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VY_32_INOVACE_3B20. Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř. Mgr. Budinská Jaroslava. The Periods of American Literature. The Periods of American Literature. 1. Colonial and Revolutionary P eriods (1607 – 1783). Periods of American Literature.
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VY_32_INOVACE_3B20 Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř Mgr. Budinská Jaroslava The Periods of American Literature
1.Colonial and Revolutionary Periods(1607 – 1783) Periods of American Literature Historical background: • 1607 – English colonies – South ( Virginia..) • 1620- English colonies – North ( New England..)
after 1629 great Puritan exodus to N • after Civil war in England - Royalists to S • Dutch colonies – Middle • Spanish – Florida, Mexico… • French - Luisiana, part of Canada… • constant wars finish with the victory of English 1763
literature in the N based on religious tradition---- religious books, maps, descriptions • 1 st American poet – Edward Taylor • in the S rich plantations owners prefered imported books from England • ie. Literature + culture + education developd faster in the N • ( 1636 - Harvard College, 1690 Yale University, printing press used,)
The New England Primer ( 5 mill. copies printed up to 1830) The Alphabet In Adam s fall We sinned all. The life to mand This Book attend. The Cats play and after slay. A Dog will bite A thief at night.
After the war with France the financial situation of Britain worsened • Heavy taxes imposed on the colonies….. 1775 open fight started , the war ended 1781… peace treaty signed in 1783 • Literature – political character- pamphlets – represented by the men who led the Revolution, wrote the Constitution • Benjamin Franklin • Thomas Paine • Thomas Jefferson – the main author of the Declaration of Independence – signed on 4 th July 1776
2. Republic Period 1783- 1861 • DF • Developmentofpride., self- confidence, feelingsbeingAmerican - Romanticismconnectedwithnationalism ( Washington Irwing, J. F. Cooper…) • Edgar Allan Poe (TheRaven, The Pit and thePendulum……)
3. After the Civil War ( 1861-1865) • Americannationmovedwestwards.. newliteraryeraofhumour + Realism ( newtopics – theAmericanWest – model forallwesterns) • AmericanFrontierHumour • Mark Twain (TheGilded Age, Tom Sawyer, HuckeberryFinn…)
4. Naturalism (turn of 19 – 20 cent.) • authors describe the ugliness of life, where money- making dominates, destroys human character, put aside all human values • Stephen Crane - The Red Badge of Courage • Theodore Dreiser – An American Tragedy
5. TheLostGeneration (after WWI ) • Gertruda Stein – a lady poet, Hemingway‘sfriend • Ernest Hemingway (A Farewell to Arms, ForWhomthe Bell Tolls, TheOld Man and theSea ….) • F. S. Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby…)
6. The Beat Generation( 50‘s, 60‘s ) • Rebellsagainstthe establishment • New York, San Francisco • Jack Kerouac (On theRoad..) • Alen Ginsberg (TheHowl, The King of May…) • LawrenceFerlinghetti, Gregory Corso
7. ContemporaryLiterature • John Updike, KenKesey, Tennessee Williams, Artur Miller, Norman Mailer, Joseph Heller, William Styronetc.
Gymnázium a Střední odborná škola, Lužická 423, 551 23 Jaroměř • Projekt: Škola v digitálním světě aneb Uchop svoji šanci • Registrační číslo: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0210 • Číslo DUM: VY_32_INOVACE_3B20 • Jméno autora: Mgr. Jaroslava Budinská • Název práce: The Periods of American Literature • Předmět: anglický jazyk • Ročník: 3 ‐ 4 (B1‐B2) pilotováno ve 4. ročníku • Časová dotace: cca 20 minut • Vzdělávací cíl: seznámit se s historií a literaturou anglicky mluvící země • Inovace: využití prostředků ICT, mezipředmětové vztahy • Poznámka: prezentace slouží jako přehled literatury US • Vytvořeno: 3.2.2013
