What seem to be the larger themes, questions, concerns, embedded by the authors/poets, in three pieces of literature from below the list? Consider also the historical or biographical context for each work of literature. Support with evidence from each text. Cultural, Historical, Biographical Approaches.
Dubus’s “Killings”
Ellison’s “Battle Royal”
Vonnegut’s “Harrison Bergeron”
O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find”
O’Connor’s “Good Country People”
Gilb’s “Love in L.A.”
Gilb’s Uncle Rock”
Joyce’s “The Dead”
Collins’s “Introduction to Poetry”
Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
Dickinson’s poems – Select specific poems
Alvarez’s poems — Select specific poems
McKay’s poems – Select specific poems
Johnson’s poems – Select specific poems
Hughes’s poems – Select specific poems
Cullen’s poems – Select specific poems
Stevens’ “Sunday Morning”
Mullen’s “Dim Lady”
Shakespeare’s sonnet “My Mistress’ Eyes are Nothing Like the Sun” and “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?”
Soto’s “Mexicans Begin Jogging”
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