Stylistic Features of American Literature of the Colonial Period

Abstract

This article raises the theme of early American literature, which was created from the founding of American colonies to the declaration of independence in 1776. Puritan philosophy and ideology, their religious teachings are highlighted, because it was the Puritans who formed the basis of the first New England settlements. The following is a characteristic of the genre features of the works of that period and the work of the most prominent representatives of American literature of the colonial period is studied. Particular attention is paid to William Bradford and his work "History of the settlement in Plymouth" as one of the characteristic examples of that era. The problems of determining the main ideas that the author pursued when writing his work, the genre specificity of the work is raised. Analyzing the stylistic features of the translation of this work, we study the opinion of foreign and domestic literary scholars of our time.