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  1. View online [or download to your printer] this fact sheet to help you with reading or writing about literature.
  2. BEFORE you write, study this rubric and scoring scale to learn how your writing assignments will be evaluated!
  3. Speak or write as a seasoned drama critic: consult McGraw-Hill's online Glossary of Drama Terms.
  4. Learn about major playwrights and the century-by-century development of the theatre!
  5. What is a comedy of manners?
  6. Read this brief synopsis of the 18th C. play The School for Scandal, a great comedy of the Georgian drama period written by the celebrated British playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan [1751-1816]!
  7. Learn about Henry James [1843-1916], American author of the acclaimed nouvelle [i.e., novella or little novel] Daisy Miller.
  8. Read Strindberg's bio,explore Strinberg resources, and learn about some issues [such as gender and society, etc.] raised by the provocative one-act "naturalistic" play Miss Julie, written in 1888 by Swedish playwright August Strindberg [1849-1912].
  9. Try to understand the complex Hedda Gabler, namesake of an unsettling drama written in 1890 by the famed 19th C. Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen [1828-1906], who is known as both the "Shakespeare" and "Father" of modern drama.
  10. The Edith Wharton Society website informs you about the literary talents, critical reception, and biography of Edith Wharton [1862-1937], American-born author of the 1911 short novel (novella) Ethan Frome!
  11. Explore her Western Massachusetts country cottage [named The Mount] and imagine how society and privelege shaped the writings and life of Edith Wharton [1862-1937]] .
  12. American author, known for capturing local color or attention to detail, Willa Cather [1873-1947]: this PAL Reference Guide contains a list of Cather's works, her short bio, and a selected bibliography.
  13. The Willa Cather Archive website contains much: [1] the entire text of her first major work, Alexander's Bridge (a novelette published in 1912); [2] a historical context essay surrounding this novelette; [3] commentaries on each chapter; [4] text notes/explanatory footnotes; and [5] illustrations.

  14. How does one read and interpret poems?

  15. Scan this brief chronology of the development of African-American poetry.
  16. Explore the multi-faceted history and discover some key figures of African-American literature.
  17. Examine the varied backgrounds--and read analyses of some key works--of the major American poets  of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
  18. Learn some background facts and also discover why Native American poems (more properly called songs) were created.
  19. Pay a virtual visit to the Native American Cultural Center [NACC]!
  20. What is a short story--and what about its history and its components?

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