Transcript Creation of the Famous American Writers

The Famous American
Writers
WE LEARN
• Genres of literature
• Life and creation of the
famous American
writers
Poetry
• The sounds
and
syllables of
language are
combined in
rhythmic
ways.
A novel
•A novel is a long
prose fiction
story.
A Historical Novel
• A novel where the characters
take part in real events from the
past.
A Humorous Story
• A story describing funny
events and characters.
A Short Story
• A short work of prose fiction, that
tells a new original story in
contrast to retelling a traditional
one.
An Adventure Story
• Story where the
characters take
part in a series
of events which
are unusual,
exciting and
sometimes
dangerous.
Science-fiction
• A story or a novel about
events that take place in the
future or on another planet.
E. Hemingway
T. Dreiser
R. Bradbury
H. Longfellow
O, Henry
J. London
R. Frost
F. Cooper
Robert Frost
(1874-1963)
The famous American poet
was born in San Francisco,
but spent a lot of time in New
England.
New England greatly
influenced his poetry.
He won Pulitzer Prize in 1924,
1931, 1937, 1943.
His famous works are ”A
Further Range”, “A Witness
Tree”, “In the Clearing.”
Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow
(1807-1882)
The famous American
poet was born in
Portland.
He was among the first
American poets to use
native themes and Indian
legends in his creation.
His famous works are
“Voices of the Night”,
“The Song of Hiawatha”.
James Fenimore Cooper
(1789-1851)
The first American novelist
was born in New Jersey.
He wrote about American
Indians and pioneers in the
forest and sailors on the high
seas.
His stories were translated
into foreign languages as
soon as they were published.
His famous works are ”The
Last of Mohicans”, “The
Pioneers”, “The Pilot”.
Theodore Dreiser
(1871-1945)
A famous American novelist
was born in Indiana.
His formal education was
manager, but he finished a
year at the University of
Indiana before he went to New
York city to become a
journalist in 1894.
His famous novels deal with
every day life.
His famous works are ”Sister
Carrie”, “An American
Tragedy”, “Jennie Gerhardt”.
Mark Twain
(1835-1910)
Mark Twain is a pen name of Samuel Clemens.
He was born in Missouri in the United States.
He went to work at the age of 12.He worked as a
printer for the town newspaper.
In1876 he wrote “The Adventures of Tom
Sawyer”. His book was such a success that in
1884 he wrote “The Adventures of Huckleberry
Finn”.
There are many other books written by Mark
Twain. But these two novels brought him world
fame.
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O
Henry
(1862-1910)
O, Henry is one of the best known
short-story writers of the last
century.
His real name was William Sydney
Porter.
He was born in North Carolina.
He tried several professions before
starting his career as a journalist.
He was the author of about three
hundred short stories.
The best of them were published in
the books “Cabbages and Kings”,
“The Four Million”, “Roads of
Destiny”.
Jack London
(1876-1916)
The novelist and short-story
writer was one of the most
popular authors in the world.
He became popular in many
countries for his romantic
tales of adventure mixed with
elemental struggles for
survival.
In his writing career of 17
years, London wrote 50
books.
His famous works are “Martin
Eden”, “Sea Wolf”, “Love of
life” and others.
Ernest Hemingway
(1899-1961)
Hemingway was born in Oak
Park, Illinois.
He wrote 6 novels and more
than 50 short stories.
His style of writing is striking.
His sentences are short, his
words-simple.
His famous works are “The
Old Man and the Sea”, “The
Sun Also Rises”, “For Whom
the Bell Tolls”.
Ray Douglas Bradbury
(b. 1920)
He was born in Illinois.
He is an American author of
many science-fiction short
stories and five novels.
Some of his stories are
important because they
discuss the danger of
runaway technology.
His famous works are
“Fahrenheit 451 degree”,
“The Wonderful Ice Cream
Suit”, “The Martian
Chronicles”.