Слайд 1Famous American writers
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December, 2018
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He is the first major US writer of novels. He wrote
mostly about frontiersmen and Native Americans. His best-known books include The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer.
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He is the leading US humorous writer of the 19th century.
His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens.
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He is a popular US writer of short stories who was
born William Sydney Porter. He began to write in prison after being sent there for stealing money from the bank where he worked. His stories were simple and often humorous, and they usually ended with a surprise.
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He is a US writer of adventure novels and short stories.
Before starting to write he worked as a sailor and went to the Klondike to look for gold, experience which he later used in his books. His best known novel is White Fang.
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He is a US writer of novels and short stories, which
were often about poor people with unhappy lives. He was opposed to the idea of the American dream of success. His best-known books were Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, both of which were made into films.
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He is a US writer of novels and short stories. He
created a style of writing using short, simple sentences, and received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. He drove an ambulance during World War I and later worked in France and Spain as a journalist reporting on World War II and the Spanish Civil War.
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He is a US author of novels, plays and more than
400 stories. He wrote about ordinary people and refused the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Time of Your Life because he did not want rich people to support the arts. His best-known novel is The Human Comedy.
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He is a US author who received the 1962 Nobel Prize
for literature. He often wrote about poor farmers in California. His best-known book include Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row and East of Eden.
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He is the first major US writer of novels. He wrote
mostly about frontiersmen and Native Americans. His best-known books include The Last of the Mohicans and The Deerslayer.
James Fenimore Cooper
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He is the leading US humorous writer of the 19th century.
His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Mark Twain
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He is a popular US writer of short stories who was
born William Sydney Porter. He began to write in prison after being sent there for stealing money from the bank where he worked. His stories were simple and often humorous, and they usually ended with a surprise.
O’ Henry
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He is a US writer of adventure novels and short stories.
Before starting to write he worked as a sailor and went to the Klondike to look for gold, experience which he later used in his books. His best known novel is White Fang.
Jack London
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He is a US writer of novels and short stories, which
were often about poor people with unhappy lives. He was opposed to the idea of the American dream of success. His best-known books were Sister Carrie and An American Tragedy, both of which were made into films.
Theodore Dreiser
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He is a US writer of novels and short stories. He
created a style of writing using short, simple sentences, and received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1954. He drove an ambulance during World War I and later worked in France and Spain as a journalist reporting on World War II and the Spanish Civil War. Earnest Hemingway
Слайд 16Writers
He is a US author of novels, plays and more than
400 stories. He wrote about ordinary people and refused the Pulitzer Prize for his play The Time of Your Life because he did not want rich people to support the arts. His best-known novel is The Human Comedy. William Saroyan
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He is a US author who received the 1962 Nobel Prize
for literature. He often wrote about poor farmers in California. His best-known book include Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row and East of Eden. John Steinbeck
Слайд 18Look at the names of the American authors. Match their first
and last names.
Слайд 19Look at the names of the American authors. Match their first
and last names.
Слайд 20Heroes and Stories
He is not educated but is an independent and
happy boy. He is a character created by Mark Twain for his novel The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, who he then made the main character in the second book, which is considered one of the greatest American novels. It is about his trip down the Mississippi River with a slave called Jim who has escaped.
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She is the main female character in the novel
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. She is a lively woman who uses her charm to get what she wants. She loves Ashley Wilkes, who rejects her because he is already married, so she marries the charming but immoral Rhett Butler, who finally leaves her.
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He is the main character in a series of
very successful books by British author J K Rowling. He is a boy with magical powers (a young wizard) and the books are about his adventures at his school.
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It is a novel by the US writer Harriet
Beecher Stowe which increased support for the movement to free slaves. It is about a kind slave called Tom who is badly treated and finally killed by Simon Legree. Tom’s daughter Eva also dies, and another well-known character in the novel is the slave child Topsy. The name “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an insult to describe an African American who has too much respect for white people.
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It is a novel by the US writer F
Scott Fitzgerald. The story is about Jay Gatsby, a man who has become very rich through illegal activities, and his attempts to win back his former lover Daisy. The book is regarded as one of the best descriptions of the lives of rich, lazy people in the Jazz Age.
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It is the best-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe,
first published in 1845. In it a man is visited by a raven and asks it when he will see his lost lover again. The bird repeatedly answers “Nevermore”.
Слайд 26Heroes and Stories
It is a science fiction novel by the American
writer Ray Bradbury about a world in which books are officially forbidden. The book was written during the McCarthy era and it is about many of the issues about freedom of speech which were raised at that time.
Слайд 27Heroes and Stories
He is not educated but is an independent and
happy boy. He is a character created by Mark Twain for his novel The Adventure of Tom Sawyer, who he then made the main character in the second book, which is considered one of the greatest American novels. It is about his trip down the Mississippi River with a slave called Jim who has escaped.
Huckleberry Finn
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She is the main female character in the novel
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell. She is a lively woman who uses her charm to get what she wants. She loves Ashley Wilkes, who rejects her because he is already married, so she marries the charming but immoral Rhett Butler, who finally leaves her.
Scarlett O’Hara
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He is the main character in a series of
very successful books by British author J K Rowling. He is a boy with magical powers (a young wizard) and the books are about his adventures at his school.
Harry Potter
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It is a novel by the US writer Harriet
Beecher Stowe which increased support for the movement to free slaves. It is about a kind slave called Tom who is badly treated and finally killed by Simon Legree. Tom’s daughter Eva also dies, and another well-known character in the novel is the slave child Topsy. The name “Uncle Tom” is sometimes used as an insult to describe an African American who has too much respect for white people.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Слайд 31Heroes and Stories
It is a novel by the US writer F
Scott Fitzgerald. The story is about Jay Gatsby, a man who has become very rich through illegal activities, and his attempts to win back his former lover Daisy. The book is regarded as one of the best descriptions of the lives of rich, lazy people in the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby
Слайд 32Heroes and Stories
It is the best-known poem by Edgar Allan Poe,
first published in 1845. In it a man is visited by a raven and asks it when he will see his lost lover again. The bird repeatedly answers “Nevermore”.
The Raven
Слайд 33Heroes and Stories
It is a science fiction novel by the American
writer Ray Bradbury about a world in which books are officially forbidden. The book was written during the McCarthy era and it is about many of the issues about freedom of speech which were raised at that time. Fahrenheit 451
Слайд 34Put a tick √ in the right place.
Слайд 35Crossword
Across:
3. It is a famous novel by the US writer J.
Fennimore Cooper "The Last of the ........."
5. In the novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell Scarlett O'Hara marries Rhett...........
Down:
1. It is the sixth book by British author J K Rowling "Harry Potter and the Half -............ Prince".
2. It is Mark Twain's best known book "The Adventure of Tom .........."
4. It is one of the famous Earnest Hemingway's story "The Old Man and the ......."
Слайд 36Put a tick √ in the right place.
Слайд 37Crossword
Across:
3. It is a famous novel by the US writer J.
Fennimore Cooper "The Last of the Mohicans"
5. In the novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell Scarlett O'Hara marries Rhett Butler
Down:
1. It is the sixth book by British author J K Rowling "Harry Potter and the Half - Blood Prince".
2. It is Mark Twain's best known book "The Adventure of Tom Sawyer"
4. It is one of the famous Earnest Hemingway's story "The Old Man and the Sea"
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