- May 29 Tue 2012 20:52
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- Jun 02 Sat 2012 09:50
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【Movie】The Fighter (2010) by David O. Russell
- Jun 02 Sat 2012 09:25
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【Movie】Midnight Cowboy (1969) by John Schlesinger
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 23:13
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【Movie】The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) by Gabriele Muccino
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 22:24
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【Movie】Black Swan (2010) by Darren Aronofsky
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 20:07
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Poem: Concord Hymn
Introduction:
On April 19, 1775, a shot in Concord shocked the whole world
and opened a new page of American history.
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 16:39
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【Music】Sound of Silence
Introduction:
Sound of Silence is one of most renowned movie soundtracks presented in "The Graduates." It had once become a grand hit of the year. This is a song about the counterculture that surfaced in 1960 s opposed to domaint culture and became critical of the Vietnam War, institutionalized racism and consumerism. Simon and Garfunkel impacted the counterculture moment launching a silent revolution. In 1965, they released their memorable song the Sound of Silence that recounts the ignorance of the people who blindly follow the rulers without realizing their real egoistic intentions.
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 14:45
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Ralph Ellison "Invisible Man"
Introduction:
Invisible Man is a 1952 novel written by Ralph Ellison. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans early in the twentieth century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity.
Invisible Man won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1953. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Invisible Man nineteenth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. (from Wikipedia)
Invisible Man is a 1952 novel written by Ralph Ellison. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues facing African-Americans early in the twentieth century, including black nationalism, the relationship between black identity and Marxism, and the reformist racial policies of Booker T. Washington, as well as issues of individuality and personal identity.
Invisible Man won the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction in 1953. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked Invisible Man nineteenth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century. Time magazine included the novel in its TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005. (from Wikipedia)
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 13:37
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【Novel】F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Gatsby"
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Francis Scott Fitzgerald's novel,The Great Gatsby, follows Jay Gatsby, a man who orders his life around one desire: to be reunited with Daisy Buchannan, the love he lost five years earlier. Gatsby's quest leads him from poverty to wealth, into the arms of his beloved, and eventually to death. Published in 1925, The Great Gatsby is a classic piece of American fiction. It is a novel of triumph and tragedy, noted for the remarkable way Fitzgerald captured a cross-section of American society.(from Cliffnotes)
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 11:15
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【Music】System of a down - American Dream Denial
Introduction:
It's a protest song written by System of a Down, a rock band from Southern California, formed in 1994. System of a Down’s lyrics often discusses topics such as drug abuse, politics and sexual intercourse. And this song is particularly expressing discontents with the government’s values of belligerence, and the intense contempt for materialism which was derived from the American dream that one can pursuit liberty and prosperity in this land as long as they work hard.
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 09:23
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【Poem】Richard Cory
Introduction:
In 1893, the US was suffering the economic crisis, called “Panic of 1893”.
Four years later, the poem Richard Cory appeared.
In 1893, the US was suffering the economic crisis, called “Panic of 1893”.
Four years later, the poem Richard Cory appeared.
- Jun 01 Fri 2012 01:38
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【Novel】William Dean Howells "The Rise of Silas Lapham"
Introduction:
"The Rise of Silas Lapham" is a realistic novel written by William Dean Howells in 1885 about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through his daughter's marriage into the aristocratic Corey family. Silas's morality does not fail him. He loses his money but makes the right moral decision when his partner proposes the unethical selling of the mills to English settlers. Besides, Howells is known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. The love triangle of Irene Lapham, Tom Corey, and Penelope Lapham highlights Howells' views of sentimental novels as unrealistic and deceitful. (from Wikipedia)
Plot Summary:
"The Rise of Silas Lapham" is a realistic novel written by William Dean Howells in 1885 about the materialistic rise of Silas Lapham from rags to riches, and his ensuing moral susceptibility. Silas earns a fortune in the paint business, but he lacks social standards, which he tries to attain through his daughter's marriage into the aristocratic Corey family. Silas's morality does not fail him. He loses his money but makes the right moral decision when his partner proposes the unethical selling of the mills to English settlers. Besides, Howells is known to be the father of American realism, and a denouncer of the sentimental novel. The love triangle of Irene Lapham, Tom Corey, and Penelope Lapham highlights Howells' views of sentimental novels as unrealistic and deceitful. (from Wikipedia)
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