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English 1102 – Professor Warner
By: Kevin, Kyle, Shauna, & Emily
Media Specialist
The librarian speaking with Emily about locating a source for a critical analysis of Jane Martin’s Beauty
Handouts
This handout explains how to use catalog for books as well as the database for articles. You can find books about the playwrights we have studied in class .
BiographyAugust Wilson· He was an award- winning American playwright who chronicled the African-American experience through a series of ten plays.· He was born Frederick August Kittel, Jr. on April 27, 1945 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, PA. · His father was a German immigrant named Frederick August Kittel and his mother was an African- American woman named Daisy Wilson. · From a young age, Wilson began to read such writers as WEB DuBois, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright, which influenced his own writing.· From a young age, Wilson began to read such writers as WEB DuBois, Langston Hughes, Ralph Ellison, and Richard Wright, which influenced his own writing.A List of Mr. Wilson's Plays (in written order):1979 - Jitney1982 - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom1983 - Fences1984 - Joe Turner's Come and Gone1986 - The Piano Lesson1990 - Two Trains Running1995 - Seven Guitars2001 - King Hedley II2003 - Gem of the Ocean2005 - Radio Golf · He won many awards from 1985 – 2011 total of 22 awards · Tried creating a new cultural mythology“The one thing we did not have as black Americans was a mythology.”-wilson · Early in 2005, Mr. Wilson was diagnosed with liver cancer. He passed away on October 2 of that year. His legacy lives on, however, through his plays and the lives he touched.From AugustWilson.net:· “Mournfully, his bright light shines no more. The man who made us laugh, made us cry, and gave the world tremendous insight into the rich world of African American music, culture, and values passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2005 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, WA.
http://www.augustwilson.net/
Dramatic DVD
Kyle and Kevin holding a dvd copy of the Glass Menagerie, from the library media services
FILMS ON DEMAND
WE LOOKED FOR A DRAMATIC PIECE OF WORK ON FILMS ON DEMAND BUT THE TYPES OF MOVIES ON THAT WEBSITE ARE MORE LIKE DOCUMENTARIES.
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