Uzbek state world languages university

Summary

Theme 5: The theme is devoted to the life and creative work of the best American realists – Theodore Dreiser, John Reed. Upton Sinclair, Sinclair Lewis, William Faulkner – who wrote their best novels in the first half of the 20^th century.

Key Words and Expressions to Theme 5

Narrow-minded Withdraw Condemn Dignity Persistence Wickedness Shatter Commotion

Emotional depiction Controversy Relentless Devastating exposure Hack-work Frustration Subsequent
Questions

1. 
   What are the novels in which Dreiser spoke about American women?
   
2. 
   What do you know about Reed’s best publicist work?
   
3. 
   Which novel brought popularity to Upton Sinclair?
   
4. 
   Which novel written by Sinclair Lewis raises the problem of racial discrimination?
   
5. 
   Why was Faulkner concerned about the mode of life in the South and which novels reflected those problems?