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What should you expect to learn in this module?

As you read literature written in America during the Romantic period, you'll apply skills that you learned in earlier grades and courses, but you'll use them to analyze more complex and difficult literary texts than you may have read so far in school. By the end of the module, you'll also try some "thematic" writing of your own, and you'll share your thoughts with other students in different several ways.

guy sitting against a wall, reading Identify and analyze similar themes in literary works of a particular historical period.
giant boxing gloves punching down toward a man in a suit holding up an open umbrella Analyze the role of figurative language in developing the themes in a literary work.
student sitting outside, reading Identify literary forms and devices associated with a particular literary movement.
young woman writing Write a descriptive or narrative essay that develops a theme.
young woman holding a microphone Develop a speech or reflective "talk" that conveys a theme powerfully.

Question

What clues can help you determine the theme or themes in a work of literature?

the title of a story, poem, or essay
in a narrative, how the main characters change and develop
symbolic objects, events, or language