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Survey of English and Americal Lit Final Project

The final project involves creating a visually engaging timeline titled 'From Beowulf to Baldwin: A Timeline of Literary Evolution,' which traces major movements, authors, and works in English and American literature from the medieval period to the 20th century. It requires dividing the timeline into literary periods, including key works and authors, along with thematic connections and historical context. Additionally, a handwritten reflection paper is needed to discuss the evolution of themes and the impact of the literary journey on storytelling.

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Survey of English and Americal Lit Final Project

The final project involves creating a visually engaging timeline titled 'From Beowulf to Baldwin: A Timeline of Literary Evolution,' which traces major movements, authors, and works in English and American literature from the medieval period to the 20th century. It requires dividing the timeline into literary periods, including key works and authors, along with thematic connections and historical context. Additionally, a handwritten reflection paper is needed to discuss the evolution of themes and the impact of the literary journey on storytelling.

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Final Project: Scrapbook Timeline

Deadline: April 22, 2025 (short bond paper)


TITLE: “From Beowulf to Baldwin: A Timeline of Literary Evolution”

Create a visually engaging timeline that traces the major movements,


authors, and works of English and American literature, highlighting how historical
events, philosophical shifts, and cultural changes shaped the evolution of literature
from the early medieval period to the 20th century.

STRUCTURE & CONTENT

1. Divided Literary Periods


Split your timeline into literary periods, such as:

ENGLISH LITERATURE:
 Old English (Anglo-Saxon) – e.g., Beowulf
 Middle English – Chaucer
 Renaissance – Shakespeare, Marlowe
 Enlightenment – Swift, Pope
 Romanticism – Blake, Wordsworth, Keats
 Postmodernism – Angela Carter, Zadie Smith

AMERICAN LITERATURE:
 Colonial & Early American – Anne Bradstreet, Jonathan Edwards
 Revolutionary Period – Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin
 Romanticism – Poe, Hawthorne, Emerson, Thoreau
 Realism & Naturalism – Mark Twain, Kate Chopin
 Modernism – Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Hughes
 Postwar & Contemporary – James Baldwin, Toni Morrison

2. Key Elements to Include for Each Era:


For each major point on the timeline, include:
 Title of a Key Work
 Author Name
 Short Description of the work’s theme, significance, or style
 Contextual Note (e.g., political event, cultural trend, philosophical idea
influencing the era)

3. Thematic Connections
Include side notes, arrows, or color-coded symbols showing:
Shared themes across time (e.g., identity, power, freedom, nature)
Shifts in literary voice (e.g., from religious to secular, aristocratic to working-class)
Influence of global events (wars, colonization, revolutions)
REFLECTION PAPER (1–2 pages) -handwritten and no erasures
Title: “Echoes Across Time: Reflecting on the Literary Journey”

Answer questions:
What themes or ideas have remained relevant throughout the centuries?
How has the concept of the “individual” evolved in literature?
What surprised you most about the continuity (or change) between English and
American traditions?
How has this literary journey impacted your view of storytelling?

DESIGN TIPS
Use icons, colors, or symbols to distinguish English from American works.
Include mini portraits or illustrations of authors.
Add quotes or short excerpts to bring the works to life.
Use timelines that flow like a scroll, a bookshelf, or even a winding path.

Needs
Criteria Excellent (Full Marks) Good
Improvement
Includes accurate
information on all
Mostly accurate, Some inaccuracies
1. Content authors, works, and
with minor errors; or missing details;
Accuracy & periods; shows deep
shows good limited
Depth (25 pts) understanding of
understanding. understanding.
historical and literary
context.
2. Visual Visually engaging and
Organized and Disorganized or
Presentation & well-organized; creative
clear; some creative plain; minimal
Creativity (20 use of design elements
elements used. creative effort.
pts) (color, layout, icons, etc.).
Strong, insightful links
3. Thematic & Some thematic or Few or unclear
between literature,
Historical historical links connections;
historical context, and
Connections (15 made, but not fully surface-level
themes (e.g., identity,
pts) developed. observations.
power, freedom).
Reflective, analytical, and Mostly clear and
4. Written Lacks depth or
well-written; clearly thoughtful; some
Reflection (20 clarity; minimal
explains personal insights reflection and
pts) personal insight.
and thematic takeaways. analysis.
Project shows excellent
5. Effort & Incomplete or
effort and attention to Good effort; most
Completeness rushed; parts
detail; all components parts complete.
(20 pts) missing.
are complete.
Total: /100

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