2.Which of the followings describe Edgar Allan Poe.
A. He was called the tenth Muse in American literature.
B. He is often regarded as the father of western decadent literature.
C. His stories are known for the Gothic elements involved.
D. He emphasized the unity of effect in literary creation.
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In the novel The Last of the Mohicans, Hawkeye symbolizes .
A. colonial hybridity, the mixing of European and Indian cultures
B. lack of courage
C. the myth of the hero woodsman
D. archetype of Americanized hero
preoccupation with the Calvinistic view of original sin and the mystery of evil marks the works of.
A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
B. Herman Melville
C. Nathaniel Hawthorne
D. Henry David Thoreau
The major themes of the novel The Last of the Mohicans are .
A. interracial love and friendship
B. literal and metaphorical nature
C. the role of religion in the wilderness
D. the importance of Oversoul
American Romanticism is characterized by .
A. emphasizing intuition
B. emphasizing individualism
C. tending to moralize
D. seeing nature as a source of goodness