History and Anthology of American Literature
Class Twenty-two & Twenty-three Jack London Theodore Dreiser Wu Xiang 2012.5.16/7
Quizz
1. William Sidney Porter, whose pen name was _______, O. Henry was a famous short story writer in the history of American literature.
1. Which statements about O. Henry are right? A. He wrote about the poor people. B. His stories are usually short and humorous. C. The plots of his stories are exceedingly clever and interesting. D. The ends of his stories are always surprising---"O.Henry Twist". E. Many of his stories contain a great deal of slang and colloquial expressions.
2. Many of O. Henry's stories tell about the life of poor people in _________, New York as well as in other places. The Four Million 3.________________, O. Henry's masterpiece, indicates that he considered all the people in New York worth writing about, and not simply the upper "Four Hundred".
Works
Fiction: Sister Carrie (1900) Jannie Gerhardt (1911): a sequel of Sister Carrie "Trilogy of Desire" (Cowperwood trilogy): The Financier (1912); The Titan(1914); The Stoic (1947) The "Genius" (1915) An American Tragedy (1925) Nonfiction: Dreiser Looks at Russia (1928)
Man is, to Theodore Dreiser, only a "mechanism" reacting to "chemic compulsions", and human tragedy comes as a result of the collision between man's biological needs and society's ruthless manipulation.
Works
London was a passionate advocate of unionization, socialism, and the rights of workers and wrote several powerful works dealing with these topics such as his dystopian novel, The Iron Heel (1908) and
2. Choose the famous short stories written by O. Henry. A. "The Gift of the Magi" B."A Municipal Report" C."An Unfinished Story" D."Phoebe" E. "A Lickpenny Lover" F. "The Finished Room" G. "The Cop and The Anthem" H."The Last Leaf"
his non-fiction exposé, The People of the Abyss (1903); The War of the Classes(1905) and Revolution(1910).
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collection of stories: The Son of the Wolf (1900) The Call of the Wild (1903) The Sea Wolf (1904) White Fang(1906) Martin Eden (1909)
Quizz
Henry James probed deeply into the individual 1. ____________ psychology fo his characters, writing in a rich and intricate style that supported his intense scruting of complex human experiecne. 2. Henry James' fame generally rests upon his novels and stories with___. B A. Stream of Consciousness B. international theme C. point of view D. American dream 3. Choose the novel which is not written by Henry James. D A. The Ambassodors B. The Golden Bowl C. The Portrait of a Lady D. The Sea Wolf
Jack London(1876-1916)
John Griffith "Jack" London: one of the most articulate and militant spokesman of the working class at the turn of the 20th C; a leading figure of Naturalism.
Theodore Dreiser(1871-1945)
an American novelist and journalist of the naturalist school. His novels often featured main characters who succeeded at their objectives despite a lack of a firm moral code.