PPT-English 10 - American Literature

Course objectives Improve writing skills in both content and mechanics Improve literary analysis and interpretation skills Improve speaking skills in self chosen activities E xpectations Students will discover and emply their best learning strategies. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Introduction. Diego Colón. Politics of “Discovery”. Earliest . Settlers:. 10,000BCE (and likely earlier…). Native creation narratives claim that the people always populated the earth. the English Department. Transfer . STUDent. Orientation. . JUNE 2014. English Department Faculty. Dr. Marci . Carrasquillo. (US Literature; Latino/a Literature). Dr. Tanya Clark (African-American Literature; Women’s Literature). 469AD – 1066 AD. Or Anglo-Saxon Literature. Anglo-Saxons. Norman Conquest. Caedmon’s Hymn. Song of Beowulf. Your Job. Each of you has a sheet of notes in front of you with important facts about the Old English period. But some of the facts are missing. You must pay attention and fill in the missing information.. Aspects of the Twentieth Century Literature. 1- Two World Wars : economic depression, severity of life.. 2- Questioning the traditional values of Western civilization.. 3- Traditional literary forms were rejected.. English Literature GCSE. Two certificates. Coursework/controlled assessments. Exams (2 Language and 2 Literature). Speaking and listening. ‘Of Mice and Men’. ‘An Inspector Calls’. ‘Heroes’. the Age of Reason . (1750-1800). The literary implications of the American Revolution. . Military victory and . p. olitical independence from Britain spanned nationalistic hopes for a great . national. Welcome. 23. rd. May 2017. Some key changes to GCSEs. Exams will be graded on 1-9 GCSE scale ( 9 is the highest grade). There is no controlled assessment in most subjects, where it remains the marking has changed. in the . Classroom. " . If you sit down at set of sun. And count the acts that you have done,. And, counting, find. One self-denying deed, one word. That eased the heart of him who heard, . One glance most kind. (Old English and Middle English). England before the English. When the Roman legions arrived, they found the land inhabited by “Britons.” . Today, the Britons are known as the . Celts. Stonehenge. Period. 400-1500. (Old English and Middle English). *Write the . slide or bullet point . into your notes when you see an . asterisk.*. Where does your language come from?. *. England . before the English. Multicultural Literature Definition Literature about the sociocultural experiences of underrepresented groups. This literature includes those who fall outside the “mainstream” of categories such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, language. This literature is written by those who are members of these underrepresented groups and those who fall within the category of “mainstream.” A Paper presented at the . CLASA . Rhodes University Convention Centre . Grahamstown. (South Africa). 26 June 2017 - 29 June 2016 .. Dr. Joseph Mwelwa, & Professor Brenda Spencer . Joint Minds Consult /University of South Africa-. Assistant Professor of English Department of English and Foreign Languages Education and Humanities, room 252 1200 N. DuPont Hwy Dover DE 19901 302.857.6576 office 302.857.6563 fax jzuba@desu.edu E How did Gothic Literature originate?. The term ‘Gothic’ was first coined in 1764 by English author Horace Walpole in his novel, The Castle of Otranto, which he subtitled ‘A Gothic Story’. The novel was set in a haunted castle where the protagonist is plagued by supernatural occurrences. .