In an essay with at least three supporting paragraphs, choose three authors from different periods/movements/subgenres and discuss how their work(s) display the major elements of that period or movement or subgenre.

DISCUSSION ESSAY

45. Respond in a well-organized essay. (16 points) (16 points)

In this course, you have learned about American literature from the periods and literary movements. You have studied the works of different American authors from the following time periods, literary movements, and subgenres:

• Early American and Colonial literature
• American Romanticism
• Transcendentalism
• Regionalism
• Realism

In an essay with at least three supporting paragraphs, choose three authors from different periods/movements/subgenres and discuss how their work(s) display the major elements of that period or movement or subgenre.