Вікторина "American Literature Express"

Quiz ‘American Literature Express’

 I. Give the names of these periods of American Literature (board):

16 – 17 century                                           (The Beginning of American Literature)

18 century                                                   (Enlightenment = The Age of Reason)

1^st half of the 19^th century                           (Romanticism)

2^nd half of the 19^th century                          (Critical Realism)

20 century                                                   (Modern American Literature)

 

II. Answer the questions to characterize different periods of American Literature

     (card work):

1. Who are Pilgrim Fathers”?

                                                                           (Puritans who came to settle in America)

2. Where did American Literature start? 

                                                                                                                 (In New England)

3. How did American Literature start? 

             (The Pilgrim Fathers brought some books and then began to create new ones)

4. What was the Period of Enlightenment characterized by? 

                                      (By the appearance of the books based on real historical events)

5. How did the writers of Romanticism depict life?  

                                                                                (As a struggle between good and evil)

6. What is the most characteristic feature of Romanticism?  

                           (Depicting of an Imaginary hero who can easily solve all the problems)

7. What did Abolition Literature depict? 

                                                                                                    (The life of Negro slaves)

III. Guess the author (APPENDIX 1).

     A. Find in the pictures a person whose real name was:

        - Samuel Langhorne Clemens     (M. Twain)

        - William Sydney Porter             (O. Henry)

 

    B. What are the names of the other authors?

 

    C. Name at least one work of each author.

IV. Guess the author by the description.

     A. He was working at a restaurant as a dishwasher when the reporters photographed     

          him with dirty plates in his hands…           (L. Hughes)

     B. Make up the same descriptions of the following authors (group work):

    J. London, E. Hemingway, T. Dreiser, J.D. Salinger, O. Henry, M. Twain, J.F. Cooper

 

V. Reflection.

 

A questionnaire on the topic “American Literature”:

1. I have revised that…

2. I have learnt that…

3. I can describe…

4. I suppose that…

5. I now know how to…

6. I suggest learning…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPENDIX 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          1. Eugene Oneil                                2. Jack London                      3. J. D. Salinger

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           4. R. P. Warren                   5. J.F. Cooper                      6. T. Dreiser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

          7. E. Hemingway                   8. M. Twain                        9. J. Steinbeck

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                  10. O. Henry                             11. L. Hughes