《美国文学》课件.ppt
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Mark Twain 马克吐温 -美国文学课件
3. His father died when he was 12 and then he left school.
4. He lived on all kinds of odd jobs and then went to the West. He worked as a reporter there and wrote lots of frontier humors.
His Position in American Literature
One of the great writers of American literature, Twain is admired for capturing typical American experiences in a language which is realistic and charming.
Mark Twain’s experience with Simon Wheeler and Wheeler’s stories about Jim Smiley both occur in Angel’s Camp, a mining settlement located in Calaveras County, California. Wheeler tells stories to Twain in a local bar, the type of place where stories were often shared.
Representative writers:
William Dean Howells (1837—1920), The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) and Criticism and Fiction.
4. He lived on all kinds of odd jobs and then went to the West. He worked as a reporter there and wrote lots of frontier humors.
His Position in American Literature
One of the great writers of American literature, Twain is admired for capturing typical American experiences in a language which is realistic and charming.
Mark Twain’s experience with Simon Wheeler and Wheeler’s stories about Jim Smiley both occur in Angel’s Camp, a mining settlement located in Calaveras County, California. Wheeler tells stories to Twain in a local bar, the type of place where stories were often shared.
Representative writers:
William Dean Howells (1837—1920), The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885) and Criticism and Fiction.
美国文学 课件1-puritanism清教主义
❖“The king died and then the queen died.”
❖ “The king died and then the queen
died of grief.”
1. What is Literature?
❖ Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by university of intellectual and emotional appeal.
Other approaches(2)
❖ Post- structuralism ❖ Decostructuralism
❖ Our textbook is arranged in chronological order, but we deal with each period analytically with emphasis on theme.
4.How to Define American Literature
❖ American literature mainly refers to literature produced in American English by the people living in the US. This generalization does not exclude literature produced in other languages by American expatriates or literature produced in other languages by minorities in the country such as the American Indian literature in the Indian language and the Jewish American literature in the Yiddish language.
美国文学 ppt课件
• Puritan opposition to pleasure and the arts sometimes has been exaggerated.
• Religious teaching tended to emphasize the image of a
wrathful GodOf Plymouth Plantation
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Anne Bradstreet (安妮·布拉 德斯特里特) (1612-1672)
the first American woman poet
a Puritan poet, once called “Tenth Muse”
• The spiritual life in the colonies during that period was molded by the bourgeois Enlightenment.
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2. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790):
• The Autobiography • Poor Richard’s Almanack
the first American writer
A Description of New England 《新英格兰叙事》 (1616)
General History of Virginia《弗吉尼亚通史》 （1642）
• Pocahontas
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William Bradford (1590-1657)
• Politics dominated the revolutionary phase of American writing.
• The crisis in American life carried by the Revolution made artists self-conscious about American subjects.
美国文学EmilyDickinson迪金森
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Weird Recluse?
• She would sometimes send her poems to
people as gifts for valentines or birthdays, along with a pie or cookies.
• She often lowered snacks and treats in baskets to neighborhood children from her window, careful never to let them see her face.
• "If fame belonged to me," she told Higginson, "I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase.… My barefoot rank is better." The twentieth century lifted her without doubt to the first rank among poets.
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What’s the Difference?
BECAUSE I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me; The carriage held but just ourselves And Immortality. We slowly drove, he knew no haste, And I had put away My labor, and my leisure too, For his civility. We passed the school where children played, Their lessons scarcely done; We passed the fields of gazing grain, We passed the setting sun.
美国文学-霍桑介绍Nathaniel-HawthornePPT课件
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Early life influences on Hawthorne
• Salem - early childhood, later work at the Custom House.
• Puritan family background - one of his forefathers was Judge Hathorne, who presided over the Salem witchcraft trials, 1692.
• They were so called because they wished to purify the forms and rituals of the Church.
• Though it was pilgrims that first came to New England, yet Puritanism soon became the dominant faith with its rather gloomy outlook on life.
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➢Major works
• 1837-1842: Twice-Told Tales 《故事重述》 • 1846: Mosses from an Old Manse 《古宅青苔》 • 1850: The Scarlet Letter《红字》 • 1851: The House of the Seven Gables 《带七个尖角阁的房子》 • 1852: The Blithedale Romance《福谷传奇》
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➢Writing Styles
1. Dark Romanticism 2. Symbolism 3. Psycho-analysis 4. Ambiguity 5. Allegory(寓言) 6. Visual Description（视觉描写）
Early life influences on Hawthorne
• Salem - early childhood, later work at the Custom House.
