Researching an Author: Prezis
Directions: For this assignment, you may work in pairs. Using the links below, research
the biography of your author: Stoker, Shelley, or Austen. Identify key events in the
author’s life, then compose an illusrated timeline using the Prezi software.
Key Requirements:
_____ 18 images/ events: use images appropriate to the period; event should be either
pivotal historic events which took place during your authro’s lifetime; or personal events
that impacted that writer’s life. Each image should have a caption which reflect the
event. The caption may occur either with or before the the image.
_____ 20 total slides
_____ One title slide
_____One slide on the style of the author.
Austen:
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janelife.html
http://www.jasa.net.au/jabiog.htm
http://www.jasna.org/info/about_austen.html
Style:
http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/austen/genre.html
Stoker:
http://www.bramstoker.org/
http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/stoker.html
Shelley
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/shelleybio.html
http://www.litgothic.com/Authors/mshelley.html
Gothic Style
http://www.virtualsalt.com/gothic.htm
Epistelatory Writing
http://fictionwriting.about.com/od/glossary/g/epistolary.htm
Slang
http://www.victorianlondon.org/frame-words.htm
Art
19th
http://www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/fnart/art/19_ptg.html
http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/french19.shtm
18th
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTH18thcentury.html
Gothic
http://history-world.org/gothic_art_and_architecture.htm
Photgraphy
http://www.ajmorris.com/roots/photo/gallery.php