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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
Hemingway Fitzgerald 4
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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
Warhol 7
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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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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
th
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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