English III – Page 8 – Quixotic Pedagogue

Romanticism and Transcendentalism Test

You’ve got an exciting exam coming up next Monday, so be prepared! The test covers these authors: Irving, Poe, Hawthorne, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman. You can download all of the notes for the test from the class downloads section here.

You can bring one 3×5 notecard with notes for the test.

Section 1 of the test will be quotation identification, matching authors to their quotes. You don’t need to memorize quotations from the notes or readings, but do need to be familiar with their writing styles and content.

Section 2 is the meat of the exam: paragraph (6-8 sentence) responses to these topics. The test will have 5-6 to respond to, taken from this list.

Themes of Romanticism
Contrast Romanticism with Dark Romanticism
The Utopian Impulse
Mellville’s Dark Romanticism: Corruptibility of Humans
Irving’s Vision of America
Plato’s Influence on Transcendentalism
Emerson: Nature
Emerson: Self-Reliance
Thoreau: Simplicity
Thoreau: War
Thoreau: Purpose of Existence
Thoreau: Civil Disobedience
Whitman: Poetic Techniques and Beliefs About Humanity

December 12, 2008/by dpogreba

Your Deep Thought From Walt Whitman

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O ME! O life!… of the questions of these recurring;
Of the endless trains of the faithless—of cities fill’d with the foolish;
Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?)
Of eyes that vainly crave the light—of the objects mean—of the struggle ever renew’d;
Of the poor results of all—of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me;
Of the empty and useless years of the rest—with the rest me intertwined;
The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer

That you are here—that life exists, and identity;
That the powerful play goes on, and you will contribute a verse.

November 18, 2008/by dpogreba

English III Englightenment Quest Notes

English III

If you would like to be well prepared for the upcoming festivities of the English III Enlightenment quest, you would be well served to look at the material in this folder. For the exam tomorrow, you can use one 3×5 notecard, but no other materials.