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Assignment
American Authors Research Project "Langston Hughes"
As an independent learner, you must discover where to find educational material. You will summarize the material necessary to meet the requirements of the assignment. You will create a Works Cited page with your sources in the M.L.A. documentation style.
Choose an American author from the list. Research the author, hitting on important biographical information.
As part of your research, look for answers to the following questions:
A. What view of life do their themes represent? Positive or negative?
B. How do they represent an aspect of "The American Dream" theme? (Look it up!)
C. Which genre do they write in? Is it poetry, fiction, non-fiction? Gothic, Romantic, Realistic, etc.?
D. How do they represent development in American history? (What part of American History do you learn about?)
E. Describe what culture they represent. Race, socio-economic status, education?
F. Evaluate their philosophy - how they view the world and their place in it; politics - are they liberal, conservative, etc. in their political leanings; religion - does religion play a part in the writing and how; and/or social influence - is their writing influenced by the culture of the times or other writers?