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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

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1. 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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2. Wrote Maniac Magee






3. 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






4. Wrote Holes






5. A Trojan (Aeneas) destined to found Rome - undergoes many trials on land and sea during his journey to Italy - finally defeating the Latin Turnus and avenging the murder of Pallas.






6. Wrote The Great Gatsby






7. Wrote Frankenstein; Romantic British novelist - short story writer - dramatist - essayist - biographer - travel writer






8. Wrote Hatchet






9. Wrote The Fall of the House of Usher - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - and The Raven; wrote poems: 'To Science -' 'The City and the Sea -' and 'Silence;' American writer - poet - editor and literary critic; part of American Romantic Movement






10. Wrote 'Aurora Leigh -' poet of the Victorian era






11. 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






12. An ex- slave is haunted by the memory of the daughter she killed; historical fiction - ghost story; characters include: Baby Suggs - Denver - Sethe






13. An impoverished young woman (Jane) struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression - prejudice - and love; Gothic novel - bildungsroman - social portest novel






14. After surviving a poverty - stricken childhood - the death of his mother - a cruel stepfather - and an unfortunate first marriage - a boys finds success as a writer; themes: plight of the weak - importance of equality in marriage - dangers of wealth






15. 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






16. Wrote Johnny Tremain






17. 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






18. Wrote 'Self - Reliance;' Transcendentalist poet - essayist - speaker






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






20. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






21. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






22. Wrote A Farewell to Arms - The Old Man and the Sea - and The Sun Also Rises; American writer and journalist; veteran of WWI - belongs to literary movement called 'The Lost Generation'






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






24. Wrote Hoot






25. A group of English boys (Jack - Piggy - Ralph - Roger - Sam - Eric - and Simon) - marooned on an island - rapidly turn lawless and bloodthirsty






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






27. Wrote 'Any Human to Another -' 'Color -' and 'The Ballad of the Brown Girl;' American Romantic poet; leading African - American poets of his time; associated with generation of poets of the Harlem Renaissance






28. 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






29. Wrote The Yearling






30. Wrote Billy Budd - Sailor; Moby Dick; classified as a Dark Romantic; American novelist - short story writer - essayist - and poet






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






32. 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






33. Wrote Mrs. Dalloway - Night and Day - The Voyage Out - and Jacob's Room; English novelist and essayist; one of the foremost modernist literary figures of 20th century






34. Inspired by witch's prophecy - a man murders his way to the throne of Scotland - but his conscience plagues him and his fellow lords rise up against him; themes: unchecked ambition as a corrupting force - relationship between cruelty and masculinity






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






36. Wrote 1984 - Animal Farm; dark satire on Stalinist totalitarianism






37. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






38. Wrote Sounder






39. A monomaniacal captain tries and fails to kill a monstrous white whale; adventure story - quest tale - allegory; protagonist: Ishmael - Ahab; antogonist: Ahab - great white sperm whale






40. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopian society and gradually appears more and more dystopian; therefore - it could be considered anti - utopian; the novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life;






41. Wrote The Hobbit






42. A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them - but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power; novella - dystopian animal fable






43. Wrote The Chocolate War






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






45. Wrote David Copperfield - Great Expectations; English novelist during Victorian era






46. Wrote 'A Fisherman -' 'The Second Coming -' and 'Easter 1916;' Irish poet and dramatist; foremost figures of 20th century literature; British WWI poet






47. Wrote The Outsiders






48. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






49. Wrote The House on Mango Street






50. Wrote Walk Two Moons