Literature

1. Literature Gymnázium a Jazyková škola s právem státní jazykové zkoušky Zlín

2. Match the author and the book • James Fenimore Cooper • Edgar Allan Poe • Walt Whitman • Theodore Dreiser • Ernest Hemingway • Francis Scott Fitzgerald • John Steinbeck • Jack Kerouac • John Irving • For Whom the Bell Tolls • The Grapes of Wrath • Leaves of Grass • The World According to Garp • An American Tragedy • The Murders in the Rue Morgue • The Last of the Mohicans • The Great Gatsby • On the Road

3. Solution • J. F. Cooper • E. A. Poe • W. Whitman • T. Dreiser • E. Hemingway • F.S. Fitzgerald • J. Steinbeck • J. Kerouac • J. Irving • The Last of the Mohicans • The Murders in the Rue Morgue • Leaves of Grass • An American Tragedy • For Whom the Bell Tolls • The Great Gatsby • The Grapes of Wrath • On the Road • The World According to Garp

4. The beginnings • FirsttrulyAmericanliteraturedevelopedaftertheWarofIndependence (firsthalfof 19th century) • WriterssearchedforAmericantopics, characters, settings • James Fenimore Cooper: The Last oftheMohicans– part of ´Leatherstocking´ seriesaboutlife on thefrontier, pioneers, conflictsbetweenwhites and Indians • Edgar Allan Poe: poem TheRaven storiesTheMurders in theRueMorgue • Poeisconsideredoneofthecreatorsofmoderndetective story, excellentauthorof horror stories

5. Lost Generation • The term invented by Gertrude Stein • Post wargeneration, affected and hurt by WWI, someofthewriters had direct experiencesfromthewar • Ernest Hemingway: ForWhomthe Bell Tolls– story fromSpanish Civil war • Francis Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby – portrays a representativeofAmericanDream, rich and powerfulGatsby, yetunhappy • John Steinbeck: TheGrapesofWrath – S. wrote in thesame period, but he is not viewed as a L.G. representative, the novel is a tragic story ofAmericanfarmersfrom Oklahoma

6. Beat Generation • A group of unconvetional writers of the 1950s • They rebelled against the established society, conformity • They were interested in freedom, nature, peace, music… • Jack Kerouac : On the Road – story of travelling across America to look for freedom • Allen Ginsberg : Howl – free-form poetry meant to be read aloud

7. Correctthe plot of Mark Twain´sAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn • Huck, a young boy, and anescapedthief, Jim, are floatingdownthe Hudson River on a steamboat. • Huck, a young boy, and anescapedslave, Jim, are floatingdowntheMississippi River on a raft.

8. Findfivemistakesin Hemingway´sTheOld Man and theSea AnoldMexicanfisherman Santiago is so unlucky in fishingthat his young apprentice, Manolin, has been forbidden by his uncle to sail with the old man. Finally Santiagocatches a huge tuna after a short, aggressivefight. But sharkscome and eatitdown to thebones. Theold man thendies on thesea. AnoldCubanfisherman Santiago is so unlucky in fishingthat his young apprentice, Manolin, has been forbidden by his parents to sail with the old man. Finally Santiagocatches a hugemarlinafter a long, patientfight. But sharkscome and eatitdown to thebones. Theold man thenreturnswith just a skeleton.

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