Survey of American Literature I You will write 3 researched essays for this course. Each paper should consist of your own thoughts as well as at least 2 secondary sources that enhance your ideas. Please use reliable‚ academic sources. Do NOT use Wikipedia or other non-academic sources. Your paper should include examples from the texts to support your thesis. MLA format must be used‚ including a Works Cited page. Papers must be 4-5 pages‚ typed and double-spaced‚ using 12-point type and
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Themes of Early American Literature Early American literature does a tremendous job of revealing the exact conditions and challenges that were faced by the explorers and later by the colonists of the New World. From early shipwrecks to the later years of small colonies barely surviving through dreadful winters‚ the literary works of the time period focus on some very recognizable themes. The theme of any given work – being simply the unifying subject or idea – is a very important element of any
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Pre-romanticism - preceded by Neoclassicism (1660-1780) - 1660 John Dryden - 1780 – deterioration‚ Johnson died - Prescribed forms‚ language – all artificial William Blake (1757-1827) - London - After Neoclassicism - Earlier than other writers - Left London only once in life - Son of lousier - Self-taught ; painter‚ illustrator for a living - Attended Royal Academy if Arts (not wanting to succumb ro tules Sir John Reynolds who set the rules for painters‚ WB didn’t obey‚ left)4 -
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From tragic adventures on the high-seas to nonsensical battles between white settlers and native tribes‚ romanticism provoked some of the most epic works of American literature. Notable Romantic authors such as James Fenimore Cooper utilized romantic characteristics to develop plot or accentuate the strength of the protagonist. His credibility as a successful romantic author stems from his use of certain romantic characteristics to advance his plot and themes. Nathaniel Hawthorne continues this tradition
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Throughout American literature‚ many writers have used the subject of horror and violence within the many styles of writing during this time. The topics of Horror and Violence have been seen during slavery where it was expressed through story and autobiography about the brutal punishments of slave ship‚ kidnapping and beatings from the slave owners to slaves. We have also seen the use of Horror and Violence in more storytelling styles of writing where the writer writes about unrealistic topics to
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The Fourteen Characteristics of Romanticism 1. Medievalism - looking on the past to a simpler lifestyle (the good ole days). ’’Written in the Close of Spring’’ by Charlotte Smith 2. Orientalism - (exotic locales) places that everyday people would not venture. Mystery - emotional stimulus. 3. Primitivism - belief that man was born inherently good. (Noble Savage - writing by people of primitive cultures - Africa‚ Native American) Society makes them bad. 4. Progress - Romantics were not against
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LITERATURE: Literature (from Latin litterae (plural); letter) is the art of written work and can‚ in some circumstances‚ refer exclusively to published sources. The word literatureliterally means "things made from letters" and the pars pro toto term "letters" is sometimes used to signify "literature‚" as in the figures of speech "arts and letters" and "man of letters." Literature is commonly classified as having two major forms—fiction and non-fiction—and two major techniques—poetry and prose
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AN INTRODUCTION TO NATIVE AMERICAN LITERATURE Native American literatures embrace the memories of creation stories‚ the tragic wisdom of native ceremonies‚ trickster narratives‚ and the outcome of chance and other occurrences in the most diverse cultures in the world. These distinctive literatures‚ eminent in both oral performances and in the imagination of written narratives‚ cannot be discovered in reductive social science translations or altogether understood in the historical constructions of
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greatly influencing the development of Arab-American literature. Political contexts provided an impetus for Arab-American writers to express political beliefs in their works and address the questions of identity‚ ideology‚ and other subjects connected to political actions. Most of the issues considered by writers and researchers of Arab-American literature can also be found in literatures of other “hyphenated” Americans. However‚ Arab-American literature have strongest bonds to the political history
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The depiction of African Americans in literature‚ television‚ films and the theatre have followed the same archetypes for more than a century and a half. On ABC’s hit show Scandal‚ Kerry Washington plays the role of Olivia Pope‚ a strong headed‚ independent African American woman in a love triangle with two white men‚ one of whom is the married President of the United States. In the film realm‚ Tyler Perry acts out the role of Mabel “Madea” Simmons‚ a comical and sassy older woman who is often aggressive
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