Paper/orals topics

My Ántonia

1. Attitudes toward immigrants portrayed in the novel.
2. Aspects of the Garden Setting.
3. Roles of women in the novel.
4. Roles of gender identity in the novel.
5. The use of music.
6. Changes of seaosn and landscape as characters change.
7. Elements of realism, naturalism, and romanticism.
8. Elements of the American Dream.
9. How the novel is a "coming of age" story.
10. Elements of nostalgia and reconciliation.
11. The use and purpose of poetry in the novel.
12. The use and purpose of narrative style in the novel.
13. The use and purpose of vernacular language.
14. Comparisons and contrasts of U.S. settlers and immigrants.
15. The use of anecdotes, stories, legends, and folklore in the novel.
16. Themes of loneliness, identity, longing, regret etc ... .