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Term Papers on Censorship Of Books In American Literature

Term Paper TitleCensorship Of Books In American Literature
# of Words1851
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)7.4


Censorship of Books in American Literature


American Literature; Period 3


February 6, 2004


American Lit


January 28, 2004


Outline


Censorship of Books in American History


I           Intro


            A Banned books background


                        1. History


                        2. Other books


            B. Thesis-


The censorship of books is unnecessary and should be considered unconstitutional; the right to free speech is our first amendment and the banning of certain books takes away one of the most basic ideas this country was founded on.


II          History (in depth)


A.     Early


1.      first books banned


2.      reasons banned


B.     South


1.      acceptable southern material


2.      reason books banned in south


C.     North


1.      Acceptable material in north


2.      Reasons books were banned in north


III        Pre Civil War Lit


A.     Acceptance


1.      standards of pre civil war writing


2.      top writers of this period


B.     Influences on writing


1.      Political


2.      Economy


3.      Previous wars


IV        During Civil War


A.     Acceptance


1.      Standards of writing during this time


2.      Top writers of civil war period


B. Influence of writing


            Political


            Economy


            Wars


V         Mark Twain life and writing


A. Community affects Twains writing style


            1. Home


            2. Family


            3. Community


            4. Able to Switch Dialect


            B. Biography


                        1 Bachelor days


                        2. Marriage


                        3. Writing life


            C. Famous Books


                        1. Huck Finn


                        2. Tom Sawyer


                        3. Prince and the Pauper


                        4. Others


            D Banned Books of Twain


                        1. Huck Finn


                                    a. Unsophisticated


                                    b. Racially problematic


                        2. Tom Sawyer


                                    a. Poor role models


                                    b. Unsophisticated


VI        Post Civil War


A.     Acceptance of material


1.      Standards


2.      Top writers of the Era


B.     Influences of writing


1.      Politics


2.      Past wars and after effects of civil war


3.      Economy at times after war


VII       Modern writing


A.     Acceptance in today writing


1.      Standards today


a. Television and movies effecting today’s society


2.      Top writers


B Influences


            1. Politics today


            2. Recent wars


            3. Today’s economy


            4. Mark Twain


VII       Banned Books


A.     Banned books from schools and libraries


1.      reasons books have been banned


2.      most famous Books banned


B.     Most Challenged books of today


1.      Why challenged


2.      Regions of America


IX        Conclusion


A.     Restated Thesis-


Obviously the censorship of books is unnecessary and should be considered unconstitutional. The right to free speech is our first amendment and the banning of these books has taken away one of the most basic rules this country was founded on.


            B- Hemmingway quote in reference to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn


“All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since.”


American Literature Per. 3


January 28, 2004


Final


The Censorship of Books in American Literature


            Since America’s foundation literature has been questioned because of the times it was published in and the area it was distributed. Some of A...

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