Introduction
Welcome to the webquest.
If you click on "Task" you will find instructions for the questions you need to answer. You can copy and paste these questions into your word processor and send me the attachment when completed.
You will find links to all the sites you need to find your answers.
Please contact me with any questions!
Task
Students, below you will find several different genres of Literature. Each question will have a link to a webpage and a question that can be answered from searching that webpage. Copy and paste the questions onto your word processor, answer them all, and then save as file to send me when completed.
American Literature Web Quest
Transcendentalism
List 3 core elements of Transcendentalism as found here on this page on Transcendentalism.
List three major Transcendentalist Writers as found here:
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Fredrick Douglas is not traditionally considered to be an American Transcendentalist. Read this website and in you own words explain why he can be in a couple of sentences.
Read this essay and discuss how Zora Neale Hurston carries on the spirit of Transcendentalism in her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Naturalism
Go to this PBS website. Read over the first paragraph and in three sentences summarize the history/elements of American Naturalism in you own words.
List three major writers in this movement as found here:
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One characteristic of naturalism is that characters don't have ________________ but rather their __________ is determined by _________ ___________. (Go to this site and look at the Free Will Vs Determinism section)
Current Literature
Go to this website and find three books out of these top 100 books for teens that interest you and summarize each one in a sentence.
Harlem Renaissance
Go to this biography website and watch the video on the Harlem Renaissance. Describe in one sentence the following historical figures of this period that influenced the literature:
1.) W.E.B. Dubois
Marcus Harvey
2.) The Harlem Renaissance literature expressed rich in both _________ uplift and also creative
____________. In three sentences describe why was there sometimes a debate between which of these two elements was most important. Scroll down to find the section of this article about the two schools of thought.
List three major major works of literature and authors from this time period here:
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World Literature Web Quest
African literature
The earliest African literature is between the years of _________ and __________. Describe these early writings
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During the colonial period in Africa what became threatened? Look under the Colonial paragraph.
Go here: ___________________________ was one of the first world famous African writers that is credited with challenging the colonial perspective of Africans internationally with his novel __________________________________.
Also summarize this novel in three sentences.
Japanese Literature
1.) Use this site to define key elements from each of the following areas of Chinese literature.
Ancient
Medieval period
Classical
Modern
2.) Use this site to define the haiku structure and write your own haiku poem.
British Literature Web Quest
Middle Ages
___________________ wrote the Canterbury Tales. List several other occupations that this writer had during his life time. Use this site.
Use this site to describe 5 characters that tell stories in the Canterbury Tales and summarize each story. Choose 3 females and 2 males.
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Romantic Period
List 5 main elements that define the Romantic period of British literature. Use this site.
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List 3 main writers during the period of British Literature and one of their main works. Use this site.
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Current Literature
Who wrote the Harry Potter series and give a three sentence summary of her life. Use this site.
Read the following article and write a paragraph if you agree or disagree that Harry Potter will be studied by future generations as one of the great works of British literature. Use this site.