American Metropolis

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Unit 04

American Metropolis

Thématique: Imaginaire

Axe: Imagination Créatrice et Visionnaire

Pb: How have metropolises shaped the American collective imagery?

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1. New York: the iconic American city

2. Fictional American cities: representations of real-life issues

3. The city of the 21st century

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Student A looks at Picture 1 and describes it to Student B who takes notes. SWITCH.

Student B looks at Picture 2 and describes it to Student A who takes notes.

Iconic Images

Now, follow the instructions on the worksheet.

King Kong Attacking Airplanes Atop the Empire State Building

Lunch Atop a Skyscraper

Gaze at my world, Manhattan

Groupwork. Each group works on 1 text among the following:

- My Sad Self, Allen Ginsberg

- Juke Box Love Song, Langston Hughes

- Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z and Alicia Keys

Groupwork.

The curator of a new exhibition called ‘Artists of the Big Apple’ meets with his team and they have to decide on one excerpt (from the three texts) that will appear on the exhibition poster. Choose which poem or song you think represents New York City best, explain why, and choose the excerpt that will be on the poster.

Homework: traduction du refrain et/ou du premier couplet de la chanson d’Alicia Keys. Comparer ensuite votre traduction à celle d’un site de paroles en français sur Internet. Faites la liste des différences. Que constatez-vous ?

George Tooker, The Subway, 1950

The Darkest Side of the City of Light

Individual work.

Use both text and painting. Imagine the story of the lady who is in the painting. What has just happened to her? What will happen to her next? You need to portray the subway as the place of the American nightmare.

II. Fictional American Cities

- Brainstorming: do you know any fictional American cities (in films, books, series, shows, etc.)?

Link the words

Utopia

Match the following categories with their definition.

Dystopia

Parody

A very bad or unfair society in which there is a lot of suffering after something terrible has happened.

To copy the style of someone or something in a humorous way.

A perfect society in which everyone is happy.

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II. Fictional American Cities

- Classify the cities mentioned above into the category they belong to.

- What do these fictional cities criticize?

Fictional cities are utopian, dystopian or parodic mirrors of existing cities. They represent real-life issues.

Your TURN

Create your own fictional city: which aspect(s) of the city does it show and/or criticize?

The editorial board of a literary review for young people meet and read the different stories, then decide on the three best to be published.

Worksheet - How to create a fictional city?

Redesigning a sustainable city where nature is included Yard

III. THE City of the 21st Century

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Introducing the vessel

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Hudson Yard

Redesigning a sustainable city where nature is included

Ecotopia

- You are to travel to a city called Ecotopia. What kind of city would you expect to discover?

- Can you explain the word Ecotopia?

Fictional cities are utopian, dystopian or parodic mirrors of existing cities. They represent real-life issues.

ECotopia

An Ecotopia megacity has been built near where you live. Following the example of the narrator of the text we have just studied, you decide to embark on a discovery journey. It would be the perfect subject for a book, wouldn’t it? Write the first page of your book, detailing your arrival in the Ecotopia, and what you discover about this city. What makes this metropolis an ideal city?

In order to accomplish your task, your text should be a first-person narrative and written in the present tense.

You could mention one or two technological advances that facilitate life in the city.

Don’t forget to contrast the Ecotopia with other cities: what makes this one different and ideal?

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