Edwin Arlington Robinson- father/mother/ 2 brothers died. Love of life married brother. Never Married. Wanted to be poet since age 11 and chose to live in poverty. Wrote traditional poems. Old-fashioned but deals with modern problems. Philosophy: Behind “the peaceful and genteel communities of small-town America” lies a substrata of failure‚ “loneliness‚ and terror.” Conflict with light and dark with the individual. Major Works; The Children of the Night‚ The Man Against the Sky‚ and The Man Who
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Our Theatrical Roots Pre-Spanish Period There was no proof that the ancient Filipinos has stage presentation during the pre-hispanic times. The ancient Filipinos have performances such as ritual rites and ceromonies which were tagged theatrical. The roots of the Philippine theater may be traced to early religious and social rituals of the natives. To this day‚ some of these traditional rites and ceremonies are still practiced by the ethnic tribes. Religious
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AMERICAN PERIOD Philippines TheSpanish-Americanwar which startedin Cuba‚ changed the history of thePhilippines. On May 1‚ 1898‚ theAmericans led by U.S.Navy AdmiralGeorge Dewey‚ in participation of EmilioAguinaldo‚ attacked the Spanish Navy inManila Bay. Faced with defeat‚ thePhilippines was ceded to theUnited Statesby Spain in 1898 after a paymentof US$ 20 million to Spain in accordancewith the "Treaty of Paris" ending theSpanish-American War. U.S. colony Civil government was established
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Throughout US history‚ there were many occurrences performed by people that helped define American Identity. Some of the many aspects that helped evolve characteristics of American identity are civil disobedience‚ freedom of religion‚ and immigration. Historical happenings throughout time helped create how the US is today‚ and why certain freedoms are allowed. Civil Disobedience is one of the important aspects of american identity. Harriet Tubman played a great role in performing civil disobedience involving
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American Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century extended from several characteristics of America and American society‚ including but not limited to exceptionalism and manifest destiny. While these beliefs not only supported and manifested the perpetual effort to exploit and later completely oppress and subjugate the Native American populations within its borders‚ they also supported the later establishment of reservations and the practice of Native American boarding school education. But‚ American
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Native American and the Spirit World Native Americans first arrived in North America approximately 20‚000 years ago. Since then‚ Native Americans have lived all every section of the United States. Native American tribes have resided in various climates‚ with differing lifestyles; some tribes have been hunting and gathering societies while others lived in an agricultural based community. Knowledge of Native American religion prior to European settlement is reliant on archaeology. However‚ archaeology
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African-American Influence on American literature African American literature can be summarized as the writings of authors from African descent. In the United States‚ African descendents have had very different experiences from each others depending on where they lived. In the southern states of the United States‚ Blacks have been really oppressed until the Civil War‚ with the big part being illiterate well into the end of 1800. In the northern states ‚Blacks had a considerable greater freedom
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Naturalism in American Literature 1865 –1900 Beginnings Naturalism evolved as an extreme form of Realism. It was heavily influenced by Darwin’s theory of evolution‚ suggesting that heredity‚ environment‚ and social conditions shaped human character. Beginnings While Naturalism was a philosophy‚ Naturalism in literature began in France. French critic and journalist Emile Zola is considered the founder of Naturalism. Characteristics The main characteristic of literary naturalism is
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that is american literature has been an influence to this country in astounding ways. More specifically‚ the literature wrote in the colonial period or the 1620s-1776‚ demonstrates growth and changes within our country. There is a large variety of different literature wrote within this time‚ some influencing our country and setting roots down for the future of american culture and history. Native Americans‚ Puritans and Rationalism have contributed to developing this diverse array of American Literature
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Karma in American Literature Karma Police by Radiohead talks about karma always reaching people for their actions‚ however this does not always apply to some characters in American Literature. In many american novels‚ characters do things that are morally wrong without getting any bad consequences. Also‚ sometimes‚ bad things happen to good and innocent characters. Some examples of consequences being unaffected by actions is seen in: My Antonia‚ by Willa Cather; The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel
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