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Terms & themes. What is “the American Renaissance?”

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Historically or culturally, it's the literary and cultural period from about 1820 to the 1860s—or, the generation before the American Civil War (1861-65), when the USA grew to its present size and began to deal with some of the unsolved issues remaining from the American Revolution. In terms of literature or style, the American Renaissance is the "Romantic Period in American Literature. " The period's rich mix of literary style and cultural history makes it widely regarded as the greatest era in American literature. . * Welcome to LITR 4232 American Renaissance at UHCL. Maps of North America Reading & Presentation Schedule, spring 2015 No Required Textbooks—all texts available online (If you want an anthology, most but not all selections are available in standard American literature anthologies.)

Welcome to LITR 4232 American Renaissance at UHCL

Monday, 2 March 2015: midterm exam & research proposal (email midterms due by 9pm 5 March) 10-17 March: First Research Post Due (optional) (research post assignment) Monday, 16 March 2015: no meeting—Spring Break 21 March-2 April: Final research projects due (includes Essays, Journals, 2nd Research Posts) Monday, 11 May 2015: final exam (email exams due by noon 12 May) Course Objectives: Unifying purpose: Unite literary forms (style, genre, narrative, symbols, etc.) with . . . content (literary & cultural history, periods, texts, authors); compare purpose of literature to entertain & inform.

Examples: Gothic = form or style + psychology (Poe, Hawthorne) or color code for race (Mohicans) (or reversal [Harlem Renaissance]) 1a. 1b. 1c. 1d. 2a. 2b. Seminar in American Literature: Romanticism. Longfellow - Teacher Resources. Welcome to Longfellow & the Forging of American Identity Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) The curricular resources you will find on this page were developed by thirty teachers from Maine and Massachusetts who participated in an intensive two-year (2003-2004) study of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's life and poetry that was organized by the Maine Humanities Council.

Longfellow - Teacher Resources

The program was designed to explore ways of bringing Longfellow's work back into the curriculum in a dynamic and meaningful way-in English, Social Studies, American Studies, Art, Music, and other subjects. Participants read and discussed Longellow's work extensively, met regularly with scholars, and visited important Longfellow-related sites and archives. The program culminated with the teachers own research projects. The Institute was presented in cooperation with the Maine Historical Society, the Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, MA, Bowdoin College, and other cultural agencies. View this resource. American Romantic Poetry 1800. The Project. I have chosen to metaphorically put myself asleep to all news, weather, sports, and entertainment from the stroke of midnight Sept. 11, 2010 until the arrival of Sept. 11, 2011.

The Project

In honor of my literary antecedent, who in the famous story by Washington Irving lay down beneath a tree in the woods for a full 20 years, I have coined a verb to describe my current condition. I’ve been Van Winkled. Since I have not completely disappeared like old Rip, I am depending on cooperation from family and friends and colleagues. They have agreed to help me avoid spoilers and each day take me as seriously as John Lennon making his plea on Track 3 of Revolver: Please don't wake me, no don't shake me. Leave me where I am. Complete and Total Ignorance If something happens on this planet, my goal is to not know about it. Special Exceptions: Local and Personal I'll want to stay in close touch with my 85-year old father who lives 350 miles away.

Two Things I'm Interested In. The Romantic Period in American Literature and Art - Free American Literature Video. Last revised: March, 2014 Acceptance of Terms Please read this Terms of Service Agreement ("Terms of Service", "Terms of Use") carefully.

The Romantic Period in American Literature and Art - Free American Literature Video

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