Questions 1. From the introductory lecture, the definitions of romanticism, transcendentalism, realism, Southwest humor, and local color writing. Show how a certain piece of literature demonstrates one of these philosophies or schools of writing. 2. Emily Dickinson’s attitude toward religion and toward death as revealed in her poetry. 3. The Bierce story as an exercise […]
Briefly discuss the role played by the natural world—extreme cold, snow and ice, instinct, the “survival of the fittest,” etc.—in Jack London’s “To Build a Fire.”
ASSIGNMENT Briefly discuss Bierce’s portrayal of the subjectivity of Peyton Farquhar in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”: focus on how Bierce describes his main character’s mental state, his sensory awareness, his sense of the passage of time, etc. Is it “realistic,” and if so, in what sense? Discuss Howells’s “Editha” as an anti-war story. […]
Prepare a reaction paper starting with a brief summary of the text(“The wife of his youth”), and an analysis exploring your reaction to the paper
REACTION PAPER You will use the short story “Editha” and “The wife of his youth”. Prepare a reaction paper starting with a brief summary of the texts that will be discussed in the paper; an analysis exploring your reaction to the paper; and synthesis discussing how the text(s) relate to each other and/or to your […]