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“All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called 'Huckleberry Finn.' … it's the best book we've had. All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since." -- from Ernest Hemingway, The Green Hills of Africa (1934) |
The class will be continuing to write compositions and studying the development of American literature from Romanticism to Realism. Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn marks an important transition between Romanticism to Realism. Reading of the novel will primarily be an outside homework assignment. Take extensive independent notes and be prepared to have daily quizzes. The Huckleberry Finn Test will be November 19, 2010. |
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| Before Thanksgiving vacation, expect to present your reading notes and to take an after novel test. | |
| * | Required Reading and Viewing |
| General Resources | |
| * | The American Novel--PBS |
| * | The American Novel--PBS The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| * | PAL: Perspectives in American Literature |
| Critical Approaches to Literature | |
| Mark Twain Resources | |
| * | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Read the novel online and get quotes. |
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Toni Morrison’s Introduction to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn This is a great analysis of the novel. My favorite interpretation. |
The New Face of America on the Backs of Blacks |
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| Mark Twain: University of Virginia Texts | |
| Mark Twain Autobiography | |
| Mark Twain resources | |
| The Mark Twain Website | |
| Mark Twain at Large: His Travels Here and Abroad | |
| Mark Twain on Art | |
| Mark Twain: The War Prayer | |
| Background to Mark Twain | |
| Romanticism: Artist, Movements, Ideas | |
| A Brief Timeline of American Literature and Culture | |
| * | Ralph Waldo Emerson |
| Walt Whitman Notebooks | |
| Walt Whitman: Revising Himself This Library of Congress exhibition traces this evolution of Leaves of Grass and Walt Whitman's life, tapping a range of editions and drafts of the famous work. A wealth of interesting biographical material on Whitman, his friends and associates, his work as a teacher, tending the wounded during the Civil War, and for the federal government, also appears in the exhibit | |
The Hudson River School— |
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| Hudson River School: good thematic listing | |
| Huckleberry Finn Resources | |
| Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | |
| Mark Twain: Selections | |
| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer | |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | |
| Huckleberry Finn e-text | |
| The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" | |
Teaching Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Shelley Fisher Fishkin |
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| Historical Context--Reconstruction in America | |
| * | America’s Reconstruction: People and Politics After the Civil War |
African American Odyssey: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath (Part 1) |
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| African American Odyssey: Reconstruction and Its Aftermath (Part II) | |
Mark Twain’s America: Online Newshour Interview with Shelley Fisher Fishkin's |
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| Downloads | |
| 1. | Huckleberry Finn Homework Questions |
| 2. | Huckleberry Finn Reading Schedule |
| 3. | Individual Research Projects (Extra Credit Possibilities) Interested? |
| Articles must be between 250-500 words. | |
| Articles must include factual information that is obtained through research. This information must use parenthetical documentation. | |
| Each article must be accompanied by an illustration. The illustration may be copied and cut, hand drawn and scanned, or clip art. | |
| Articles submitted without all of the requirements - research, documentation, illustration, and works cited -will not receive full credit in grading. | |
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