• Puritan family background - one of his forefathers was Judge Hathorne, who presided over the Salem witchcraft trials, 1692.
• They were so called because they wished to purify the forms and rituals of the Church.
• Though it was pilgrims that first came to New England, yet Puritanism soon became the dominant faith with its rather gloomy outlook on life.
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➢Major works
• 1837-1842: Twice-Told Tales 《故事重述》 • 1846: Mosses from an Old Manse 《古宅青苔》 • 1850: The Scarlet Letter《红字》 • 1851: The House of the Seven Gables 《带七个尖角阁的房子》 • 1852: The Blithedale Romance《福谷传奇》
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➢Writing Styles
1. Dark Romanticism 2. Symbolism 3. Psycho-analysis 4. Ambiguity 5. Allegory(寓言) 6. Visual Description（视觉描写）
TSEliot(艾略特-美国文学)PPT课件
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1. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD
死者的葬礼
T.S. Eliot
（ 1888-1965）
Thomas Stearns Eliot
A poet, dramatist, literary critic, and modernist.
do
something
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He was born in Missouri on September 26, 1888. He lived in St. Louis during the first eighteen years of his life and attended Harvard University.In 1910, he left the United States for the Sorbonne, having earned both undergraduate and masters degrees and having contributed several poems to the Harvard Advocate. After a year in Paris, he returned to Harvard to pursue a doctorate in philosophy, but returned to Europe and settled in England in 1914.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
1. THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD
死者的葬礼
T.S. Eliot
（ 1888-1965）
Thomas Stearns Eliot
A poet, dramatist, literary critic, and modernist.
do
something
2021
He was born in Missouri on September 26, 1888. He lived in St. Louis during the first eighteen years of his life and attended Harvard University.In 1910, he left the United States for the Sorbonne, having earned both undergraduate and masters degrees and having contributed several poems to the Harvard Advocate. After a year in Paris, he returned to Harvard to pursue a doctorate in philosophy, but returned to Europe and settled in England in 1914.
Bin gar keine Russin, stamm' aus Litauen, echt deutsch.
And when we were children, staying at the archduke's,
My cousin's, he took me out on a sled,
美国文学课件
爱德华·阿尔比（1928—）
荒诞派戏剧的主要代表 人物 《美国梦》（1961）是 其批判性特别强的作品， 剧中有一个所谓的标准 美国式美男子，他内心 完全空虚，只知道金钱 和利益，作者以其象征 “美国梦”，进而描绘 出一幅真实生动的时代 画像。
约瑟夫·海勒（1923—1999）
美国当代著名作家， “黑色幽默”派最重要 的代表人物。 生于纽约市布鲁克林的 一个俄裔犹太家庭 。 代表作品有：《第22条 军规》 （1954）、 《出了毛病》 （1974）、《像高尔德 一样好》 （1979）等。
《出了毛病》笔触深入 内心世界，揭示现代人 惶惶不安的恐惧心理， 艺术上具有“黑色幽默” 特色，笑料百出，却蕴 含冷峻尖刻的讽刺。 此作发表后好评如潮， 销量十分可观。
1979年，海勒的第三部小说 《像高尔德一样好》问世， 小说巧妙地运用“黑色幽默” 手法揭示美国上层社会的黑 暗内幕，成为继《第二十二 条军规》之后的又5—2005）
战后最杰出的犹太作家。 代表作有《雨王汉德森》 （1959）、《赫索格》 （1964）、《洪堡的礼物》 （1975）等。 1976年由于“他的作品中融合 了对人性的理解和对当代文化 细致的分析”而荣获诺贝尔文 学奖。
托妮·莫里森（1931—）
第22条军规规定，一切精神 失常的人都可以不完成规定的 飞行次数，立即遣送回国；但 它同时规定，一切停止飞行的 申请都必须由本人提出，如果 你能够提出停飞的申请，即证 明你并没有疯，你还必须继续 执行飞行任务。第22条军规在 小说中无处不在，使参战者无 法摆脱，直到战争结束或本人 死亡。约塞连上尉飞了70次后 终于明白军规是个圈套，是个 骗局，驾机向中立国瑞典逃去。
《美国文学》课件song of myself 1
selves, ➢ the poet’s relationship with the elements
of nature and the universe.
Beat! Beat! Drums!
