American Literature

Choose one general (A or B) AND one text-specific prompt (C or D) and answer both for this week’s discussion forum post. Indicate which prompts you have chosen by putting the letter before your paragraph that answers it begins. See the Class Discussion Guidelines for...

American Literature

Consider how our authors use literary devices and figurative language. Choose one slave narrative (from Olaudah Equiano The Interesting Narrative of the Life… , Frederick Douglass Narrative of the Life of… , or Harriet Jacobs Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl )...

American literature

How has the literary past shaped and influenced American literatureEssay should be at least 5 paragraphs written in standard MLA format and include a works cited page. Make sure responses are specific, use at least three examples(the Norton Anthology American...

American Literature

1) “Self-Reliance” and individual independence2). Thoreau’s belief in contributory citizenship3) Similarities in Emerson’s and Thoreau’s thoughts on independence and independentthinking. Question#4 has to be answered only—does not have to be 100 words but the above...

American literature

After reading the selections from Kerouac’s On the Road, listen to the linked recording of Kerouac reading from the book, above. After reading Oates’s “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been,” listen to the linked recording of Bob Dylan...