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Praxis II Major Authors And Works

Subjects : praxis, literature
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1. 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






2. Wrote A Bridge to Terabithia






3. Wrote The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle






4. Wrote 'In Reference to her Children;' English - American writer - first notable American poet; first woman to be published in Colonial America






5. Wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer






6. Wrote Shiloh






7. Wrote The Outsiders






8. 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






9. Wrote A Wrinkle in Time - A Swiftly Tilting Planet - A Wind in the Door - The Small Rain - 24 Days before Christmas

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10. 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






11. Wrote The Great Gatsby






12. Wrote The Giver - Number the Stars






13. Wrote The Yearling






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






15. 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.






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






17. Wrote Witch of Blackbird Pond






18. Wrote The Glory Field






19. Wrote Anna Karenina - War and Peace; Russian writer - realistic fiction






20. Wrote Alice In Wonderland






21. Wrote Watership Down






22. A self - made man (Gatsby) woos and loses a married aristocratic woman (Daisy) he loves






23. Wrote Fahrenheit 451 - Dandelion Wine






24. Wrote Julie of the Wolves






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






26. 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






27. Wrote The Aeneid






28. 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






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






30. Wrote The Canterbury Tales






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






32. Wrote My Antonia; prolific during the 1920s - reputation as one of the most important post - Civil War American authors






33. Wrote Out of the Dust






34. Wrote Wuthering Heights






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






36. '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






37. Wrote The House on Mango Street






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






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






40. Wrote Island of Blue Dolphins

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41. 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






42. Gothic novel; a scientist creates a monster - and then abandons it in horror - a decision that leads to disaster and the deaths of nearly everyone he loves






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






44. Wrote Ethan Frome






45. Wrote Crispin - Nothing But The Truth






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






47. Wrote Roll of Thunder - Hear my Cry






48. 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






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






50. Wrote The Chocolate War