Period 7 Honors English 11 Oral Presentations
Matt Kennel
Jordan Ricci
Brandon Kauffman
Matt Seiders
Steve Chambers
Tim Brown
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Jordan Ricci
NON-FICTION LITERATURE (speeches, newspapers, etc.)
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1925
- Dreiser publishes "An American Tragedy" based on a real murder case
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1925
- Dreiser publishes "An American Tragedy" based on a real murder case
- New Yorker magazine founded
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1925
- Dreiser publishes "An American Tragedy" based on a real murder case
- New Yorker magazine founded
1926
-Sandburg publishes "Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years"
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1925
- Dreiser publishes "An American Tragedy" based on a real murder case
- New Yorker magazine founded
1926
-Sandburg publishes "Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years"
1928
-Stephen Vincent Benet writes "John Brown's Body" - a highly acclaimed narrative on the Civil War
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1925
- Dreiser publishes "An American Tragedy" based on a real murder case
- New Yorker magazine founded
1926
-Sandburg publishes "Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years"
1928
-Stephen Vincent Benet writes "John Brown's Body" - a highly acclaimed narrative on the Civil War
-Hecht and MacAurthur collaborate on "The Front Page," a play which influences the publics image on the newspaper world
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1929
-"Amos 'n' Andy," a popular radio show heard each weekday through the 1930's makes it's national premiere
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1929
-"Amos 'n' Andy," a popular radio show heard each weekday through the 1930's makes it's national premiere
1930
-Chic Young, a cartoonist, develops the popular newspaper comic strip, "Blondie"
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1929
-"Amos 'n' Andy," a popular radio show heard each weekday through the 1930's makes it's national premiere
1930
-Chic Young, a cartoonist, develops the popular newspaper comic strip, "Blondie"
1933
-Gertrude Stein tells the story of her life in "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas"
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1935
-Clarence Day, essayist, publishes the autobiographical "Life With Father"
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1935
-Clarence Day, essayist, publishes the autobiographical "Life With Father"
1939
-Sandburg's four volume "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years" wins the 1940 Pulitzer Prize
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1935
-Clarence Day, essayist, publishes the autobiographical "Life With Father"
1939
-Sandburg's four volume "Abraham Lincoln: The War Years" wins the 1940 Pulitzer Prize
1940
-Popular radio shows of the period involve "The Shadow", "Gangbusters", "Fibber McGee and Molly", and "The Jack Benny Show"
SOME IMPORTANT EVENTS...
1946
-Gertrude Stein writes of the U.S. soldiers who visited her in wartime Paris in "Brewsie and Willie"
SPEECHES...
Amelia Earhart
"On the Future of Women Flying"
no date given
Lou Gehrig
"Farewell to Baseball"
July 4, 1939
Babe Ruth
"Farewell to Baseball"
June, 1948
President Harry. S. Truman
"First Atomic Bomb Attack"
August 6, 1945
President F.D.R.
"Declaration of War Against Japan"
December 8, 1941
"....a date that will live in infamy..."
President F.D.R.
"First Inaugural Address"
March 4, 1933
"....nothing to fear but fear itself..."
FAMOUS PEOPLE...
-Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
-Overview of Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
1. American write who is known for sarcasm, humor, and satire
2. Educated at a Catholic school, Christian twist to works
3. 1916-1920, drama and literary critic for Vogue and Vanity Fair
4. Member of "Algonquin Round Table"
5. Writings are concerned with love and frustrations and contradictions
of life
6. Wrote countless articles in New Yorker
-The Works of Dorothy Parker (1893-1967)
1. Death and Taxes (1931)
2. Not so Deep as a Well (1936)
3. Laments for the Living (1930)
4. After Such Pleasures (1933)
-Jack Benny (1894-1974)
-Overview of Jack Benny (1894-1974)
1. American comedian, hosted many radio and t.v. shows, acted
2. Loved music, played the violin, very culturally sound
3. Converted many people from the radio to the t.v. with his shows and
films
-Films and Shows of Jack Benny (1894-1974)
1. Hollywood Review of 1929
2. To Be or Not To Be (1942)
3. "Jack Benny Show" (1932)
