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VY_32_INOVACE_15 -12 American literature I Colonial literature First American novels

VY_32_INOVACE_15 -12 American literature I Colonial literature First American novels

Colonial and post – independence literature Amer. literature = a collection of literary British

Colonial and post – independence literature Amer. literature = a collection of literary British work, work of preceeding colonies and literature of the USA first literary pieces: diaries – from trips to the New World political pamphlets – Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Paine sermons, travel books oral stories – Native Americans, Spanish and other settlers topics: religion – Puritans ---New England, Boston a centre of education and culture political events problems Indians X the Whites

Captain JOHN SMITH 1580 - 1631 an English soldier, explorer, author Colonization of New

Captain JOHN SMITH 1580 - 1631 an English soldier, explorer, author Colonization of New England, Virginia colony (Jamestown) harsh weather, lack of water, living in swampy wilderness, unwillingness to work, attacks from Powhatan tribe “Who shall not work, shall not eat. ” work: ‘General Historie’ story of Pocahontas ‘A map of Virginia’ ‘Description of New England’ – a promotion of Am. colonisation, Adam and Eve

Pocahontas Název: Pocahontas-saves-Smith-NE-Chromo 1870. jpeg Autor: New England Chromo. Lith. Co Zdroj: http: //en.

Pocahontas Název: Pocahontas-saves-Smith-NE-Chromo 1870. jpeg Autor: New England Chromo. Lith. Co Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Pocahontas -saves-Smith-NE-Chromo-1870. jpeg

Political work THOMAS PAINE ‘Common Sense’ freedom from Britain 1 st part of Declar.

Political work THOMAS PAINE ‘Common Sense’ freedom from Britain 1 st part of Declar. of Indep. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN politician: founder of the USA ‘Autobiography’ changes to draft of Declar. of Indep. Governor of Pennsylvania, ambassador scientist lightning rod bifocals musician, … THOMAS JEFFERSON a founder of the USA a diplomat an author of: ‘Declaration of Independence’ (1776) a Governor of Virginia The third President of the USA (1801 – 09)

Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence Autor: Rembrandt Peale Název: Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale,

Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Independence Autor: Rembrandt Peale Název: Thomas Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, 1800. jpg Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_ Peale, _1800. jpg Autor: William Stone, Název: Us declaration independence. jpg Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Us_declaration_independence. jpg

First American novelists

First American novelists

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 1789 - 1851 a pioneer of American novel dismissed from Yale

JAMES FENIMORE COOPER 1789 - 1851 a pioneer of American novel dismissed from Yale after 3 years navy, farming an author of the myth of Amer. West (X setting in NY) ‘The Leatherstocking Tales’ 5 novels: The Deerslayer, The Last of the Mohicans, The Pathfinder, The Pioneers, The Prarie Natty Bumppo – a hero – childohood death white civilisation X Indians

WASHINGTON IRWING 1783 – 1859 specialized in folk tales about Dutch settlers in N.

WASHINGTON IRWING 1783 – 1859 specialized in folk tales about Dutch settlers in N. Y. state ‘History of New York by Diedrich Knickerbocker’ satire book The Legend of a Sleepy Hollow a sketch book scary but funny Halloween story Rip van Winkle humour, wit, ENGL. vs. Amer. - autobiography of G. Washington, Columbus as first American made a living by writing success in Europe

EDGAR ALLAN POE LIFE 1809 - 1849 born in Boston to an actor family

EDGAR ALLAN POE LIFE 1809 - 1849 born in Boston to an actor family an orphan from 3, brought up by Allan family studied one semester at university joined the army love, alcohol, drugs? an editor of newspaper author of short stories, horror genre, Gothic romance, detective fiction influenced other writers: Ch. Baudelaire, J. Verne, F. Dostojevskij, A. C. Doyle… WORK poetry: The Raven Annabel Lee Eldorado prose: The Fall of the House of Ushers The Murders in the Rue Morque short stories The Pit and the Pendulum The Black Cat The Tell- Tale Heart Story

The Black Cat Název: Aubrey Beardsley - Edgar Poe 2. jpg Autor: Aubrey Beardsley

The Black Cat Název: Aubrey Beardsley - Edgar Poe 2. jpg Autor: Aubrey Beardsley Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Aubrey_Beardsley_-_Edgar_Poe_2. jpg

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 1804 - 1864 wrote about Puritans and ther lives, pessimism and scepticism

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 1804 - 1864 wrote about Puritans and ther lives, pessimism and scepticism ‘The Scarlet Letter’ Hester Prynn, priest Arth. Dimmesdale, husband Roger Chillingworth, daughter Pearl symbol – A letter – adultery symbolism, made into a film

E. A. Poe Autor: C. T. Tatman, Název: Edgar Allan Poe 2. jpg Zdroj:

E. A. Poe Autor: C. T. Tatman, Název: Edgar Allan Poe 2. jpg Zdroj: hhttp: //cs. wikipedia. org/wiki/Soubor: Edgar_Allan_Poe_2. jpg N. Hawthorne Autor: Charles Osgood, Název: Nathaniel Hawthorne. jpg Zdroj: http: //en. wikipedia. org/wiki/File: Nathaniel_Hawthorne. jpg

HERMAN MELVILLE 1819 - 1891 5 years as a sailor, experience, scepticism of human,

HERMAN MELVILLE 1819 - 1891 5 years as a sailor, experience, scepticism of human, essays, short stories, a novel ‘The Moby Dick’ symbolic, metaphorical and allegorical work a whaleship Pequod – Pequot extinct Indian tribe sailor Ishmael – orphan, captain Ahab – tyrany –a tragic hero, Moby Dick – God, nature, fate, ocean, universe devoted to Hawthorne symbolism, made into a film

Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

Thank you for your attention. Autor DUM: Mgr. Darina Sikorová

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