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US AMERICAN

CULTURE AND ARTS

Anna Ecker / Manuel Kraus / Carna Stojnic

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Content

Literature

Arts Music

Theatre

Cinema

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Literature

18thto 19th century

British colony

Middle 19th century

Distinctive American literary voice

Irving Poe

Smith

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Literature

2nd half of the 19th century

Rise of realism

20th century

Depression

Modernism

Twain James

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Literature

Post World War 2

Experimentalism

Contemporary literature

Cultural diversity

Harper Lee Salinger

Toni Morrison5


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Literature

Proper Genres The ]Great American Novel\

Western

Hardboiled crime fiction

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Arts

Painting 18th century

History painting and portraits

19th

century Influence of Europe

Modern art

Vast range of styles

Whistlers The Artists Mother

BenjaminWest, "The Death of

GeneralWolfe"

Addesigned by Andy

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Arts

Architecture Neoclassicism used to be predominant

style for public buildings

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

John Russell Pope

United States Capitol

William Thornton

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Arts

Architecture Currently the overriding theme: modernity

Lake Point Tower TimeWarner Center9


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Music

JazzBlues

Swing


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Folk and Country Music


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Classical American Music

John CageZs 4Z33ZZ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2zcLBr

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Theater

Beginnings in the 16th century

First plays from Europe Ric ard t e 3rd

and Hamlet Followed by t e era ofVaudeville at t e

beginning of t e 19t century

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Theater

Broadway with its 40 theaters

Most famous are the Ambassador or The

Broadway

Tony Awards

The most popular and successful are

\Chicago[, \Mama mia[ or \The Phantomof the Opera[

Ticket prices start at around $ 150

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Cinema

First Motion picture in 1894 presented in

New York

Silent Movie era from end of 19

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centuryto the 1920s

The first stars were Charlie Chaplin as

well as Stan and Oliver

First studios were the MGM, 20th Century

Fox, Paramount

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Cinema

The era of sound movies begins with the

]Jazz Singer\ in 1927

Golden age of Hollywood between 1920and 1960

Movies produced as westerns, comedies,

musicals

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1939]Gone with the Wind\,

Starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh

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1939]Wizard of O \,

Starring Judie Garland

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1941]Citizen Kane \,

Starring Orson Wells

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1943]Lassie come home\,

Starring Elizabeth Taylor

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1942]Casablanca \,

Starring HumphreyBougard

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Cinema

Other great movies which marked the cinemahistory

Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

The Godfather (1972)

Star Wars (1977)

Rocky (1976)

E.T. (1982) The Terminator (1984)

Titanic (1997)

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Cinema

Most famous quotes from movies:

\Frankly my darling, I dont give a damn[

(Gone with the Wind)

\I'm going to make him an offer he can't

refuse[ (The Godfather)

\May the force be with you[ (Star Wars)

\There is no place like home[ (Wizard of O )

\Ill be back[ (The Terminator)

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Cinema

Modern era of cinema

The Oscars or Academy Awards (first1929)

Blockbusters dominate the movie theaters

The 3D technology has made abreakthrough with \Avatar[

The movie industry has influenced andstill is greatly influencing the Americansociety

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Discussion

Where are the European Arts

heading?

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