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ThebeginningofAmericanliterature
Americanhasalwaysbeenalandofbeginnings.AfterEuropeans“discovered”Americainthefifteenthcentury,themysteriousNewWorldbecameformanypeopleagenuinehopeofanewlife,anescapefrompovertyandpersecution,achancetostartagain.Wecansaythat,asnation,Americabeginswiththathope.When,however,doesAmericanliteraturebegin?
AmericanliteraturebeginswithAmericanexperiences.Longbeforethefirstcolonistsarrived,beforeChristopherColumbus,beforetheNorthmenwhofoundAmericaaboutyear1,000,NativeAmericanslivedhere.Eachtribe'sliteraturewastightlywovenintothefabricofdailylifeandreflectedtheunmistakablyAmericanexperienceofliningwiththeland.Anotherkindofexperience,onefilledwithfearandexcitement,founditsexpressioninthereportsthatColumbusandotherexplorerssenthomeinSpain,FrenchandEnglish.Inaddition,thejournalsofthepeoplewholivedanddiedintheNewEnglandwilderness'tellunforgettabletalesofhardendsometimesheartbreakingexperiencesofthoseearlyyears.
Experience,then,isthekeytoearlyAmericanliterature.TheNewWorldprovidedagreatvarietyofexperiences,andexperiencesdemandedawidevarietyofexpressionsbyanevenwidervarietyofearlyAmericanwriters.ThesewritersincludedJohnSmith,whospentonlytwo-and-a-halfyear:ontheAmerican,continent.TheyincludedJonathanEdwardsandWilliamByrd，whothoughtofthemselvesasBritishsubjects,neversuspectingarevolutionthatwouldcreateaUnitedStatesofAmericawithaliteratureofitsown.AmericanIndians,explorers,
Puritanministers,frontierwives,plantationowner一theyareallthecreatorsofthefirstAmericanliterature.
练习：
1)Whatdoes“thathope”inthefirstparagraphreferto?
A)ThehopethatAmericawouldbediscovered.
B)Thehopetostartalife.
C)ThehopetoseethemysteriesoftheNewWorld.
D)Thehopetofindpovertyhere.
2.WhendidAmericanliteraturebegin?
A)BeforetheAmericannativeslivedthere.
B)WhenColumbusandotherexplorersgentreportsbackhome..
C)WhentireNorthmenfoundAmericainabout1,000.
D)Longbeforetheyear1,000.
3.WhatcanwelearnfromtheliteratureofthetribesofthenativeAmeric