American Realism in Literature
“Like all the terms relating to literary movements, the term is loose and somewhat equivocal. American Realism began as a reaction to and a rejection of Romanticism, with its emphasis on emotion, imagination, and the individual. The movement began as early as the 1830's but reached prominence and held sway from the end of the Civil War to around the end of the nineteenth century. The movement was centered in fiction, particularly the novel. It attempted fidelity to real life, or "actuality," in its representation. The realist concerns himself with the here and now, centering his work in his own time, dealing with common-place everyday events and people, and with the socio-political climate of his day.”
“A Webliography and E-Anthology.” American Realism, www.longwood.edu/staff/lynchrl/English%20336/ american_realism.htm.
Primary Sources: “The Yellow Wallpaper”, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”, and “The Story of an Hour”.
We will be forming research questions together in class and developing thesis statements that will focus your research. Please check your research paper packet and/or Google Classroom for all materials related to this paper.
GUIDELINES
Rationale:
The research paper is an important part of this course’s curriculum. By completing this assignment, you will learn valuable skills that can be applied to other classes, to college, and your career field. Skill areas that this assignment focuses on include: finding and evaluating sources of information, reading for information, note taking, organizing information, outlining, word processing skills, and public speaking.
Please note the due dates for each part of the research paper. There will be class time to work on each assignment. However, you may find it necessary to also work on this project outside of class in order to meet each due date. You have up to the stated due date to turn in each part of the project. Assignments turned in after a due date will not receive credit unless there are extenuating circumstances.
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