As we’ve worked our way through these early modern texts of U.S. literature, I’ve been trying to point to common motifs – – despite very different kinds of text (poetry, fiction, essay, etc.) and very different authors.
Here’s a recap of some of the motifs we’ve looked at or mentioned:
- doubleness
- haunting
- alienation
- irony
- disorder
- confinement
For Thursday, even if you’ve already annotated the Frost poems, make three annotations. Use these annotations to see if Frost uses some of these motifs in his poetry – – especially “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.” If you do find these motifs – – use your annotations to speculate on how Frost might use these motifs differently or in a similar way to Adams, DuBois, Gilman, Masters, and Robinson.
For Tuesday, read and annotate (three annotations) our Edna St. Vincent Millay poems. We’ll use Tuesday to catch up a bit on our syllabus before the “Mystery Text” assignment.