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2. 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.

3. ENG 492 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com 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:

4. ENG 492 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com ENG 492 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment What’s 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.

5. ENG 492 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com 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:

6. ENG 492 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com 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.

7. ENG 492 Innovative Education--snaptutorial.com ENG 492 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment What Should American Literature Be and Do? Paper and Presentation For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com ENG 492 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment What Should American Literature Be and Do? Paper and Presentation

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