First Quarter Blog 3

     Because the Puritan time period was before blacks lived in the colonies, there was very little, if any, African American literature during this time period. Therefore works of blacks were not yet recognized. Puritans also did not read the literature of other minority groups, such as women. The people belived that they were not good enough as men in things like writing, so they never acknowledged the writing of women. Women were in the domestic sphere, while men were apart of the public sphere. 
     So far, I have not found many connections between Puritanism and my research topic. But I have found themes that occur through the Puritan period that I also found in my first article that helped to create our first definition of American Literature. In Puritan writings discussed in class, I found the themes of daily life, which has to do with social and racial norms during the period. It is also evident in my article, which is during the Civil Rights Movement, that famous works of the period depicted life of groups of people in relation to other groups.