Littérature-Hafsi

By the end of the lesson, learners will be able to:

• Identify key figures in revolutionary literature beyond Paine such as Phillis Wheatley and Thomas Jefferson.
• Discuss how different social groups engaged with the revolutionary discourse.
• Examine a revolutionary text from a feminist or postcolonial perspective.
• Compare Wheatley’s poetry to mainstream revolutionary texts.
• Argue whether early American literature was truly democratic in representation.
• Compose a letter from a marginalized perspective responding to a revolutionary text.