Final Exam 30%: ENGL 2132-02 American Literature II: Survey of American Literature from Mid-19th C – Present
●Assignment Handout given: November 29, 2022
●Assignment due on D2L/Brightspace: December 6, 2022 before 10:00 PM
●Each student will work on his/her own and upload individually. This is not group work.
● Use the MLA format and styles, Times New Roman 12-font, double-space, MS Word.
Cite your sources very briefly in the texts and in full in the Works Cited page.
●Total length of the paper is 10 pages, plus a Works Cited page.
Do not give unnecessary 2 double-space in order to make the paper long.
●In your paper, use headlines as and where necessary.
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Q1: Which African American authors and other authors and their literature have you come-across and what are their contributions to American Literature?
(minimum 4 pages)
Some tips:
Charles Chestnutt, p.179-192
W.E.B. Du Bois, ch 4.4; 4.4.1
Langston Hughes, ch 5.20 – 5.20.3
Toni Morrison, ch 6.12
There are others – you choose
Q2: Explain connections between current cultural reality and the literature you have read.
(minimum 1 page)
Q3: One of the African-American Masters is Dr Maya Angelou who contributed to American Literature. Explain her contributions. Feel free to draw material from the Internet and other places. Additionally, here are some links/examples: https://www.pbs.org/articles/10-black-authors-to-read
https://www.pbs.org/articles/renaissance-woman-maya-angelou
(minimum 2 pages)
Q4: Do online research on Sori and discover intelligence and practical theories. There are plenty of relevant material available on the Internet; one example includes https://www.google.com/search?q=abdul-rahman+ibn+ibrahima+sori&rlz=1C1GCEA_enUS1018US1018&oq=abdul+rahman+ibrahima+sori&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i22i30l3.14543j1j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
You can choose any material that are relevant and reliable.
While some questions are given below to make you think like a critical thinker, stay focused on discovering intelligence and practical theories.
●Who kidnapped Sori?
●Why did they kidnap Sori? (what reasons appear on the surface level and what reasons are underlying?)
●How could Sori prevent that?
●Why was Sori unable to prevent that?
●What is the same thing present between kidnappers and Colonel Thomas Foster?
●How did they (kidnappers and Colonel Foster) acquire major power?
(minimum 3 pages)
