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ENG 492 Week 1 Individual Assignment Literature
and Social Reality Paper For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   During the period of
1865 to 1912, American society was being pushed
and pulled by a variety of social forces and
trends. These forces and trends are reflected in
the literature of the period in many ways. They
influenced the writings of the major authors, who
often commented on them directly. Major literary
movements such as Realism and Naturalism actively
theorized about how best to represent these
social changes in literature.
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ENG 492 Week 2 Individual Assignment New Female
Voices Paper For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   After the Civil War,
and continuing on through the beginning of the
20th century, many new female authors emerged in
American literature. Some, such as Charlotte
Perkins Gilman or Kate Chopin, articulated
explicitly feminist points of view, while others,
such as Louisa May Alcott, were less obviously
revolutionary in their intentions but still
brought new perspectives into American
literature. What were these new perspectives? How
did they differ from male authors of the
time? Write a 1,400- to 1750-word paper in which
you do the following
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ENG 492 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Whats
New, Which New For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   The Modernist
movement and the Harlem Renaissance both emerged
in the early 20th century. Both of these
movements fundamentally changed American
literature, but they were very different in their
goals, methods, and styles and in the communities
they served. In some cases they were influenced
by the same social trends in other cases they
were writing in response to very different trends
and experiences.
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  ENG 492 Week 4 Individual Assignment What is
Ethnic American Literature For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   While the Harlem
Renaissance had created a flowering of African
American literature, the decades after World War
II saw an explosion of ethnic literature. This
literature came from numerous cultures, such as
Native American, Asian American, African
American, and Hispanic. The authors wrote from
their own traditions in response to what they saw
as the mainstream of American literature and in
response to one another. Write a 1400- to
1750-word paper in which you define American
ethnic literature. Include the following
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ENG 492 Week 5 Individual Assignment What is
American Literature Now? For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com   When you are calling
something American, what does that mean? If you
subtract the fact that someone was born in or
lives in America, what makes a specific work or
author American? Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word
paper in which you select a specific author and
explain how and why his or her work is
American. Instead of arguing simply that the
writer was born in the United States, place his
or her work in the context of the larger literary
movements of this period.
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ENG 492 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment What
Should American Literature Be and Do? Paper and
Presentation For more classes
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Learning Team Assignment What Should American
Literature Be and Do? Paper and Presentation
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