American Literature Since the Civil War

Social Realism - American Literature Since the Civil War. McGraw-Hill, 2015.

 Authors and their readings listed below

  5. Mark Twain: Author Bio: Reading: from Perkins-Perkins: The American Tradition in Literature

  6. Mark Twain, War Prayer:

  7. Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Author Bio: Reading: from Perkins-Perkins: The American Tradition in Literature

  8. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper:

  9. Robert Frost: Author Bio: Reading: from Perkins-Perkins: The American Tradition in Literature

10. Mending Wall: Reading: from Perkins-Perkins: The American Tradition in Literature

11. Edwin Arlington Robinson: Author Bio: Reading: from Perkins-Perkins: The American Tradition in Literature

12. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Richard Cory:

13. Edwin Arlington Robinson, Miniver Cheevy

14. Edith Wharton: Author Bio: Reading: from Perkins-Perkins: The American Tradition in Literature

15. Edith Wharton, Roman Fever: from Perkins-Perkins: The American Tradition in Literature

Assignment has two parts that must be 200 words with MLA citations, in-text and an end citation.

Part I: Describe the qualities of life in America that TWO of our authors this week were criticizing. Do these criticisms seem valid to make of today's America?

Part II:  Try a gendered/ feminist reading of 2 readings not mentioned in your Part 1 response. Describe what the writers seem to be saying about masculinity and/or femininity. Are these stereotypes/expectations still present in contemporary life?