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| Which two styles of early American literature were the foundations of American Literature, but wouldn’t be considered literature by modern standards |
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| a. Myths and puritan writing because they weren’t connected with literature as much as the spiritual message |
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| What are two types of narrative in American literature and what could people learn from these narratives? |
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| a. Exploration narratives and slave narratives, less personal and more concrete details. Slave narratives describe someone’s experiences. |
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| What can historical narratives show us about life in the colonies? Use specific examples to support. |
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| a. Gave them a good insight on their life. How people felt during the time. |
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| What differences were there in the motivations for colonists like John Smith and the Puritans to come to the New World? How are these differneces shown in their literature? |
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| a. John Smith came for glory god and gold. Puritans came for freedom. |
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| Who were the four most influential freedom writers of the 1750’s? How did their writing change people’s ideas of freedom? |
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| a. Thomas Pain, Benjamin Franklin, Phyllis Wheatly, Thomas Jefferson. It expressed the rights to purse life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. |
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| In your opinion who was the most influential writer of the 1750’s? Give an example of a piece of writing and explain how they tried to change people’s views on freedom. |
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| a. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence and it tried to give America it’s freedom. |
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| If you were to write a letter to the diplomats of the Revolutionary time, what would you want to tell them about how what they were doing changed the course of events in the long run? Do you think that if they had known they would have the impact they did, would they have still spoken out, or acted differently? |
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| a. That having strong patriotism is still important today. If someone doesn’t like traits about the U.S. they are considered un-American. |
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| Knowing that Abigail Adam’s letter wasn’t published until 22 years after her death, what does this say about women’s rights during this period? Why do you think Abigail tells her daughter to not share her complaints with anyone? |
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| a. Woman didn’t have the same rights that men had. Abigail didn’t want to tell her daughter because she would have seemed weak. |
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| List the four literary movements form 1800-1870 with one example author from each. |
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| a. Romanticim (Poe) Transcendentalism (Herman Melvie) Poetry (Holmes) Travel Writing (Lewis Meriwether) |
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| Name three different historical events or inventions that occurred or were created between 1800-1870 |
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| a. Louisiana purchase. War of 1812. Civil War |
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| What is transcendentalism and who created the philosophy? |
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| a. A philosophy connecting human beings with nature. |
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| Who is Emily Dickinson and what was a defining characteristic of her life? |
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| a. A female American poet and her defining characteristic was that she was quiet. |
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| What is realism and Naturalism? Which author used Realism and Naturalism in his story? Give an example of Naturalism and Realism |
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| a. Realism is portrayed accurately as possible but no optimistic nature. Naturalism is similar but they believe that there lives can’t be controlled. |
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| How has Douglass’ autobiography influenced our views of slavery? |
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| a. Showed people how bad slavery was. His writing showed that blacks can be just as smart as white people |
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| Give an example of Mark Twain’s writing, explain how it depicts the Old West, and why it is considered Realism. |
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| a. Huckleberry Finn depicts the old West by depicting an Indian unfairly. Considered realism because it showed the hardship of the west. |
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| Explain how women’s writing from the late 1800s and the early 1900s, during the Westward Exmapnsion, expressed their struggles of veryday life and feelings towards the changing times. Give an example of two female authors. |
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| a. Mirriam Davis Colt shoe showed how women didn’t have a voice. Kate Chopin because she showed the hardships. |
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| 1) What are two characteristics of modernism and what are two historical events that led to the shift? |
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| a. Disillusionment and desire for a break with tradition. WWI and the Depression. |
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| Name two modernist authors and one of their works. |
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Definition
| a. Ernest Hemmingway (The Old Man and the Sea) and William Carlos Williams (The Red Wheelbarrow) |
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| Describe the Harlem Renaissance and name an author and how their work reflected the time period. |
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| a. Blacks had a movement of music and writing creativy. Langston Hughes was an author that showed what was going on during their time period. |
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| Give one example of a literary technique used by one author. |
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Definition
| a. Stream of consciousness. |
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| What are the three authors form the time period and what did they write? |
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Definition
| The Rockpile. John Hersey: Hiroshima. Tim O’brien: The things that we carried |
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| How did the current events affect their writing? Name the current events. |
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| a. Vietnam war created a sadder view on literature. World war II also changed the view on the world. |
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| Movement against truth, meaning & certainty. |
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| Who is one postmodernist author? Give an example of one of their writings and explain what makes it postmodernist writing. |
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| Kurt Vonnegut - Slaughterhouse Five. Has a disoriented and random reality. |
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