Lesson 1

Study Session 1

Essays of Literary Analysis

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Study Session 2: Historical Background

Reading Assignment

Overview

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Study Session 3

Humor and Regional Dialect

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Study Session 4

Regionalism and Local Color

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Study Session 5

Tone and Mood

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Study Session 6

Conflict and Irony

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Historical Background

Historical Background

Reading Assignment

In Prentice Hall Literature—The American Experience:

• Pages 470–71: “Setting the Scene”
• Pages 472–73: “American and World Events”
• Pages 474–81: “The Age of Realism”

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