LITR 4328 American Renaissance / Model Assignments
2018 final exam—Index to Sample Answers
 (final exam assignment)
(all listings in alphabetical order)

Essay A: mid-length essay from A1 or A2

A1. Review & prioritize your learning in American Renaissance . . .

Kyle W. Abshire, American Renaissance: The importance of Romantic Themes

Virginia Deleon, Discovering Diversity in the American Renaissance

Kelsey Flores, My Romantic Journey Continued

Alexis Gomez, The Ever-Expanding Umbrella of Romanticism

Lauren Kruse, Discovering the American Renaissance

Anne Ngo, Thoughts on the American Renaissance: A Reflection

Breanna Runnels, American Renaissance as a Historical Base

A1. Describe your learning about Romanticism as a term or concept . . .

Tim Doherty, Reality Complicates Romance

Michael Powell, The Romanticism of America

A2. Mid-length essay on 1 or 2 terms or subjects: 

Ruth Brown, Transcending Common Knowledge

Brandon Burrow, Walking Your Own Path: Civil Disobedience and Passive Resistance,

Jasmine Choate, My Sense of the Sentimental

Cynthia Cleveland, Conscience and Civil Disobedience

Kristina Koontz, I Don’t Take Orders from You: Civil Disobedience in the American Renaissance

Essay B:  essay on Poe, Whitman, and Dickinson.

Ruth Brown, Poetry in Motion

Brandon Burrow, A Formal Introduction: Three Poets of American Romanticism

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Cynthia Cleveland, Varying Styles of American Renaissance Poetry

Tim Doherty, Three Dimensions of American Poetry

Kristina Koontz: Similarly, Different: Comparing the Style and Content between Poe, Whitman, and Dickinson

Lauren Kruse, Poets of the American Renaissance

Anne Ngo, The Distinct Styles of Poe, Dickinson, and Whitman

Rudy Rios, Exemplars of American Lyric Poetry.

Calyssa Rosene, The Differences of Poe, Dickinson, and Whitman

Essay C: One (1) long essay
from C1, C2, C3, C4, or C5 (6-9 paragraphs)

C1. Variations on the Gothic.

Brandon Burrow, Gothic Genres through Time
C2. Literature & Morality.

Cynthia Cleveland, Morality and Unity

 C3. Literature & History.

Virginia DeLeon, History and Literature Go Hand in Hand

Tim Doherty, History and the American Renaissance
C4. Classic, Popular, & Representative Literature

Ruth Brown, Merging Lines in Literature   

Anne Ngo, To Educate and Entertain: The Blur in Literature

 C5. Romanticism & Realism.

Alexis Gomez, “Unromanticizing” Romanticism