LITR 4332: American Minority Literature

Index to Sample Student Midterm Answers 2004

 

copy of 2004 midterm exam

ID #1. Highlight of a poem presented in class before midterm

ID #2. Short essay: Compare / contrast excerpts from Bread Givers and Slave Narrative of Olaudah Equiano as immigrant vs. minority experience

ESSAY TOPIC 1: What is the relationship of “African American Literature and Culture” to “American Literature and Culture?”

ESSAY TOPIC 2: Compare and contrast The Dream in African American Literature and the American Dream.

ESSAY TOPIC 3: Compare and contrast two or more texts in African American literature to develop a theme of your choice.