Greetings Sophomores!
I'm really excited about the unit we will be studying the next week! The Romantic period is one of the richest in American literature, featuring the very first American fiction (both short stories and novels) as well as poetry. Among the list of distinguished authors we will read and study are Poe, Irving, Bryant, and Cooper. This week alone we will finish our analysis of Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" and read Irving's "Rip van Winkle" and "The Devil and Tom Walker," a Faustian tale based on a German folktale. I hope that by the end of this week you will be able to write about the symbolism in Usher and not only compare and contrast the protagonists of the two Irving tales, but draw some greater conclusion based on that comparison. It's really important to be present and prepared in class if you are to grasp this much information in a short time, so make a concerted effort to be there and be attentive. Attendance without attention is not sufficient for your understanding of this more complex type of reading.
You have already read the background about the Romantic period, but don't dismiss it, as you will be tested on it and need this knowledge to differentiate Romantics from the Transcendentalists and Anti Transcendentalists we will be studying next.
Also, don't forget your upcoming quiz in vocabulary. Lesson 17.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
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