“The Raven” (“Because I Could Not Stop for Death”; “Dover Beach“; “We Wear the Mask”
- Who is the author?
- What other (noteworthy/well known) work(s) has he/she written?
- What is interesting about the author—his/her writing, education, family, apprenticeship, etc?
- What literary period is this work?
- What are three (3) primary characteristics of this literary period?
- What two (2) other (well known) authors were writing during this same literary period?
- Was there some kind of major historical occurrence during this literary period that may have influenced the author to write this work?
- Was there some kind of major personal occurrence during the author’s life that may have influenced him/her to write this work?
- What characteristics of the literary period are apparent in the literature?
- What are three (3) or four (4) thesis points for this work that one might analyze?
- What are two (2) or three (3) themes of this literature?
- What other one (1) or two (2) works—movies, books, films, documentaries, poems, fiction, drama–relate to (or remind you of) this literary work? Why?
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