extra credit
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Outline the content that you would put into an essay if you were responding to one of the prompts below, using the assigned authors’ writings.
1. Discuss American identity using the assigned authors’ writings from the era of Smith and Columbus until the writings of Poe and Hawthorne?
a. Describe the identity during each period
b. Give examples of the assigned authors’ writings from each period with quotes that would fit each period’s description.
2. Explain the development of literature in relationship to the historical context in which it was written.
a. Describe the historical context (economic, political, social climate) of each period discussed.
b. Describe how the literature of each period changed to reflect the historical context.
c. Give examples of the assigned authors’ writings from each period with quotes that would support your view.
3. Discuss three universal questions that authors of each literary period have addressed.
a. Name each of the universal questions/themes
b. Discuss how assigned authors of each period addressed through their writings each of these questions/themes using quotes to support your view.
