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quotations, and citations• Everyday vs. every day [Everyday is an adjective

which describes something ordinary or commonplace, while the phrase every day means “each day.”]

• “Such as” and “Like” signal dependent clauses, so they can’t begin sentences without creating fragments.

• “ ‘ and pointing out words

Notes from Grading Your Tests

• Quality insight, evidence of understanding, observations, & critical thought!

• References to/quotations from the text were relevant and blended with original thought.

Notes from Grading Your Tests

• A-, B+, B, B-, C+, C, C- are not “bad grades.”

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American Gothic Literature

Late 18th and Early 19th

Century Writings

Origins

• Inspired by Gothic architecture: irregularly placed towers, high ceilings, and gargoyles

• Romantic movement – backlash from Age of Reason: authors could now follow their imagination. Gothics followed it to the shadowy region where the fantastic, demonic, and insane reside.

Setting• Weird – went beyond typical

settings to the bizarre

• Often dark, medieval castles or decaying ancient estates

Plots• Macabre: gruesome, grisly, horrid

• People in extreme situations (murder, live burials, torture, and retribution from the grave) that reveal their true nature

• Peered into the darkness of the supernatural

Purpose of Gothic Literature

• Explore human mind in extreme situations and arrive at some truth

• Examine human heart under various conditions: fear, greed, vanity, mistrust, and betrayal.

• Show off/explore the dark side of human nature

9 Facts about William Faulkner (527)

1. Great-grandson of a Civil War hero

2. Grew up hearing about the gallant honor of his ancestors

3. HS dropout, but avid reader.

4. Attd. U of Miss for 1 yr

5. Pub’d 15 books in 13 yrs

6. Focused on ppl and places of N. MS.

7. Experimented with stream of consciousness and fractured chronologies = not popular,no $ales

8. Hollywood screenwriter in 1930s and 40s

9. Nobel Prize for Lit.--considered one of USA’s greatest writers