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Lesson 1 Semester 2

Lesson 1 Semester 2. American Literature Please come in quietly and do the following: Take out: Textbook and Response Journal pen or pencil lap top open to NEW DOC ALL communication devices closed on computer lap top lid closed half way Work due today in drawer

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Lesson 1 Semester 2

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  1. Lesson 1 Semester 2

  2. American Literature • Please come in quietly and do the following: • Take out: • Textbook and Response Journal • pen or pencil • lap top open to NEW DOC • ALL communication devices • closed on computer • lap top lid closed half way • Work due today in drawer • Be in your seat by the bell.  • Come see me to take all missed quizzes/tests. F. Scott Fitzgerald

  3. prayer

  4. Class Overview Review of Final Timeline New Unit Overview History and Literature Overview Fitzgerald Introduce Great Gatsby (handout) Introduce CH. 1-2

  5. Review of 1st Semester Final Introductory Paragraph samples: In American writing, history has always sparked the styles and types of literature. Since many different and important events have taken place in the United States, literary styles have evolved. To show that history shapes the literature, this essay will compare four time periods to the writings of that day.

  6. Review of 1st Semester Final Introductory Paragraph samples: Throughout the history of the world, there have been stories, and history has been the fuel that has created these writings. By studying history, one can analyze the connection between itand the development of its literature. This essay will show that fact through four time periods beginning with the early American writings among the Native Americans.

  7. Review of 1st Semester Final Paragraph Transition sample: During the years prior to America’s birth as a nation……………Navajo………………………………………………………………………………………………………Puritan writings……………………………………As history progressed into another era, American writing would become less European and develop its own style. In the years between 1750 and 1800, America would experience a shift in it’s national policies and desire separation from Europe.

  8. Review of 1st Semester Final Conclusion sample: Of all the stories read in Units 1-4, my favorite was “The Raven, “ a poem by Edgar Allen Poe. It was interesting to explore the mind of someone who was not in their right mind. The main character was tormented by a lone raven, who reminded him of his lost love, Lenore. It was set in a dark chamber filled with old myths and legends which influenced the writing of the poem. In the end, the man was sucked into the shadow of his own torment which represented his inability to get over his loss.

  9. Response Journal “First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.” F. Scott Fitzgerald Write in journal and put on table near drawers. Homework collected from drawer at this time. Anything after this is considered late.

  10. Disillusion, Defiance, and Discontent 1914-1946 Modern Age Overview Timeline Pg. 699, 702-703 and History and Literature Pg. 704-711 F. Scott Fitzgerald

  11. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • A. Introduction pg. 704 • 1. 20 century America marked by 2 World Wars, • prosperity, worldwide depressed economy • (Depression) • 2. brought in artistic and literary experiments

  12. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • B. Historical Background • 1. After WW1 optimism was prevalent • a. new technology • b. made life easier • 2. Serious social problems • a. caused political reforms • b. WW2 changed the focus off this to events in • Europe

  13. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • C. War in Europe • 1. Allies and Central Powers • a. Allies: Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, Serbia, • Japan, Montenegro, Russia and US • b. Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, and • Turkey • 2. Invention of machine gun • 3. Claimed the lives of nearly a generation of men.

  14. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • C. War in Europe • 4. Pres Wilson neutral in war • a. Sinking of the Lusitania 1915; British ship • b. 128 Americans killed • c. 2 years later, US in the war • 5. Americans confident of win • a. Hemingway and Cummings (writers) came back • with horrors of war • b. Many writers dies and never returned

  15. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 D. Prosperity and Depression 1. Raise in pay, labor saving devices, more time and money. 2. Building, radio, jazz, movies 3. Prohibition a. 1919 sale of liquor illegal 1. Temperance was always a concern 2. Beer was German beverage 3. we were at war with Germany b. caused widespread crime of smuggling

  16. In 1920, the national policy of Prohibition began. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution had been officially ratified: It sought, by law, to make the whole Nation into enforced teetotalers and to put an end to all evils associated with drinking. It sought to eradicate a taste deeply rooted in the habits and customs of a large part of the population through outlawing the business that ministered to its satisfaction (Hu, 1950: 48).

  17. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • D. Prosperity and Depression • 3. New fads • a. Raccoon coat • b. flag pole sitting • c. “Charleston” • 4. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote of this time • a. Great Gatsby • b. This Side of Paradise

  18. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • D. Prosperity and Depression • 4. 1928 Stock Market Crashes • a. economy falls apart • b. ¼ of work force have no jobs • c. Roosevelt begin reforms • 1. New Deal • 2. stimulated economy • 3. ended Depression

  19. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • D. Prosperity and Depression • 5. WWII • a. 20 years after WW1 • b. Germany invades Poland • c. Americans want to stay neutral • d. Dec 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor bombed by Japanese • e. US declares war on Japan, Germany and Italy • 6. War ends with US Atomic bomb dropped on • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  20. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • II. Literature • 1. Birth of Modernism • Optimism at an end due to wars • People disillusioned and uncertain about future • Did not trust values that once held the world together • Looked for new ideas, the modern world as fragmented • Writing came from fragmented ideas • 1. implied themes • 2. draw own conclusions • 3. more effort to read modern works than other literary periods.

  21. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • II. Literature • 2. Imagism • a. 1909-1917Poetic movement of images or word pictures • b. expressed essence of object without explaining it • c. not sentimental but straight forward everyday • language • d. US and England most interested in this style • e. modeled after Greek and Roman classics, Japanese • and Chinese poetry, and French poets • f. Ezra Pound; US imagist poet

  22. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • II. Literature • 3. Expatriates • a. Postwar writers saw little to praise about civilization • b. disillusioned by WWI • c. known as exiles • d. lived in Paris • e. influenced by Gertrude Stein “lost generation” • f. Fitzgerald, Hemmingway, Pound, T.S. Eliot • 1.Eliot wrote despairing poem“The Waste Land” • 2. most important poem of the century

  23. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • II. Literature • 4. New Approaches • a. stream of consciousness which recreated natural • flow of a person’s thoughts. • 1. Katherine Porter • 2. The Jilting of Granny Weatherall • b. new devices in poetry • 1. word play • 2. typography • 3. special punctuation (see pg. 774)

  24. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • II. Literature • 5. International Acclaim • a. Alfred Nobel • 1. memorial $ in honor of Nobel • 2. Swedish inventor of dynamite • b. First Americans to win the honor • 1. T. S. Eliot • 2. Hemingway • 3. Steinbeck

  25. Disillusion, Defiance and Discontent 1914-1946 • II. Literature • 6. Harlem Renaissance • a. new literary style among African Americans • 1. 1921 • 2. lived and wrote from Harlem, NY • b. Style included • 1. portraying real life in Harlem • 2. celebration of racial identity • 3. a place where racism could be addressed

  26. Disillusion, Defiance, and Discontent Modern Age (1914-1946) The Great Gatsby Handout Intro and Synopsis Ch 1-2 F. Scott Fitzgerald

  27. Homework Due Next Session • Response Journal for today • (Done in class) • Finish History and Lit Notes pg. 704-711 • (Done in class) • Read Chapters 1-2 Great Gatsby and answer discussion questions. Writing activity is extra credit. • Bring Great Gatsby book next session • If absent or questions, see PowerPoints • Come see me to take all missed quizzes/tests.

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