American Literature

Nov 26, 2012

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1890s. American culture fairly crude, art and literature fairly skimpyAmericans felt culturally inferior to Europe but morally and socially superiorAdvantages of being American included political freedom, moral rightness, and economic opportunitySociety celebrated energy, hope, individualism, yo

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American Literature

American Literature. Book I. Table of Contents. Introduction Brief Outline of American Literature Chapter I Colonial Period Chapter II Revolutionary Period Benjamin Franklin Philip Freneau

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American Literature:

Lecture V, American Literature (1) Autumn 2007. Lecture Outline. A Brief Review Romanticism in America (Continued)Reading Assignments. Lecture V, American Literature (1) Autumn 2007. Literary Eras. 1. Puritanism and colonial literature2. Reason and Revolution3. Romanticism4. Realism5. M

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American Literature

American Literature. 030533/4/5, 27 st Dec. 2006. Lecture 13. The American Modernism (IV) (1914 - 1945). 2. Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961). I. Biography:

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American Literature:

Lecture II, American Literature (1) Autumn 2007. The First American Literature . The first American literature was neither American nor really literature. It was not American because it was the work mainly of immigrants from England. It was not literature as we know it -- in the form of poetry, essa

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American Literature:

Lecture III, American Literature (1) Autumn 2007. Washington Irving . Washington Irving (1783-1859) was one of the first American authors to win recognition in Europe as well as the United States. He became famous for his humorous stories and for his satirical essays, which poked fun at New York Cit

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American Literature

American Literature. 030533/4/5, 9 th Jan. 2007. Lecture 14. The American Modernism (IV) (1914 - 1945). William Faulkner (1897 - 1962). 3. The Prominent Representative of Northern Writers.

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American Literature

American Literature. Early American Literature Transcendental Literature. Outcomes of the lesson. Timeline overview of American Literary Movements Early American Literature overview and timeline Emphasis on Transcendental Era, beginning with the philosophic and historic context.

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American Literature

American Literature. Period 1 Thursday, 8 September 2011 Daily Journal Pop Quiz Literature Books. Unit Objectives Focus for Today. Understand the historical and cultural context of early American writing. Take notes by charting main ideas and details.

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American Literature

American Literature. Early American Literature The Puritan Era. Outcomes of the lesson. Timeline overview of American Literary Movements Early American Literature overview and timeline Emphasis on Puritan Literature, beginning with the historic context.

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American Literature

American Literature. Period 1 Wednesday, 31 August 2011 Daily Journal Vocabulary List 4. Unit Objectives Focus for Today. Build vocabulary and spelling skills . Daily Journal #7. Start new DJ set on a new page! Make sure you have DJ #, Date, Prompt, and Response.

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American Literature

American Literature. Kasi , Feroze Qaiser. Introduction to Thematic Unit Unit Theme : American/ English Literature Target Students : EFL College and adults. Linguistic Background : Various Nationalities Language Level : Intermediate Meeting Time : Twice a week for 3 hours

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American Literature

American Literature. Early 17 th Century. The New Eden. Columbus and many other European explorers and settlers believed that the biblical Eden was to be found in the Americas. Settlers in America thus did not find new culture but nature; not a new future, but a return to an imagined past.

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American Literature

American Literature. Modernism 1900-1950. Modernism. Definition: a term for the bold new experimental styles and forms that swept the arts during the first third of the 20 th century.

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American Literature

American Literature. How can I apply Romantic characteristics?. Warm Up – Grab the handout on the table and complete the romantic characteristics cloze reading. After the cloze is complete, choose a character from the film that most embodies these characteristics. Agenda .

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American Literature

American Literature. 美国文学史及选读. Herman Melville -- everlasting nay. Life experience Literary Career Theme and Style Appreciation of Moby Dick. His Life.

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American Literature

American Literature. Lecture Sixteen. The American Modernism (III) (1914 - 1945). William Faulkner (1897 - 1962). 3. The Prominent Representative of Northern Writers.

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American Literature

American Literature. Lecture Six. The American Realism (I) (1865 - 1918). I. Introduction. The reasons for the coming of American realism:

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American Literature:. Lecture 7 REALISM (1865 - 1914). 退出. Objectives. To enable the Ss to know what Local Colorism is and who the leaders of Local Colorism are; To enable the Ss to know what Naturalism is and who the leaders of Naturalism are

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American Literature

American Literature. Book III. Table of Contents. Theodore Dreiser Edwin Arlington Robinson Carl Sandburg Sinclair Lewis Henry L. Mencken F. Scott Fitzgerald John Steinbeck. Theodore Dreiser (1871-1945).

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American Literature

American Literature. Colonial Period, the Period of Independence and the 18th Century. Literature of the Colonial Period (1607-1765) religious essays, pamphlets, journals, diaries, poetry John Smith: A Description of New England William Bradford: Of Plymouth Plantation

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American Literature

American Literature. What Does This Mean?. Traditional American Literary Periods – Why?. We have a need to define. We have a need to compartmentalize. Because it is easy. Traditional American Literary Periods.

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American Literature

American Literature. Comes of Age. 1800-1840. America’s cultural independence did not come easily. For nearly 200 years, American readers had been looking to Europe mainly Great Britain for their reading material. Exceptions. 2. almanacs. 1. The Bible. 3. Newspapers and magazines.

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