Post-Civil War American Literary Aesthetics:
In an essay of at least five paragraphs and using direct quotes from at least three different texts as evidence to support your claims, describe how American literary aesthetic projects grew and changed in the period from 1875-1900.

Rural/Pastoral to Urban/Industrial:
In an essay of at least five paragraphs and using direct quotes from at least three different texts as evidence to support your claims, describe how you see the changes in the images of pastoral life of the late 19th century to the 20th century’s more industrial/urban centers.

African-Americans and American Literature:
In an essay of at least five paragraphs and using direct quotes from at least three different texts as evidence to support your claims, describe how African-Americans expanded their roles in American literary cultures through fiction, poetry, and essays from 1875 to the present.