ENGL 102
Themes in Lit
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ENGL 102 Themes in Lit |
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THEMES IN LITERATURE 1. Coming of Age—Initiation 2. Roles of Women (Men) 3. Ethical or Moral dilemmas 4. Place as part of the Self—farmers and farms, spiritual places (mountains, waters), desert, forest, bayous in the wet South, harsh winters in New England 5. Nature and Man’s relationship to it. 6. Mothers and Daughters and their relationships 7. Fathers and Sons and their relationships 8. Becoming a Mother or a Father 9. Getting a job, losing a job, Work as Identity 10. Outcasts in society, misfits 11. Belonging and Not Belonging, 12. Family relationships 13. The Journey of the Hero 14. Marriages and Divorces 15. Death 16. Grief, Anger 17. America’s fascination with the Rich 18. Trying to define an era: The Roaring 20’s, 60’s Counterculture, The X Generation 19. Dealing with our History: Dust Bowl stories of the 30’s; Cold War/Bomb stories since WWII 20. War stories—either to glorify war, or to show how it really is 21. Prison stories 22. Creation stories—how did the world come to be 23. Courtship stories—falling in love 24. Madness, insanity |
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