Module 2: North America

• north america is rich in?

  poetry, drama, fiction, social and literary criticism
• america literature is divided into 5 periods

  • the colonial and early period (17th century to 1830)

  • the romantic period (1830-1870)

  • realism and naturalism (1870-1910)

  • the modernist period (1910-1945)

  • the contemporary period (1945 to present)
• author of the adventure of tom sawyer, and the adventure of hucckleberry finn

  mark twain
• pen name of mark twain

  samuel langhorne clemens
• playful and creative boy who lived with his aunt, Poly

  the adventure of tom sawyer
• story of a young lad who goes on an adventure of a lifetime

  the adventure of huckleberry finn
• features of a man's revenge because of receiving insults

  the cask of amontillado
• author of little women

  lousia may alcott
• it tells the story of the March sisters; Meg, Joe, Beth, and Amy

  little women
• one of america's greatest poet and author of hope is the thing with feathers

  emily dickinson
• an american novelist and short-story writer

  ernest hemingway
• narrates the love of a man to annabel in a kingdom by the sea

  annabel lee
• requires you to analyze the text you are reading or have read

  text analysis
• important things to remember

  to enlighten

  to describe

  to examine

  to defend
• pointers in making a textual analysis

  • 1st reading

  • identification

  • proceed to 2nd reading

  • do a 3rd reading

  • consider the following questions in formulating your analysis
• elements of analysis

  plot, characterization, setting, point of view, theme
• series of events in the text

  plot
• tool used to create or build the personality of the characters

  characterization
• a literary element that puts emphasis on the time frame and place of the story

  setting
• is dependent on who the author choses to convey the story

  point of view
• one of the first things as a reader ask about

  theme
• author of annabel lee and the cask of amontillado

  edgar allan poe