American literature

 

Question 1 (25 points)

Compare 2 poems by Whitman and Dickinson. Discuss style, theme, and content of one poem by each author. You can mention a poem’s content, setting, images, or descriptions, capitalization and punctuation, combination of these, and/or any other characteristics you may have noticed.

 

Question 2 (15 points)

Compare and contrast the philosophical ideas of Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Please use specific examples from their writings.

This question needs to be at least 3 paragraphs (each paragraph needs to be a minimum of 5 sentences). This question is worth 15 points. 

 

Question 3 (10 points)

How was American realism different than other American literary movements? 

This essay needs to be at least 2 paragraphs (with a minimum of 5 sentences in each paragraph). This question is worth 10 points.