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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. heroic fantasy novel about a small group of British rabbits; Fiver - a young runt rabbit who is a seer - receives a frightening vision of his warren's imminent destruction






2. Wrote The Glory Field






3. Wrote The Joy Luck Club (widely hailed for its depiction of the Chinese - American experience of the late 20th century)






4. Wrote The Invisible Man - The War of the Worlds - The Time Machine






5. Bildungsroman; after being expelled from a prep school - a 16- year - old boy (Holden Caulfield) goes to NYC - where he reflects on the phoniness of adults and heads towards a nervous breakdown






6. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






7. Wrote Lord of the Flies - To the Ends of the Earth; British novelist - poet






8. NOT anti - society or anti - community; presupposes that the mind is initially the subject to an unhappy conformity; calls on individuals to value their own thoughts - opinions - experiences above those presented to them by other individuals - societ

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9. 'Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? / Thou art more lovely and more temperate;' Shakespearean couplet with ABAB CDCE EFEF GG rhyme scheme






10. Wrote The Color Purple; American author - self - declared feminist and womanist; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction






11. A naive young man (Henry Fleming) matures as a result of fighting in the Civil War






12. Wrote The Aeneid






13. Southern gothic novel; bildungsroman; narrator: Scout; serious issues dealing with rape and inequality






14. In an attempt to prove a theory - a student (Raskolnikov) murders two women - after which he suffers greatly from guilt and worry; psychological drama - setting in the 1860s






15. Wrote Leaves of Grass; celebrated the freedom and dignity of the individual and sang the praises of democracy






16. Wrote 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow' and 'Rip Van Winkle;' American author - essayist - biographer - historian






17. Wrote Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man: 20th century Irish author






18. Wrote Jane Eyre






19. Wrote Red Badge of Courage; American novelist - short story writer - poet - journalist - raised in NY and NJ; style and technique: naturalism - realism - impressionism; themes: ideals v. realities - spiritual crisis - fears






20. Wrote The Weary Blues - The Ways of White Folks - and Not Without Laughter; American poet - novelist - playwright - short story writer - and columnist; early innovator for literary art known as jazz poetry; best known for work during Harlem Renaissan






21. Wrote Emma; Pride and Prejudice; Persuasion; Mansfield Park - et al.






22. Book written by George Orwell - announced an insane world of dehumanization through terror in which the individual was systematically obliterated by an all - power elite; key phrases: Big Brother - doublethink - Newspeak - the Ministry of Peace...Tru






23. Epic/novel poem written in blank verse and encompasses nine books (the woman's number - the number of the prophetic books of Sibyl)






24. Wrote Beloved - The Bluest Eye - and Song of Soloman; female - African - American writer - won Pulitzer Prize in 1988






25. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






26. Wrote Robinson Crusoe; known as the father of the English novel






27. Wrote 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock -' 'The Waste Land' and 'The Hollow Men;' British WWI poet - playwright - and literary critic






28. Wrote The Eye - the Ear - and the Arm






29. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






30. A group of Chinese mothers and their American - born daughters struggle to communicate and understand each other; four families dipicted Woo - Jong - Hsu - and St. Clair






31. Wrote Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass - editor of 'The North Star -' abolitionist - was self - educated slave






32. Wrote 'She Walks in Beauty' and 'When We Two Parted;' British poet and leading figure in Romanticism






33. Wrote The Lion - the Witch - and the Wardrobe






34. Wrote Sounder






35. Wrote I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings; African - American autobiographer and poet






36. Wrote 'The Road Not Taken;' American poet; highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech; won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times






37. After two marriages to oppressive men - a woman (Janie Crawford) finds temporary happiness with a husband twelve years her junior; themes: the illusion of power - non - necessity of relationships - folkloric quality of religion






38. Wrote 'We Are Seven -' 'The Prelude -' and 'The World is Too Much With Us;' English Romantic poet; joint publication of 'Lyrical Ballads' with Samuel Taylor Coleridge; motifs: wanders vs wandering - memory - vision/sight - light - leech gatherer; bel






39. Wrote The Pigman






40. Wrote The Great Gatsby






41. A great warrior - goes to Denmark on a successful mission to kill Grendel; he returns home to Geatland - where he becomes king and slays a dragon before dying; poem; alliterative verse - elegy - small scale heroic epic; author unknown; setting around






42. Wrote The Chocolate War






43. Wrote 'Civil Disobedience;' American author - poet - naturalist - tax resister - development critic - surveyor - historian - philosopher - and leading transcendentalist






44. Wrote 'The Birth - Mark -' The Scarlet Letter; works are considered part of the Romantic movement (specifically dark romancism)






45. Wrote The Diary of a Young Girl (autobiographical literature set between 1942-1944) 1st published in 1952 - chronicles her life in Nazi Germany






46. Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God; 20th century African - American writer; folklorist during the Harlem Renaissance






47. Wrote Charlotte's Web






48. A young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams must overcome suicidal tendencies






49. A group of poor kids (greasers) hold their own against a group of rich kids (socials aka socs) - losing two of their own in the process; protagonist: Ponyboy Curtis; bildungsroman; setting 1960s






50. A black girl growing up in the South struggles against racism - sexism - and lack of power