Survey of American Literature II Survey of American Literature II Joshua Watson & Lumen Learning Copyright: by Lumen Learning. Cover image “Cliff Dwellers” by George Bellows, available in the Public Domain from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bellows_CliffDwellers.jpg Survey of American Literature II by Lumen Learning is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted. Contents Student Resources .......................................................................................................................................... 2 1 How to Annotate a Text ........................................................................................................................... 3 2 Critical Approaches Chart ....................................................................................................................... 4 3 Writing about Literature Handout ........................................................................................................... 6 4 Organizing Your Analysis ...................................................................................................................... 12 Immigration ................................................................................................................................................... 13 5 Overview: Immigration .......................................................................................................................... 14 6 Video: Growth, Cities, and Immigration ................................................................................................ 15 7 Biography: Howard Zinn ....................................................................................................................... 16 8 A People's History of the United States Section 11 ............................................................................... 21 9 Trans-national America ......................................................................................................................... 22 10 Biography: Upton Sinclair ................................................................................................................... 23 11 The Jungle (Chapter 9) ........................................................................................................................ 25 12 Additional Resources: Immigration ..................................................................................................... 30 Roaring '20s ................................................................................................................................................... 31 13 Overview: Roaring '20s ........................................................................................................................ 32 14 Biography: F. Scott Fitzgerald ............................................................................................................ 33 15 Dice, Brassknuckles & Guitar .............................................................................................................. 35 16 Bernice Bobs Her Hair ........................................................................................................................ 56 17 Video: Langston Hughes & the Harlem Renaissance .......................................................................... 73 18 Biography: Langston Hughes .............................................................................................................. 74 19 The Negro Speaks of Rivers ................................................................................................................ 76 20 Additional Resources: Roaring '20s ..................................................................................................... 77 21 Video: Modernism in American Literature .......................................................................................... 78 Writers at War ............................................................................................................................................... 79 22 Overview: Writers at War .................................................................................................................... 80 23 A People's History of the United States Section 14 ............................................................................. 81 24 Additional Resources: Writers at War ................................................................................................. 82 Writers Abroad .............................................................................................................................................. 83 25 Overview: Writers Abroad ................................................................................................................... 84 26 Biography: Mark Twain ....................................................................................................................... 85 27 The Innocents Abroad: Chapter 1 ........................................................................................................ 87 28 The Innocents Abroad: Chapter 61 ...................................................................................................... 92 29 The Innocents Abroad: Conclusion ...................................................................................................... 96 30 One Trip Abroad .................................................................................................................................. 98 31 Equal in Paris .................................................................................................................................... 113 32 Journey Into Night ............................................................................................................................. 114 Survey of American Literature II Writers at Home ......................................................................................................................................... 115 34 Overview: Writers at Home ............................................................................................................... 116 35 Biography: John Cheever ................................................................................................................... 117 36 The Swimmer ..................................................................................................................................... 119 Consumerism ............................................................................................................................................... 120 38 Overview: Consumerism .................................................................................................................... 121 39 Video: 1990s Mall Commercial .......................................................................................................... 122 40 Biography: Allen Ginsberg ................................................................................................................. 123 41 A Supermarket in California .............................................................................................................. 126 42 Additional Resources: Consumerism ................................................................................................. 127 Humor .......................................................................................................................................................... 128 43 Overview: Humor ............................................................................................................................... 129 44 Biography: Ring Lardner ................................................................................................................... 130 45 Haircut ............................................................................................................................................... 132 46 A Fairly Sad Tale ............................................................................................................................... 133 47 Reformers: A Hymn of Hate .............................................................................................................. 134 48 Biography: James Thurber ................................................................................................................. 136 49 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty ......................................................................................................... 138 50 Tails of Manhattan ............................................................................................................................. 139 Drugs ............................................................................................................................................................ 140 52 Overview: Drugs ................................................................................................................................ 141 53 Biography: Hunter S. Thompson ....................................................................................................... 142 54 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas ........................................................................................................ 144 55 Video: Reefer Madness ...................................................................................................................... 145 Counterculture & Social Commentary ...................................................................................................