Week 8 Work--Due Wed., October 18th

Week 8 Vocabulary
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Final presentations:  10:00 Logan S., 12:15, Audrey A.

*From last class--hold off on finishing your "Five Elements of Fiction" chart from "The Devil and Tom Walker."  Keep this in your handouts though.

This week, we will move into the Romantic Period of American Literature.

In the next two weeks, we will learn about two branches of American Romanticism. The Romantic Movement started in Europe then spread to America.  It encompassed literature, art, and music. We'll talk more about Romanticism next class.





This week, we'll focus on the "Dark Romantics."  Copy the title, dates, and overview chart below into your class notes for reference.  Look for these qualities in the short stories you read this week.

Also, you will need to print TWO copies of this story diagram for this week's work.  

Note: If you would benefit from a review of the basic elements of plot, check out this resource.  It reviews the five stages of plot.

Portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne,
Charles Osgood, 1840Our

Our first Dark Romantic author is:

Nathaniel Hawthorne 
(1804-1864)

Read Hawthorne's biography on p. 338

Jot down some key details about his life.

Read and annotate his short story,"The Minister's Black Veil,"pp. 340-352.

Fill out the story diagram for this work with solid details.

Our second Dark Romantic figure is:

Edgar Allan Poe  
(1809-1849)

Watch this mini-biography on Edgar Allan Poe, jot down some notes while you watch.

Read "The Cask of Amontillado" 
If possible, print these 5 pages and annotate
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Fill out the story diagram for this work with solid details.

Timeline review projects are due next class --remember you should have a physical copy to turn in--three segments--joined in some fashion.  Here is the handout that describes the specifics.

Thoughts for the Week:

"Words — so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them." 

 -Nathaniel Hawthorne,  American Notebooks, 1848

"Moonlight is sculpture; sunlight is painting."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Notebooks, 1838