UNIT10 UNIT10 American LiteratureAmerican LiteratureReading ＆ Integrating skillswarming-up1.What kind of text is the one you have just read? It is a poem. 3. Can you tell something about the writer? The writer is African American.2.What is it about and what does it mean? African Americans talk about theirancestors. They are proud of themselves. 4 Why is this probably American literature? Could it be written by a poet from another country?5 Think about the history and life in the United States. What special themes and sort of stories would you expect to find in American literature?The experience of slavery hasn’t existed in any other English-speaking country. The poem is unique for America.Slavery, freedom, fighters, native Americans, immigrants, civil war, and so onRandall worked as a carrier and clerk for the U.S. Post Office in Detroit. (1942-1946), and graduated from Wayne State University (B.A., 1949) and the University of Michigan (M.A.L.S., 1951). He was a librarian at several universities, and founded the Broadside Press in 1965 "so black people could speak to and for their people." . His works include On Getting a Natural (1969) and A Litany of Friends: New and Selected Poems (1981). He edited The Black Poets (1971) from slave songs to the present. Something about the author(1862-1910)He was called _____ of the American modern _____ ______. He is a productive( 多产的 )short-story writer who wrote about the life of ______ ______ in New York City. And his stories are usually presented with _________ tone, _______detail, and a ________ ending.Fathershort storiesOrdinaryhumorousrealisticsurprisingpeopleHis famous works: “ The Four Million ”"The Furnished Room ""The Gift of the Magi "“Cabbages...
