American Literature Summer Reading List Summer 2014 Belmont High School English Department The following list was complied from the recommendations of the Belmont High School English department and contains some of the best-known works of American literature. Each book addresses the American Dream and/or American identities. All entering 11th graders must read at least one book from the list below over the summer. Students entering English 11 Honors must read at least one contemporary AND one classic
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John. "Louise Erdrich." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation‚ 2010. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. McNally‚ Amy‚ and Piyali Dalal. "Louise Erdrich." : Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota. College of Liberal Arts‚ 27 May 1996. Web. 24 Feb. 2014. Silko‚ Lislie M. "Louise Erdrich." : Voices From the Gaps : University of Minnesota. University of Minnesota‚ 2009. Web. 15 Mar. 2014. Wong‚ Hertha‚ ed. Louise Erdrich ’s "Love Medicine": A Casebook. N.p.: Oxford UP‚ 1999. Print.
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During the migration process‚ the individual may become more or less attached to his or her native culture‚ depending on the experience which he or she experiences. In exploring the topic of culture and civilization in the works of the authors Leslie Silko‚ Judith Cofer‚ Amartya Send and Edward Said‚ the different perceptions of home and host societies by these authors which are mentioned in their writings‚ tackle issues such as inter-cultural perceptions‚ personal identity and dedication to tradition
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Leslie Silko la "Canción de cuna" es una conmovedora historia escrita en primera persona desde el punto de vista del personaje principal‚ Ayah. Ayah is a Navajo woman who lives with her husband‚ Chato. Ayah navajo es una mujer que vive con su esposo‚ el Chato. In the story‚ Ayah does not understand English‚ and fears the white men who yell and point at documents for her to sign. En la historia‚ Ayah no entiende Inglés‚ y los temores de los hombres blancos que gritar y el punto en sus documentos para
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56 The Most Human Art: 10 reasons why we’ll always need good stories By Scott Russell Sanders‚ The Georgia Review‚ September/October 1997 We have been telling stories to one another for a long time‚ perhaps for as long as we have been using language‚ and we have been using language‚ I suspect‚ for as long as we have been human. In all its guises‚ from words spoken and written to pictures and musical notes and mathematical symbols‚ language is our distinguishing gift‚ our hallmark as a species
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In Momaday’s “The Way to Rainy Mountain‚” Momaday has the same structure described in Leslie Silko’s “Language and Literature from a Pueblo Indian Perspective.” Some of his story has roots from oral tradition‚ he takes a central subject and branches many ideas off it‚ like a web‚ and he writes informally as to show his true feelings to the reader. In Silko’s essay‚ she describes Pueblo writing as usually containing oral tradition. She also goes on to say that the Pueblo people like to include
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Couples and Marriages of a Different Race Brian Andrew Wong Marshall University Author Note This paper was an assignment in Deviance and Social Control (SOC 311) taught by Frederick Roth‚ Ph.D.‚ due Monday‚ December 10‚ 2012. Marriages with spouses of a different race are increasing (Jayson‚ 2012; Jordan‚ 2012). While friendships with people of different races are commonly accepted‚ the issue of friends‚ race‚ and relationships to people of a different race remain complicated
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Cited: Silko‚ Leslie. “Yellow Woman”. The Norton Anthology: World Literature. Ed. 2. Peter Simon. W.W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.: New York‚ 2009. Print
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interactions with everyone in the community helps show how the community connects their life to tales of folklore. Silko shows that these connections of folklore and past are connected to her daily life. The author starts off the story with “From the time was a small child‚ I was aware that I was different” (Page 60) stating that there is a problem and introduces the reader to it. Silko shows how the integration of the White people and Laguna Pueblo people lead to her difference as she’s half White
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Humanities 1100 Are Humans a Part of Nature or Somehow Apart From It? To think of Nature‚ you must first define it. I looked it up in an old set of encyclopedias my parents had in our basement. It said that the term "nature" has been used in various inconsistent senses‚ corresponding more or less to the different attitudes that thinkers adopted towards the material part of the world in relation to the rest. It then goes on about how different philosophers from the different eras defined it
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