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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






3. 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






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






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. set in modern times and focuses on the current circumstances of Stanley Yelnats - an unfortunate - unlucky young man who is sent to Camp Green Lake for a crime he didn't commit






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






8. '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






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






10. Wrote Hoot






11. 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






12. Wrote The Outsiders






13. After having an affair with a handsome military man - a woman kills herself; russion - 1970s - psychological novel






14. 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;






15. Wrote Jane Eyre






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






17. Wrote Doctor Faustus






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






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






20. Maintains the bird metaphor throughout the poem's ninety - six lines - describing the various 'flights' of five of her children and her concerns about those remaining in the nest

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






22. Wrote Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story






23. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






25. Wrote Roll of Thunder






26. A man is shipwrecked on an island - where he lives for more than 20 years - fending off cannibals and creating a pleasant life for himself






27. The protagonist of the story is a boy named Sandy whose family must deal with a variety of struggles imposed upon them due to their race and class in society in addition to relating to one another






28. Wrote Out of the Dust






29. 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






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






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






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






33. Wrote 'History of a Nun;' prolific dramatist of the Restoration (18th century) - one of the first English female writers






34. Wrote Little Women; American novelist






35. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






36. 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'






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






38. Wrote The Outsiders






39. 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






40. Wrote The Glory Field






41. Wrote The Pigman






42. Wrote The Aeneid






43. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






44. 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






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 Hatchet






47. Wrote Ethan Frome






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






49. Wrote To Kill a Mockingbird; American author






50. A pampered dog (Buck) adjusts to the harsh realities of life in the North as he struggles with his recovered wild instincts and finds a master (John Thorton) who treats him right; novel - adventure story - setting late 1890s