Study Guide

U.S. Literature Final Exam Information

Part 1:  You will have one essay in which you will have to compare and contrast a given text with a selection from your literature circle book.  In your essays you may address the following:  What literature periods/traditions do each of these works come from? What are the similar or different elements of style used by the authors? What important changes do these similarities and differences show to shared concept or theme? Think about the changes in ideas, values, perception, literature and American culture.

Part 2:  You will have another essay in which you will have to compare and contrast two other texts that we’ve read this year.  Once again, in your essays you may address the following:  What literature periods/traditions do each of these works come from? What are the similar or different elements of style used by the authors? What important changes do these similarities and differences show to shared concept or theme? Think about the changes in ideas, values, perception, literature and American culture.

*American Literary Styles:

• Pre-colonial
• Colonial
• Romanticism
• Transcendalism
• Realism
• Modernism

*You should have information from class and PowerPoint notes to help you review these

Texts that may be used:

The Great Gatsby The Sun Also Rises As I Lay Dying The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Crucible Of Mice and Men Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” Emerson’s “Nature” Hughes’ “Let America Be America Again” Poe’s “The Masque of Red Death”

Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” Okita’s “In Response to Executive Order 9066” Jefferson’s “The Declaration of Independence” Patrick Henry’s “Speech to the Virginia Convention” Gonzales’ “I am Joaquin” Frost’s “Mending Wall” Crevecoeur’s “What is an American”  Emerson "Self Reliance" Hemingway’s “End of Something”

Evaluation

Your essays will be evaluated primarily on your ability to make insightful relevant connections between the texts that reflect your critical reading ability, your understanding of the texts, and your understanding of the literary styles we’ve studied.

Teaching the short stories of Hemingway

Soldier's Home

Introduction by TJ Kim

Anti Romanticism by Annette Hong

Stream of Consciousness by Ryan Kim

Randomness by Sangwon Kim

Risk in Style by Kevin Chun


Hills Like White Elephants

Summary by Caroline Kim

Symbolism by Sally Chung

Something by Milton Yoon

Angela's

Alex's

New Project

Modernist Poetry Celebration 

1. In a small group (2-3 people) or independently, find and select a poem by one of the following modern writers (the poem may NOT be one already discussed in class):

·      T.S. Eliot

·      Ezra Pound

·      William Faulkner

·      F. Scott Fitzgerald

·      Amy Lowell

·      Robert Frost

·      Ernest Hemingway

·      Dorothy Parker

·      Carl Sandburg

·      Dylan Thomas

·      Gertrude Stein

·      Wallace Stevens

·      Sara Teasdale

·      EE Cummings

·      William Carlos Williams

2. Choose ONE of the following three options.  You will prepare this option during the remainder of this class and present it next class.
1. Performing Art-(Music) – What would your chosen poem sound like if it was made into a song?  Put it to music or simply sing it for us.
2. Performing Art-(Dramatic Reading) – Imagine your chosen poem being read at some grand arts theatre; what would it sound like?  Read it to us the way you feel it was meant to be read.
3. Visual Art – What does your chosen poem look like?  Draw, or use some other medium, to create your masterpiece.  In your presentation, you will read  your poem to the class.

For any choice you make, a few things are important:

• TONE and MOOD of the poem – this should be evident in your artistic representation
• ELEMENTS OF MODERNISM should be clear in each and every work of art (alienation, isolation, rejection of traditional themes, etc).  Think about how these elements can be represented – color, sound, facial movements, etc.
• Each work of art must be accompanied with a short, but comprehensive, WRITTEN EXPLANATION as well as a hard copy of the poem

Scoring Guide

Presentation of The Work of Art                   /40	Tone, voice, and/or medium fit the chosen text Elements of modernism are cleverly/creatively intertwined with the work to create a satisfying result Color, sound, facial movements, etc are used effectively to create the desired response The artist remains composed while presenting the work of art
The Written Explanation                   /10	The explanation is accompanied by a hard copy of the selected poem The content of the writing clearly describes/explains tone and other elements of modernism in relation to the art The writing is organized and the sentences flow smoothly Word choice is precise and accurate Conventions are error-free

5 = Outstanding     4 = Very Good     3 = Satisfactory     2 = Unsatisfactory     1 = Poor

Extra credit

Go to the Spring Orchestra concert on Thursday, April 26th and allow the music to inspire you to write poetry.  Pick your best poem and develop and turn it in for extra credit.  The title should be "Inspired by ______" insert the name of the piece.

HW fo April 18th

Stream of Consciousness

Extra Credit for Soccer players and maybe you too.

Here is the video of the Art show.   For those of you who were at soccer or were in the play look at the video and comment on what people said (please focus on the better comments...).  This should be be 3-4 thoughtful comments.

Art Show

Extra credit for all who make a video blog post critiquing one of the amazing pieces from the show.

HW for APril 16, Modernism Video

Modernism