Literature Essay

Early in American Literature, a lot of the writers were Puritans and based their texts mostly on God. They arrived here in America, wanting to spread their “Pure” look of the Bible and God. They read the Bible and live their lived strictly and had many laws that aligned with the bible. This life-style had its downsides and some often branched off and “Rebelled” against it through a plethora of ways, including writing. Puritans were part of an important role in Literature today, in fact, In the…

Quintan Jackson Mrs. Mary Smith Ap Literature September 20th How to read literature like a Professor First Foster starts out by discussing the quest motif, telling us that this feature is often one of the more fundamental conventions of literature. The use of the quest of the can be gauged by the fact that it is associated with any trip or journey described in a text or undertaken by a character. Foster defends this position first by laying out in broad terms the stages that make up a…

Gioia builds an argument to persuade his audience that the decline of reading in America will have a negative effect on society by utilizing Ethos, Pathos and Logos through various persuasive writing tactics. In the first half of Gioia's piece "Why Literature Matters", he starts off by giving the audience a brief summary of the state of the U.S.A's young readers, this is essential for setting up his persuasive point because it insures the reader and writer are on the same page. The first use of…

have a guideline to follow but after I finish that guideline, I can do whatever I please to my writing. When I read, I’m not just reading. I’m no longer at home reading or on earth reading. I’m somewhere else. When I was reading How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster,…

Michael Dana Gioia in the article, “Why Literature Matters,” states that our recent lack of interest in literature is in decline. Gioia points out in a study that our decline of Americans reading literature is a great cause for concern. He also states that we are sending workers into the workplace who are not taught the necessary skills of reading comprehension. Gioia informs us of how the lack of reading literature has damaged our understanding of civic knowledge. The author suggests that to…

incorporate more young adult literature in English curriculums because it has the potential to make students more interested in English as they often view such literature as indulgent and only for enjoyment (Caillouet & Sanford 65). Young adult literature has faced significant resistance, but it should be incorporated more into English classrooms…

Dr. Randolph’s class was a celebration of literature and discourse. The texts selected by Dr. Randolph helped me explore my own identity. Also, Dr. Randolph assigned a variety of classic poems and modern literary texts for the purpose of promoting discourse in small groups. By promoting discourse, students are not just reading a text. Instead, Dr. Randolph encouraged analysis of the texts on a personal and societal level through class discussion and writing assignments. Dr. Randolph repeatedly…

Women take a backseat during Romantic Literature, as they are not prominently discussed during the literature of the time. In the Romantic Era, women are no longer lusted over, instead they are once again just seen in poor light. Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein was a new type of literature for the time, as culture began to shift towards placing a heavy emphasis on science. This emphasis on science was very different than the emphasis of rebellion as seen in the Metaphysical Era. Shelly had a sense…

Journal Entry #1 The use of a quest in order to progress the development of a character is shown not only in How to Read Literature Like a Professor, written by Thomas C. Foster, but also but Aleksandr Pushkin in his novel in verse, Eugene Onegin. In Foster’s novel, he stresses the importance of a quest to further not only the character’s plotline, but also building a character arc, determining who they will be at the conclusion of the work. Pushkin, by creating a character so stereotypical to…

Final American Literature paper The three works that I chose to write about for my final paper for this class are the “Way to Wealth” (1758) by Benjamin Franklin “The Raven” by Edger Allan Poe and “The legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving. The reason that I chose to write about these three pieces is that they really stuck out to me the most in this class. The Way to Wealth stuck out to me one because I had never read it before so it was nice to read something new and it also made me…