Review Card Assignment Due After Thanksgiving

You will be completing a review cards for the Romantic authors we have read. A review card must contain the following information:

Name of Author
Literary School/Movement associated with them (if applicable)
Region associated with that author
Names of works that we read by that author
Approximate date when these works were published
Characteristics of their writing
Important Quotation(s) from what we read

These cards must show some effort in their design and layout. They should be in ink or typed. (Part of the score for these cards will based on their presentation.)

You must create a review card for the following authors:

William Cullen Bryant
Washington Irving
James Fenimoore Cooper
Edgar Allen Poe
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Oliver Wendell Holmes
James Russell Lowell
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Henry David Thoreau
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Herman Melville
Emily Dickinson
Walt Whitman

(This assignment will most likely be due on the day of the Romanticism test, so stay tuned for a specific date)

Updates...

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And yes, I do confess that I misspelled Natty Bumppo. That extra P makes him that much cooler.

In other news, I'd like to add "The Untouchables" to my list of acceptable Kevin Costner movies.

Enjoy the poems.

Due Friday, November 22

Read the following poems:


334- “The Tide Rises”

336- “The Psalm of Life”

347- “The Chambered Nautilus”

352- “First Snowfall”


Write a response for each poem consisting of:


1. Literal Summary (1-2 sentences):


2. Interpretation/Theme: What deeper meaning does this poem convey (2-3

sentences)


3. Style analysis: What poetry devices (rhyme, figurative language, allusions, diction...) does this pome make use of? How do they help enhance the theme? (1-2 sentences)


Please include these three questions after the title of each poem on your paper. Then, complete question number for after you have read and responded to all 4 poems:

4. What similarities do these poems share? In what way do they differ from each other? Which one did you find the most enjoyable? Explain your thoughts... (4-5 sentences)

Due Tuesday, November 18

Read the excerpts from Melville's Moby Dick.

DueMonday, November 17th

For the “Minister’s Black Veil” reflection paper, you will write/type around two pages of your thoughts concerning the story. [Double-spaced if typed; single spaced if hand-written] You will write in well constructed complete sentences, but you will not follow any specific paper structure; I’m interested mostly in your ideas. However, please continue to use formal voice: no I, me, you, etc.


I want you write about your insights into the story. You may wish to consider the following questions: What different things does the black veil symbolize? What insight into humanity does the story present? What insight into the self does the story suggest? What ironies are inherent in the work? What motivated Rev. Hooper to wear the veil?

You should use at least 2-3 quotations over the course of your ponderings.

Due 11/12

1. Transcendentalism Quotation Activity

From your readings of Emerson and Thoreau, write down at least two quotations (and page numbers) that illustrate these concepts of Transcendentalism:

- Intuition over Experience
-Divinity of Man/Oversoul
- Non-Conformity
-Optimism
- Symbolism of Nature


2. Read Dr. Heiddeger's Experiment (304-)

Due 11/10

Read the background information on Transcendentalism in your books (239-256). (Your book refers to this as the New England Renaissance.) Prepare for a reading quiz on this material.

Due Thursday, 11/6

Read the two pieces by Thoreau in your textbook:

"Walden"
"Civil Disobedience"

Due 11/4

Read the excerpts of Emerson's:

"Self-Reliance"
"Nature"

(Both are in your textbook.)

Also, find 5 Emerson quotations that you really enjoy (online). Copy and paste the quotations into a document and format it so that you have a pretty readable font-size (around 20). Cut out each quotation individually, and bring them with you to class.