Final Exam English 241 Dr. Mccrimmon Fall 2015 Each Of The S

Final Exam English 241 Dr Mccrimmon Fall 2015each Of The Six C

Analyze the provided passages and choose one of the three essay options to demonstrate your understanding of early American literature, its themes, and its significance within the context of American cultural and historical development. Your paper should include a detailed close reading of at least one passage, exploring form and content, and then develop a thoughtful argument based on your chosen option, supported by credible scholarly sources.

Paper For Above instruction

This exam requires an in-depth analysis of selected passages from key works of early American literature, as well as the development of an essay response based on one of three options. The first option involves a thematic and analytical exploration of recurring words and absent concepts within the course’s readings, utilizing a wordle as a starting point to examine patterns, contrasts, and historical connotations. The second option invites you to craft a literary colloquium, imagining a dialogue among three diverse authors or characters from the course, to explore major themes or current issues in a dynamic conversation. The third option challenges you to act as an editor tasked with distilling early American texts into a concise anthology, requiring a strategic decision whether to produce a highly abridged version or a persuasive proposal to preserve the integrity of the full collection. Your response should demonstrate close textual analysis, contextual understanding, and engaging critical reasoning, supported by credible references appropriate for an academic paper.

References

  • Douglass, Frederick. “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” (Collection 7)
  • Emerson, Ralph Waldo. “Self-Reliance” (Collection 8)
  • Poe, Edgar Allan. “The Tell-Tale Heart” (Collection 9)
  • Hawthorne, Nathaniel. “The Birth-mark” (Collection 10)
  • Whitman, Walt. “Song of Myself” (Collection 11)
  • Dickinson, Emily. “A Narrow Fellow in the Grass” (Collection 12)
  • Rosenwasser, David, and Stephen, Jill. Writing Analytically. (For analytical techniques)
  • Additional scholarly sources on early American literature (e.g., Beatrice H. Ground's American Romanticism, Perry Miller's The New England Mind)
  • Secondary sources on literary analysis, cultural context, and historical background relevant to the texts presented.
  • Digital databases such as JSTOR, Project MUSE for peer-reviewed journal articles on early American literary themes and stylistic features.

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