American Literature

For the past couple of days, we have changed perspective, leaving behind the world of rhetorical analysis and argument, for a land of literature that portrays the American voice. Each day, we look at an era and genre of American literature, learning its background, reading texts, playing the characters that populated the works. After each day, you will have a quiz covering the big picture ideas from the texts, which means paying attention during class is quite helpful. While I hope you are here for every day of our studies in American literature, if absent, you will not have to make up the readings or the quizzes, but I hope you would like to read some of these famous texts for the cultural references and understanding of literature.

Day I Texts:

Grandmother Spider Steals the Fire: http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/lore120.html
Jonathan Edwards's Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God (the whole thing): https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1053&context=etas
Anne Bradstreet's Verses upon the Burning of our House: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43707/verses-upon-the-burning-of-our-house-july-10th-1666
Anne Bradstreet's To my Dear and Loving Husband: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43706/to-my-dear-and-loving-husband
Salem Witch Trials Jeopardy: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/salem/scopesjeopardy%5B1%5D.htm

Day II Texts:
Arthur Miller's The Crucible http://www.mpsaz.org/rmhs/staff/eewhitaker/crucible/
Possibly American Romanticism/Transcendentalism/Dark Romanticism Power Point

At this point, first and third hour have completed Day I of our experience, featuring the Native American myth, Puritan preacher and Puritan wife, and the Salem Witch Trials.

Fourth and seventh hour have moved into performance mode, acting out The Crucible and setting up the Dark Romanticism necessary for the Scarlet Letter next week.

Shoe update: So, the highest voted shoe that was in my size would be the green Eve pair, and they are ordered and currently hanging out in Germany before the flight across the sea.