A. perhaps one of the most famous radio shows of all time
B. extremely popular during it's 23 years
C. when it went to television, converted people from radio to t.v.
-Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
-Overview of Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
1. American poet, biographer, known for his Abe Lincoln works
2. Fascinated with war, war subjects, fought in Spanish-American War
3. Frequently used free verse, imagism, realism in works on urban life
4. Wrote Editorials for the Chicago Daily News
5. Sang folk songs
6. Loved the arts, everything with him had to do with reading, writing,
or listening
-Works of Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)
1. "Good Morning America" (1928) - poem
2. Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years (1926) - 2 volumes
3. Abraham Lincoln: The War Years (1939) - 4 volumes, Pulitzer Prize
4. The American Songbag (1927) - collect of folk songs
5. Steichen the Photographer (1929) - biography on a photographer
6. Home Front Memo (1943)
7. "Remembrance Rock" (1948) - novel
-Edward Roscue Morrow (1908-1965)
-Overview of Edward Roscue Morrow (1908-1965)
1. American radio and television commentator
2. First journalists to provide news broadcasting with integrity
3. Gained fame during WWII
4. Compared to the likes of Walter Cronkite, some say even more popular
5. Exposed everything, dug deep in all his stories (racial prejudices in '40's, racial prejudices of Korean's leading to the war)
6. Head of CBS European Bureau thanks to his work in Europe
7. Did all the dirty work and exposed the abusive tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy Hearings (1954)
8. Won over 100 awards for his work
-Shows of Edward Roscue Morrow (1908-1965)
1. Hear it Now and See it Now (both documentaries were notable for their realism and bold approach to controversial issues)
-Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
-Overview and style of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
1. American writer, huge impact on 20th century culture with her personality (patron of the arts)
2. Devised unconventional narratives with a simplification and fragmentation of the plot
3. Evoked feelings in the atmosphere by making radical innovations in syntax and punctuation (like rhythmic repetition of words)
4. Experimented with the uses of language
5. the Stein-Toklas apartment in Paris was home to a "Algonquin Round Table" like group - writers who were encouraged by Stein to promote their literary styles - among them, Hemingway and painted Pablo Picasso
6. One of the earlier patrons of early 20th-century painting, starting with cubism
7. Very instrumental in bringing art to more fame and more internationally known
-Works of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946)
1. The Making of Americans (1925) - dealt with social and cultural history of her family
2. Lucy Church Amiable (1930) - novel
3. Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas (1933) - it was basically about herself
4. Paris France (1940)
5. Four Saints in Three Acts (1940)
6. Brewsie and Willie (1946) - study of U.S. servicemen in France who she befriended
-Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
-Overview of Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
1. American journalist, essayist, critic - very influential
2. Wrote many perceptive and controversial analyses on American life
3. Coedited Smart Set, a monthly satirical magazine
4. Coedited The American Mercury, same as above
5. Shortcomings of democracy and middle-class American life were his targets
6. Racist - anti-Semitism, anti-black, anti-woman, anti-lawyer, anti-gov't, anti-teacher, anti-marriage, anti-you name it
-Works of Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)
1. Prejudices - 6 volume collection of his essays and reviews
2. The American Language (revised in 1936) - traced importance and development of American-English language
3. Happy Days (1940) - autobiography
4. Newspaper Days (1941) - autobiography
5. Heathen Days (1943) - autobiography
Brandon Kauffman
Arts, Fads, and Architecture
A. Arts
A. Arts
1. Breakthrough Movements
A. Arts
1. Breakthrough Movements
2. Artists of the Time
a. Influences
b. Styles
A. Arts
1. Breakthrough Movements
2. Artists of the Time
a. Influences
b. Styles
3. Works of the Time
B. Fads
1. Clothes
B. Fads
1. Clothes
2. Slang
C. Architecture
1. Breakthroughs in Architectural Development
C. Architecture
1. Breakthroughs in Architectural Development
2. Popular Architects and Their Style
C. Architecture
1. Breakthroughs in Architectural Development
2. Popular Architects and Their Style
3. Buildings that Will Stand the Test of Time
1925-1950 Music
1925-1950 Music
Big Bands emerged
1925-1950 Music
Big Bands emerged
Swing music begins
1925-1950 Music
Big Bands emerged
Swing music begins
canaries emerge for first time
1925-1950 Music
Big Bands emerged
Swing music begins
canaries emerge for first time
Jazz plays big part
1925-1950 Music
Big Bands emerged
Swing music begins
canaries emerge for first time
Jazz plays big part
golden voiced Sinatra takes stage
1925-1950 Clothing
1925-1950 Clothing
Men
Got into the style of wearing everything the same as everybody else. Common clothes for a typical teenage guy were rolled up jeans, long socks, boots, a t-shirt, and a leather jacket.
