Advanced-American-Lit-Essay-quot-What-is-an-American-quot-

We began this course with a question from the Study Guide: “What is an American? How does literature create conceptions of the American experience and American identity?” This unit focused on enslaved people in America, those who came unwillingly and endured great hardships yet sought ways to educate themselves and to express themselves through writing. In a well-developed expository essay, explain how their works expand, change, or enhance the answer to the question: “What is an American?” Provide specific quotations from the texts you have read.

Texts from module:

In The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume B:

• • Frederick Douglass, brief bio

• Harriet Jacobs, brief bio and excerpts from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

• Harriet Beecher Stowe, brief bio and excerpts from Uncle Tom’s Cabin

• Abraham Lincoln, brief bio and “A House Divided”

In The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Volume A:

• Phillis Wheatley, brief bio and “On Being Brought from Africa to America”

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