Discuss the poem and the selected issue(s) in context of their periods.
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AssignmentNote: As in previous weeks, this week’s readings include multiple genres, but for this particular discussion we will focus on poetry.
On the Perspectives in American Literature site, Paul Reuben claims, “Although the modernist poets do not explicitly concern themselves with gender, race, or class issues, there are exceptions to this statement.” For this assignment, you are asked to disprove his first contention and indicate the exceptions by discussing the gender, race, and/or class issues in any two poems from this week’s reading list. Please remember to show how each poem reflects its period. Your response should be written in 3rd person, consist of at least 400 words, and comport with MLA style and format. Remember to use quoted material from each poem to validate your claims and note that the rules for citing poetry are somewhat different. For information, please see MLA Style – Poetry. To set up your response, do the following: Devote one paragraph of at least 200 words for each poem in which you examine how the poet discusses gender, race, and/or class issues. |
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| Comments from Support Team: | All the lectures for Week 4 Your choice of at least two of the following poems from your digital textbook, Week 4, or from the linked graphic feature Hughes and Douglas in your course. Carl Sandburg, “Chicago” Carl Sandburg, “A Fence” Claude McKay, “If We Must Die” Claude McKay, “Harlem Shadows” Langston Hughes, “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” Langston Hughes, “Harlem” Langston Hughes, “Lonesome Place” Langston Hughes, “Bound No’th Blues” Langston Hughes, “Hard Luck” Langston Hughes, “Down an’ Out” Langston Hughes, “Feet O’ Jesus” Your choice of at least one of the following prose works from your digital textbook Week 4: Theodore Dreiser, “The Second Choice” F. Scott Fitzgerald, “Winter Dreams” Ernest Hemingway, “Big Two-Hearted River: Part I and Part II” John Dos Passos, from U.S.A—The 42nd Parallel John Dos Passos, from U.S.A.—1919 John Dos Passos, from U.S.A.—The Big Moneyhttps://digitalbookshelf.aionline.edu/#/books/007813143X/pages/76656938?return=/books/007813143X/outline/4https://digitalbookshelf.aionline.edu/#/books/007813143X/pages/76656938?return=/books/007813143X/outline/4 this are the link that you have to use for the readings Note: As in previous weeks, this week’s readings include multiple On the Perspectives in American Literature site, Paul Reuben claims, Your response should be written in 3rd person, consist of at least 400 To set up your response, do the following: Devote one paragraph of at least 200 words for each poem in which you |
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