1925-1950 Clothing
Women
Women also wore the same basic things. The little skirts things that flew around when they swing danced, poodles.
1925-1950 Clothing
Basic style was that everyone had to dress alike.
1925-1950 Theatre
1925-1950 Theatre
Glass Menagerie
1925-1950 Theatre
Glass Menagerie
A street Car Named Desire
1925-1950 Theatre
Glass Menagerie
A street Car Named Desire
Death of a Salesman
1925-1950 Theatre
Glass Menagerie
A street Car Named Desire
Death of a Salesman
Oklahoma
1925-1950 Theatre
Glass Menagerie
A street Car Named Desire
Death of a Salesman
Oklahoma
South Pacific
1925-1950 Theatre
Glass Menagerie
A street Car Named Desire
Death of a Salesman
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Annie Get your Gun
1925-1950 Theatre
Glass Menagerie
A street Car Named Desire
Death of a Salesman
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Annie Get your Gun
Kiss me Kate
1925-1950 Theatre
Glass Menagerie
A street Car Named Desire
Death of a Salesman
Oklahoma
South Pacific
Annie Get your Gun
Kiss me Kate
Brigadoon
The History of 1925-1950
The History of 1925-1950
-The Election of Hoover
The History of 1925-1950
-The Election of Hoover
-The Crash Ends the Roaring '20s
The History of 1925-1950
-The Election of Hoover
-The Crash Ends the Roaring '20s
-Hoover's Reactions to the Crash
The History of 1925-1950
-The Election of Hoover
-The Crash Ends the Roaring '20s
-Hoover's Reactions to the Crash
-FDR-Nothing to Fear
The History of 1925-1950
-The Election of Hoover
-The Crash Ends the Roaring '20s
-Hoover's Reactions to the Crash
-FDR-Nothing to Fear
-The New Deal
The History of 1925-1950
-The Election of Hoover
-The Crash Ends the Roaring '20s
-Hoover's Reactions to the Crash
-FDR-Nothing to Fear
-The New Deal
-The Thrifty Thirties
The History of 1925-1950
-The Election of Hoover
-The Crash Ends the Roaring '20s
-Hoover's Reactions to the Crash
-FDR-Nothing to Fear
-The New Deal
-The Thrifty Thirties
-A Sudden and Deliberate Attack Brings the U.S. Into the War and Ends the Depression
The History of 1925-1950
-The Election of Hoover
-The Crash Ends the Roaring '20s
-Hoover's Reactions to the Crash
-FDR-Nothing to Fear
-The New Deal
-The Thrifty Thirties
-A Sudden and Deliberate Attack Brings the U.S. Into the War and Ends the Depression
-THE War
The History of 1925-1950
-Harry Ends the War
The History of 1925-1950
-Harry Ends the War
-The Happy-Go-Lucky Post War Years
The History of 1925-1950
-Harry Ends the War
-The Happy-Go-Lucky Post War Years
-The Russian Bomb Brings on Cold War
DRAMA
- 20's - early 30's, emphasis was on workers and social reform
- dramas often glorified and romanticized war in the early 30's and late 20's
- a lot of drama's tended to psychoanalyze the human mind
- drama progressed with social, technological, and scientific achievements
- comedy of manners were coming back into style... with satire, irony, symbolism, etc.
FICTION (PROSE)
- 1900's modernism evolved.... theory that the individual the potential to achieve a broader perspective than that offered by society
- a lot of focus was placed on the human mind and human struggle.. like the Grapes of Wrath, Bread Givers, etc.
- The Lost Generation, after WWI a group of American authors lived in Paris and wrote, expressing their dissatisfaction with American society
- Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Wilder, Crane, MacLeish, Stein
- Harlem Renaissance hit America, first movement by black authors
- no one particular style, just a lot of blacks expressing themselves in every possible way.
- DuBois, Hurston, Hughes, Wright
- Writers focusing on class stature and commenting on social conditions, no matter what their color
- Southern romanticism, glory, the Bloody Shirt so to speak
- Faulkner, Mitchell, McCullers, and O'Conner
- At the end of the period, War Narratives emerged
Poetry
- no specific type of poetry, too many styles and writers to catagorize
- expatriates & patriots, Americans in Europe & Americans in the US
- Free Verse, following the tradition of Whitman
- Imagism became popular in this time
- Used poetry to comment on everything and anything