets us know how we were put in this place we are.
knowledge: Before the founding of the United States, the British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States were heavily influenced by English literature.
response: Interesting! I know that the British colonies saw English literature as a major influence.
history: American literature is important for us all to know about.
Ah, I see. I know that it includes literature made during colonial days as well.
You are so right, history lets us know how we were put in this place we are.
Interesting! I know that the British colonies saw English literature as a major influence.
Who created English literature?
knowledge: The American literary tradition thus began as part of the broader tradition of English literature.
response: It's a mystery to me, but I know that American literature started out as part of English literature.
history: American literature is important for us all to know about.
Ah, I see. I know that it includes literature made during colonial days as well.
You are so right, history lets us know how we were put in this place we are.
Interesting! I know that the British colonies saw English literature as a major influence.
Who created English literature?
It's a mystery to me, but I know that American literature started out as part of English literature.
Yes traditionally we follow our ancestors.
knowledge: The revolutionary period is notable for the political writings of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine.
response: I know that the revolutionary period is well known for the writings of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine.
history: American literature is important for us all to know about.
Ah, I see. I know that it includes literature made during colonial days as well.
You are so right, history lets us know how we were put in this place we are.
Interesting! I know that the British colonies saw English literature as a major influence.
Who created English literature?
It's a mystery to me, but I know that American literature started out as part of English literature.
Yes traditionally we follow our ancestors.
I know that the revolutionary period is well known for the writings of Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine.
Yes all those guys who believed in a flatbearth, for some reason we believe its round. History is different.
knowledge: Thomas Jefferson's United States Declaration of Independence solidified his status as a key American writer.
response: That's interesting. I know that the US Declaration of Independence made Thomas Jefferson known as an important American writer.