Číslo projektu CZ.1.07/1.5.00/ Název školy Gymnázium Česká a Olympijských nadějí, České Budějovice, Česká 64 Název materiálu VY_32_INOVACE_AJ_4_REG_LITERATURE_12 Autor Mgr. Věra Regulová Tematický okruh Anglický jazyk – Literatura anglicky mluvících zemí – Mystery and Macabre Ročník 4. ročník Datum tvorby AnotaceLiteratura anglicky mluvících zemí, téma americká literatura – interaktivní prezentace života a díla anglicky píšících autorů spojená s nadstandardním procvičením lexikálních dovedností, povědomí o životě anglicky píšících autorů a porozumění originálnímu textu v ukázce pro práci ve dvojicích a skupinách s prostorem pro brainstorming. Metodický pokynPrezentace je určena jako východisko i obohacení výkladu a práce s textem, podpora samostatné práce dvojic u PC i domácího studia např. formou pracovního listu podle uvedených pokynů. Pokud není uvedeno jinak, použitý materiál je z vlastních zdrojů autora. DIGITÁLNÍ UČEBNÍ MATERIÁL

Mystery and Macabre Literature in the English-speaking countries

Task 1: Read the description below and – fill in the gaps, use one suitable word only. ……. ……. ……. This US writer is best known for his poems and (1) ……. of mystery and macabre. In his famous essay he clears the illusions about how poems are (2) …….. He was also one of the earliest American writers who practised the form of short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He was the first well- known writer who tried to (3) …….. a living through writing alone. This, together with other ill factors, (4) ……. in his difficult financial situation, and an early, sudden death at the age of 40.

Solution to Task 1 – fill in the gaps. ……. ……. ……. This US writer is best known for his poems and (1) tales of mystery and macabre. In his famous essay he clears the illusions about how poems are (2) written. He was also one of the earliest American writers who practised the form of short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He was the first well- known writer who tried to (3) earn a living through writing alone. This, together with other ill factors, (4) resulted in his difficult financial situation, and an early, sudden death at the age of 40.

Task 2: Read the description below and – explain the highlighted phrases, fill in the missing informaton. ……. ……. ……. This US writer is best known for his poems and tales of mystery and macabre. In his famous essay he clears the illusions about how poems are written. He was also one of the earliest American writers who practised the form of short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre. He was the first well- known writer who tried to earn a living through writing alone. This, together with other ill factors, resulted in his difficult financial situation, and an early, sudden death at the age of ……..

Solution to Task 2 – explain the highlighted phrases. Edgar Allan Poe This US writer is best known for his poems and detective or crime fiction and grim stories of ghastly atmosphere. In his essay The Poetic Principle he clears the illusions about how poems are written. He was also one of the earliest American writers who practised the form of short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre like in ‘‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue‘‘. He was the first well-known writer who tried to earn a living through writing alone. This, together with other ill factors, resulted in his difficult financial situation, and an early, sudden death at the age of 40, in 1849.

Task 3: Read the excerpt below and – give it a title ……. ……. ……. Never shall I forget the sensation of awe, horror, and admiration with which I gazed about me. The boat appeared to be hanging, as if by magic, midway down, upon the interior surface of a funnel vast in circumference, prodigious in depth, and whose perfectly smooth sides might have been mistaken for ebony, but for the bewildering rapidity with which they spun around, and for the gleaming and ghastly radiance they shot forth, as the rays of the full moon, from that circular rift amid the clouds which I have already described, streamed in a flood of golden glory along the black walls, and far away down into the inmost recesses of the abyss.

Solution to Task 3 – give the excerpt a title. A Descent into the Maelström Never shall I forget the sensations of awe, horror, and admiration with which I gazed about me. The boat appeared to be hanging, as if by magic, midway down, upon the interior surface of a funnel vast in circumference, prodigious in depth, and whose perfectly smooth sides might have been mistaken for ebony, but for the bewildering rapidity with which they spun around, and for the gleaming and ghastly radiance they shot forth, as the rays of the full moon, from that circular rift amid the clouds which I have already described, streamed in a flood of golden glory along the black walls, and far away down into the inmost recesses of the abyss.

Task 3: Read the excerpt below and – give it a title ……. Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and dreary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore – While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door – ‘‘ ‘Tis some visitor,‘‘ I muttered, ‘‘tapping at my chamber door – Only this and nothing more.‘‘

Solution to Task 3 – give the excerpt a title. The Raven Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and dreary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore – While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door – ‘‘ ‘Tis some visitor,‘‘ I muttered, ‘‘tapping at my chamber door – Only this and nothing more.‘‘

Edgar Allan Poe, 1848 MANCHESTER, Edwin H.; HARTSHORN, S.w.; UŽIVATEL DIREKTOR. en.wikipedia.org [online]. [cit ]. Dostupný na WWW:

John Tenniel illustration of the famous poem from 1858 TENNIEL, John; UŽIVATEL DIREKTOR. en.wikipedia.org [online]. [cit ]. Dostupný na WWW:

E. A. Poe spent the last few years of his life in this small cottage in the Bronx, NYC ZOIRUSHA; UŽIVATEL LIFTARN. en.wikipedia.org [online]. [cit ]. Dostupný na WWW:

Anglický jazyk a seminář anglické konverzace ve 4. ročníku a oktávě všeobecného gymnázia Metodický pokyn Tato prezentace je určena pro použití ve vyučovací hodině, pro samostatnou práci dvojic u PC i pro samostatné domácí studium prostřednictvím pracovního listu - jako doplněk výkladu či opakování tematických okruhů k maturitní zkoušce na všeobecném gymnáziu. Kromě uvedeného lexikálního cvičení – doplňování vhodných výrazů – a cvičení čtení s porozuměním nabízí rozšíření povědomí o osobnostech literatury anglicky mluvících zemí a o různých aspektech historie a kultury v těchto zemích. Především pak poskytuje možnost seznámit se v ukázkách se stylem psaní daného autora. Vybízí též k aktivní práci s textem ve formě překladu do češtiny a porovnání s uměleckým překladem či převedení do dnešní podoby angličtiny. Je užitečné, předchází-li jednotlivým aktivitám brainstorming – umožňuje ověřit, co žáci již znají, nabídnout, co mohou očekávat, podpořit kreativitu, soutěživost a týmovou práci. Obrázků lze využít nejen k ilustraci daného jevu, ale také k popisu a porovnání.

Zdroje: EDITOR CROWTHER, Jonathan. Oxford Guide to British and American Culture for Learners of English. Oxford: OUP, 2003, ISBN Výňatek na straně 7 a 8: POE, Edgar Allan. Selected Tales. London: Penguin Books, 1994, ISBN str. 167 Výňatek na straně 9 a 10: POE, Edgar Allan. Havran. Šestnáct českých překladů. Praha: Odeon, str. 63 Obrázek na straně 11: MANCHESTER, Edwin H.; HARTSHORN, S.w.; UŽIVATEL DIREKTOR. en.wikipedia.org [online]. [cit ]. Dostupný na WWW: Licence PD Obrázek na straně 12: TENNIEL, John; UŽIVATEL DIREKTOR. en.wikipedia.org [online]. [cit ]. Dostupný na WWW: Licence PD Obrázek na straně 13: ZOIRUSHA; UŽIVATEL LIFTARN. en.wikipedia.org [online]. [cit ]. Dostupný na WWW: Licence PD