Module 10: The Seventeenth Century: The Age of Revolution

Part 1:

· Initial discussion board posts are due by 11:59 P.M. on Thursday. For your initial discussion post, you should:

· select one of the questions below:

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· How does the literature evidence the political changes occurring during this era?

· How does the literature express the cultural norms of this era?

· In what ways does this literature differ significantly from other eras of literature you have studied in this course?

· How do religious beliefs drive changes represented within the literature?

· In what ways may the literature of this era be responding, questioning, or answering the works of other writers or eras?

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· write a well developed paragraph around 250 to 300 words that answers the question and includes:

· a clearly defined topic sentence

· at least one MLA formatted quotation from the assigned readings of literature for this module

· three or more sentences that explain how the quotation supports the topic sentence 

· Be careful not to confuse editorial sections of the assigned readings with the literature (poems, stories, sermons, speeches, essays, etc.)