Slide 1 Slide 2 Edgar Allan Poe Author Study Slide 3 American Gothic Slide 4 Gothic Literature The Beginnings… Gothic Literary tradition came to be in part from the Gothic…

Slide 1The Messy Beauty of Song of Myself Key Features and Devices of Song of Myself Slide 2 Historical and Cultural Contexts The Victorian Age Rising tensions between North…

PREFACE: The present essay, is aimed to analyze some major works of the authors in American literature. First of all, I have read the works by the authors I have been assigned,…

Slide 1Characteristics of Gothic Literature Subgenre of Romanticism 1800-1860 Slide 2 Gothic Literature The Beginnings… Gothic Literary tradition came to be in part from…

Slide 1 American Gothic 1.Inability to overcome perversity by rational thought 2.Sucked in by rational ideals in irrational situations 3.Fear the unknown or future 4.Existence…

Slide 1 Agenda 1.Bellringer: SIT IN YOUR GROUPS and Define and write an example for each of the following: alliteration, assonance, internal rhyme, onomatopoeia. 2.Brief…

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Slide 1 Slide 2 Welcome to American Literature Slide 3 Teaching Contents I.General Introduction to American Literature II.A Survey of Early American History III.Major Periods…

Lecture 5 American Literature Objectives Enable the Ss to know how to appreciate poems by analyzing Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee” from the perspective of form and…

PowerPoint Presentation American Romanticism âWhoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.â -- Ralph Waldo Emerson âRomanticism was marked by an emphasis on originality…