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American literature II

VY_32_INOVACE_15-13. American literature II. From the Civil War to WWI American poetry. After the Civil War. development of both society and culture the West = inspiration : vitality, realism , humour from romanticism to realism topics : nature

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American literature II

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  1. VY_32_INOVACE_15-13 Americanliterature II Fromthe Civil War to WWI Americanpoetry

  2. Afterthe Civil War • developmentofboth society andculture • theWest = inspiration: vitality, realism, humour • fromromanticism to realism • topics: • nature • lifeafterwar, hope in richandbetterlife • slavery

  3. JACK LONDON • 1876 – 1916 (John Griffith Chaney) • - sailor, worker, miner– goldrush to Klondike • - heroes: strong, courageous, democratic vs. ruthless, Alaska • TheCalloftheWild– the dog BuckfromCalifornia to Alaska, his master killed by theIndians, dog survives, escapesfromcivilization, leadsthepackofwolves • TheWhite Fang

  4. MARK TWAIN • 1835 – 1910 • Samuel LenghornClemens • began as a journalistichumourist, afterfather`s deathapprenticed to a printer • wanted to go to SouthAm. butstayed as a steam pilot on theMissisippiRiver,miner in Nevada, travelling • influenced by thelife in theFrontier • lost his wifeandtwodaughters – bitter

  5. Jack London Autor: L C Page and Company Boston 1903 Název: Jack London young.jpg Zdroj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jack_London_young.jpg Mark Twain Autor: A. F. Bradley, Název: MarkTwain by AF Bradley.jpg Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Mark_Twain_by_AF_Bradley.jpg

  6. Books by MarkTwain • TheCelebratedJumpingFrog • fame, localdialect, exaggeration, based on storiesfrommines in California • Life on the Mississippi • TheAdventuresof Tom Sawyer • TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn • set in CW, slavery, seriousAmer. problems, hipocricyofreligiouspeople, good – badboys against the stupidity of the adult world • Tom: eastern – European, educated, has family, more romantic • Finn: western, uneducated, natural, practical, rebel X reading banned

  7. Huckleberry Finn Název:Huckleberry-finn-with-rabbit.jpg Autor: Edward Winsor KembleZdroj: http://en.wikipedhttp://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Huckleberry-finn-with-rabbit.jpg

  8. HERRIETBEACHER STOWE • 1811 -1896 • antislavery novel, negroslavesandwhitemasters • Uncle Tom`s Cabin • criticismofAmericanslavery • firstAmer. bestseller

  9. Poetryofthe 19th century • some successful poets in these times now considered as minor poets…and vice versa • The New England Brahmins – academic writing, formal poetry, intellectual, too sophisticated, Eur. pattern • the most significant today: • Walt Whitman • Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

  10. WALT WHITMAN • 1819 – 1892 • central figure of moderm Amer. poetry • misunderstood • taboo images: sex; exotic, vulgar language • democratic, equalityofpeople, progressoflife, life`s triumph over the death, againstslavery, free verse (S.K.Neumann) • LeavesofGrass • symbol of freedom • Song of Myself – individuality, novelty, the USA, Cosmos…

  11. EMILY DICKINSON • 1830 – 1886 • a shyyoungwomanof a highlyindividual talent, lived in Mass.(Amherst) • 7 of 1800 poemspublishedanonymously, 1955 a completeeditionpublished • intense innerlife • themes: deaths, faith, funeral, immortality, love, nature – capitalletters, dashes, personification, concrete vs. abstractworlds • symbolic, religious, personal, short, lyrical poems • This Is My Letter To The World

  12. e.m.i.l.yd.i.c.k.i.n.s.o.n Název: Black-whitephotographof Emily Dickinson2.png Autor: neznámý Zdroj: http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soubor:Black-white_photograph_of_Emily_Dickinson2.png

  13. Thankyouforyourattention. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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