【American Literature】
《week 17》
Thank you and Goodbye 2014
Nice to meet you and Hello 2015
《American Literature》
- Dec 31 Wed 2014 23:30
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2014.12.31 week17 note
- Dec 24 Wed 2014 22:45
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2014.12.24 week16 note
【American Literature】
《week 16》
Today is Christmas Eve!
Thank you Professor Sara Sun for giving me a Christmas Present!
Merry Christmas!
- Dec 17 Wed 2014 17:10
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2014.12.17 week15 note
【American Literature】
《week 15》
《Walt Whitman》
Walt Whitman: Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. He is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.
《When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d》
- Dec 10 Wed 2014 16:30
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2014.12.10 week14 note
【American Literature】
《week 14》
《Walt Whitman》
Walt Whitman: Walt Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. He is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse.
《Free verse》
- Dec 03 Wed 2014 14:00
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2014.12.03 week13 note
【American Literature】
《week 13》
《marshmallow》
Marshmallow: Marshmallow is a sugar candy that, in its modern form, typically consists of sugar, whipped to a spongy consistency, molded into small cylindrical pieces, and coated with corn starch. Some marshmallow recipes call for eggs.
Thank you for giving me a strawberry marshmallow.
- Nov 26 Wed 2014 15:00
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2014.11.26 week12 note
【American Literature】
《week 12》
《Edgar Allan Poe》
Edgar Allan Poe: Edgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor, and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Born in Boston, he was second child of two actors. He attended the University of Virginia for one semester but left due to lack of money. In January 1845 Poe published his poem “The Raven”, to instant success.
《The Philosophy of Composition》
- Nov 19 Wed 2014 12:00
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2014.11.19 week11 note
【American Literature】
《week 11》
《Moby Dick》
Moby Dick: Moby-Dick; or, The Whale (1851) is a novel by Herman Melville, in which Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on the albino sperm whale Moby Dick, which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab’s ship and severed his leg at the knee. Although the novel were a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author’s death in 1891, its reputation grew immensely during the 12th century. D. H. Lawrence called it “one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world,” and “the greatest book of the sea ever written.” Moby-Dick is considered a Great American Novel and an outstanding work of the Romantic period in America and the American Renaissance. “Call me Ishmael” is one of world literature’s most famous opening sentences.
Why Read Moby-Dick (YouTube)
- Nov 12 Wed 2014 21:00
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2014.11.12 week10 note
【American Literature】
《week 10》
《Herman Melville》
Herman Melville: Herman Melville was an American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Best known for his sea adventure are Typee (1846) and his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851).
《Moby Dick》
- Nov 05 Wed 2014 17:05
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2014.11.05 week9 note
【American Literature】
《week 9》
Mid –term test!!!!!
It was so difficult to me to write essay because relate the history.
FIGHTING!!!!! Final test is coming soon.
- Oct 29 Wed 2014 16:00
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2014.10.29 week8 note
【American Literature】
《week 8》
Next week will be a mid-term test!
《Nathaniel Hawthorne》
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. A political appointment took Hawthorne and family to Europe before their return to The Wayside in 1860. He died in May 19, 1864, and was survived by his wife and their 3 children.
- Oct 22 Wed 2014 16:45
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2014.10.22 week7 note
【American Literature】
《week 7》
《Nathaniel Hawthorne》
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Hawthorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. He published several short stories. The Scarlet Letter was published in 1850, followed by a succession of other novels. He died on May 19, 1864, and was survived by his wife and their three children.
《The Scarlet Letter》
- Oct 15 Wed 2014 16:30
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2014.10.15 week6 note
【American Literature】
《week 6》
Benjamin Franklin: Benjamin Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and in many ways was “the First American”. He was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
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Franklin’s remaining years, however, were spent not in a laboratory, but at diplomatic tables in London, Paris, and Philadelphia, where his gift for irony served him well. He signed the Treaty of Paris.
