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Karla30 · Wysłany: Sro 18 Kwi, 2007 9:19 pm **ZAGADNIENIA DO LITERATURY AMERYKAŃSKIEJ**

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Oto lista zagadnień:

1.William Golding, Lord of the Flies
post-war pessimism; fear of nuclear war
critical of Romantic ideas of “noble savage”
sense of weakness of civilization in face of the irrational

2.Anne Bradstreet, “Upon the Burning of Our House”
important elements of the Puritan sensibility - piety, self-examination, rejection of the physical world

3.Thomas Paine, Extracts from Common Sense
Key document of Revolution;
Enlightenment approach to government: reason over tradition; attacks idea that monarchical government is part of divine order

4.Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography
a success story - early example of American Dream
preaches optimism, hard work, pragmatism

5.Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Self-Reliance”
influential argument against social conformity
founded in Transcendentalist philosophy; the soul’s impulses are divine and can therefore be trusted

6.Edgar Allan Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado”
Poe’s Aesthetic theory of art reflected in story
adds psychological depth, irony, to a Romantic genre (Gothicism)

7.Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
use of everyday American speech
critiques the values of the 19th century American South: Romanticism, racism, slavery

8.Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”
expansive view of the poet as embodiment of humanity
democracy elevated to a spiritual principle (Transcendentalism)
free verse marks break with genteel tradition, precursor to Modernism

9.Emily Dickinson, “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?”
diverges from genteel tradition in subject matter and style
critical of traditional view of poet as public figure

10.Dorothy Parker, “One Perfect Rose”
contrast of traditional form with Modernist ideas
satire of Romantic ideas of love; situation of modern, urban woman

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