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ELIT 48A ELIT 48A Major American Authors 1620-1855
Elit 48A Greensheet 2010
Presentations Fall 2010
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Glossary of Terms Weeks 1-4
Glossary of Terms Part II
Glossary Terms Part III
Analytical Literary Response
Literary Response Grading Rubric
Analytical Tools for Deconstructing Literary Texts by Marilyn Patton
Weekly Schedule and Handouts
Week 1 Native Voices
Iroquois Creation Story Questions
American Passages Video (Native Voices) Discussion Questions
Watch Video
http://www.learner.org/amerpass/unit01/index.html?pop=yes&;pid=1737
Week 2 Discovery and Conquest
Columbus and Smith Questions
Some Mythic Conceptions of John Smith
Colin Farrell - New World Trailer -
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQIQ2ZyZDmQ>;
Pochahontas - Disney Part 1
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RJwpsCjeC8>;
Week 3 Religion and Settlement
Puritanism 101
Historical/Cultural Context for Puritans and Pilgrims
Religion and Settlement (Bradford, Bradstreet, Edwards)
Plymoth Plantation Pictures Courtesy of my student Jenna Davis who is a descendant of John Howland
Rhetorical Analysis of Sinners Interesting Article by Edward J. Gallagher of Lehigh University analyzing the structure, parallelism, repetition, imagery, and pathos/logos of Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Anne Bradstreet Article by Lisa Day-Lindsay This article from the Explicator analyzes the cultural context of child birth in Puritan life.
Anne Bradstreet Article by Robert Hilliker This article focuses on Bradstreet's poetry within the context of the changing transatlantic discourse on American colonialism.
Week 4 - Revolutionary Writings
Age of Enlightenment Power Point
Franklin and Jefferson Discussion Questions
Way of Wealth Article 1 This Article examines The Way of Wealth in comparison to another literary work in which a fictitious character examines his past writings
Declaration of Independence Deconstructed
Rhetorical Analysis of the Declaration of Independenc
Great Youtube clip of HBO series John Adams highlighting Franklin's demeanor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?<;wbr>v=7-PtozBKSBE
Great Youtube clip of HBO series John Adams highlighting Jefferson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?<;wbr>v=MaqmBOyNCuE&NR=1
Week 5 - American Nationalism (Renaissance?)
American Renaissance Group Presentation Power Pt
Washington Iriving and James Fenimore Cooper Questions
Rip Van Winkle Powerpoint Thanks to Adity from group 4 for sharing this very helpful info on different readings of Rip!
Rip Article - Generational Divide
Rip Article - Hero's Journey
Rip Article - Storytelling
Rip Article - Landscape
Rip Article - Feminist Reading
Last of the Mohicans Article 1 Overview of intercultural aspect of native and anglo to discover American identity
Cross-Cultural Hybridity in The Last of the Mohicans by Lindsey Claire Smith
Week 6 - Midterm
Midterm Preview
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Week 7 - The American Romantic Movement I- Hawthorne
Romanticism Power Point (This mostly focuses on English, but can apply to American as well)
http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Quintilliano-49770-Romanticism-as-Education-ppt-powerpoint/
Nathanial Hawthorne Questions
Article on Young Goodman Brown
Article on Minister's Black Veil
Romantic Painting Caspar David Friedrich Wanderer above the Sea of Fog
Week 8 - The American Romantic Movement II - Melville
Herman Melville Discussion Questions
Melville Biography Analysis Excerpt of Laurie Robertson-Lorant's 1996 Biography on Melville
Bartleby Themes
Bartleby the Scrivener 1 Article by Mark Elliot about ambiguous symbol of Bartleby character
Benito Cereno Major Themes
Benito Cereno Article 1 by Mary Rohrberger - examines the short story as "a microcosm of gigantic proportions."
Benito Cereno Article 2 "Melville's (inter)national burlesque: whitface, blackface, and 'Benito Cereno'" by Jason Richards -
Week 9 - Gothic Undercurrents - Poe
Edgar Allan Poe Discussion
The Philosophy of Composition
The Raven Article by Dan Gioia
Evolution of the Insanity Plea
Stories of the Psychotic Personality
Raven Poem Parody For extra credit write a poem using the rhyme scheme and meter of "The Raven"
Week 10 - Transcendentalism - Emerson and Thoreau
Transcendentalism Discussion
Trascendentalism Powerpoint by Sita Thomas
Emerson Power Point 2 by Evelyn Jimenez
Self-Reliance Article by Candyce Norvell
Walden Article by Markus Poetzsch
Week 11 - Slavery and Freedom - Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglas Discussion Questions
Hero's Journey Steps
Writing in the Spaces Left: Literacy as a Process of Becoming in the Narrative of Frederick Douglass by Lisa Sisco
The Politics of Language in Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of an American Slave by Lisa Yun Lee
Critical Essay on Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, Written by Himself by Doreen Piano
Week 12 - Final Exam
Final Exam Review
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