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ANOTACE Kód DUMu: VY_32_INOVACE_4. AJ.17 Číslo projektu: CZ.1.07/1.5.00/34.0114 Vytvořeno: listopad 2013 Ročník: 3. ročník a 4. ročník – čtyřleté gymnázium (RVP-G), Septima a Oktáva – osmileté gymnázium (RVP-G) Anotace: Vzdělávací oblast Jazyk a jazyková komunikace Vzdělávací obor Anglický jazyk Tematický okruh JACK LONDON Tento materiál byl vytvořen jako osnova pro maturitní okruh: Jack London na Gymnáziu a JŠ Svitavy na několik tematicky propojených hodin (pro výklad i opakování – shrnutí učiva). Obsahuje základní přehled autorova života a díla. Materiál je primárně zaměřen na dva poslední ročníky gymnázia, i přesto se dá využít i v nižších ročnících osmiletého i čtyřletého studia vcelku nebo jeho jednotlivé části. Pomůcky: interaktivní tabule

Jack London (1876-1916) 19th century novelist and journalist known for his adventure novels born on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco, California grew up as a member of working class, had different jobs: shoveled coal, worked on sealing ship or in a cannery in his spare time, he went to libraries to read novels and travel books his literary career began in 1893, when he took part in a writing competition and won he desired to make his living as a writer, but did not find willing publishers

Jack London decided to make his way to the Yukon to make a fortune in the gold rush failed and went back to California armed with the experience of great poverty, he believed he had a lot to write about started publishing short stories in the Overland Monthly in 1903 one of his greatest novels The Call of the Wild came out married Bess Madern and the couple had two daughters together, but their marriage lasted just 2 years London grappled with alcoholism all his life died of kidney disease at his ranch in California

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Literary works The Call of the Wild a story of a dog Buck, which is taken from his comfortable life as a pet and brought into harsh reality of frontier life during the Klondike gold rush Buck is treated badly by his owners and suffers a lot receives a vicious beating from three stampeders but is helped by John Thorton Buck is changed a lot owing to the brutal treatment but finds consolation in the hands of Thorton, who nurses it back to health major theme: survival in the wild

Literary works White Fang draws on The Call of the Wild, but now a wild wolf becomes domesticated a story of a wolf that is taken away from his mother and his cruel master teaches him to fight other dogs White Fang has to grapple with other dogs in dog fights until it meets its match in a bulldog and almost dies. a man named Scott saves Fang and takes it to California to stay with him and his whole family eventually, White Fang is domesticated and loves the entire family

Major characters, plot and themes Literary works To Build a Fire belongs to the naturalist movement in American literature depicts a conflict between a man and nature Major characters, plot and themes

The Call of the Wild White Fang Book trailers Those who are hesitant about reading London's books should watch the following book trailers. The Call of the Wild White Fang

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Self-check White Fang depicts an aggressive wolf attacking other dogs for pleasure. White Fang depicts a wolf forced to grapple in the dog fights by his cruel master. White Fang dies when fighting his rival bulldog. White Fang is helped out by Scott, who domesticates him and White Fang becomes committed to Scott΄s whole family. To Build a Fire ranks among the best modernist works. To Build a Fire ranks among the best novels of American naturalism.

Veškeré hypertextové odkazy jsou platné ke dni vytvoření díla. Zdroje a literatura RULAND, Richard; BRADBURY, Malcolm. Od puritanismu k postmodernismu:dějiny americké literatury. Praha: Mladá Fronta, 1997, ISBN 80-204-0586-0. AUTOR NEUVEDEN. Jack London Biography [online]. [cit. 3.11.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://www.biography.com/people/jack-london-9385499 Obrázky: AUTOR NEUVEDEN. Wikimedia Commons [online]. [cit. 3.11.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JackLondon.jpg AUTOR NEUVEDEN. Wikimedia Commons [online]. [cit. 3.11.2013]. Dostupný na WWW: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:JackLondon02.jpeg Veškeré hypertextové odkazy jsou platné ke dni vytvoření díla.