• Beat! Beat! Drums! Blow! Bugles! Blow! Through the windows---through doors---burst like a ruthless force, Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar is studying; Leave not the bridegroom quiet---no happiness must he have now with his bride. Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain, So fierce you whirr and pound you drums---so shrill your bugles blow.
• 信条和学派暂时不论， 且后退一步，明了它们 当前的情况已足，但也 决不是忘记，
不论我从善从恶，我允 许随意发表意见，
顺乎自然，保持原始的 活力。
An analysis of Song of myself
Three important themes : ➢ the idea of the self ; ➢ the identification of the self with other
Beat! Beat! Drums!
of nature and the universe.
Beat! Beat! Drums!
• Beat! Beat! Drums! Blow! Bugles! Blow! Through the windows---through doors---burst like a ruthless force, Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation, Into the school where the scholar is studying; Leave not the bridegroom quiet---no happiness must he have now with his bride. Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain, So fierce you whirr and pound you drums---so shrill your bugles blow.
• 信条和学派暂时不论， 且后退一步，明了它们 当前的情况已足，但也 决不是忘记，
不论我从善从恶，我允 许随意发表意见，
顺乎自然，保持原始的 活力。
An analysis of Song of myself
Three important themes : ➢ the idea of the self ; ➢ the identification of the self with other
Beat! Beat! Drums!
《美国文学》课件一
• 1. American literature grew out of humble origins. • 2.Diaries, histories, journals, letters, commonplace books, travel books, sermons, in short, personal literature in its various forms, occupy a major position in the literature of the early colonial period.
V. The Survey of Selected Readings in American Literature
• 2. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was at first a faithful follower of Emerson, but alienated himself somewhat from the master later on. • 3. Another of Emerson's contemporaries, Walt Whitman (1819-1892), tried to write poetry describing the native American experience. • 4. Whitman and Dickinson were the two major American poets of the nineteenth century.
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American Literature
Foreign Language Department
Tangmerican Literature
V. The Survey of Selected Readings in American Literature
• 2. Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was at first a faithful follower of Emerson, but alienated himself somewhat from the master later on. • 3. Another of Emerson's contemporaries, Walt Whitman (1819-1892), tried to write poetry describing the native American experience. • 4. Whitman and Dickinson were the two major American poets of the nineteenth century.
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American Literature
Foreign Language Department
Tangmerican Literature
美国文学第二章浪漫主义PPT课件
The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature.
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>>Romantic writers placed increasing value on the free expression of emotion and displayed increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters.
what influence this situation had on the people’s mind;
what the direct result of this influence was.
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A fast-rising America
arouse
A tremendous sense of optimism and hope
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3) The characteristics of American romanticism
>> opposed neoclassicism; rejected rationalism; appreciated camp-meeting revivalism & New England transcendentalism.
He works aimed to entertain and amuse not to moralize
Vivid and true characters Finished and musical language Strong sense of humor Never shocking but a bit sentimental at
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>>Romantic writers placed increasing value on the free expression of emotion and displayed increasing attention to the psychic states of their characters.
what influence this situation had on the people’s mind;
what the direct result of this influence was.
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A fast-rising America
arouse
A tremendous sense of optimism and hope
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3) The characteristics of American romanticism
>> opposed neoclassicism; rejected rationalism; appreciated camp-meeting revivalism & New England transcendentalism.
He works aimed to entertain and amuse not to moralize
Vivid and true characters Finished and musical language Strong sense of humor Never shocking but a bit sentimental at
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work—the puritan attitude as opposed to the American desire for leisure; • 3) the theme of escape from one’s responsibilities and even one’s history; • 4) the loss of identity. Each of these themes is woven together throughout the tale.
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6) How many major characters are mentioned in the “legend”? Who are they? And what’s the relationship between them? Who is the protagonist? And who is the antagonist?
• Familiar landmarks were gone, his house were deserted and in ruin, and strangers were everywhere. Gradually, it was revealed to him that he had slept for twenty years. He was reunited with a married daughter, who took him to live with her.
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3) What does “this legendary superstition” refer to? (Para. 2) 4) What is “the general purport of this legendary superstition”? (Para. 3—Para. 4)
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5) Is the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” the story of the Headless Horseman? If not, what does the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” deal with?
Lecture Six “Rip Van Winkle” and“The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow”
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• I. Summary and Analysis of “Rip Van Winkle”
• Rip lived in an old Dutch village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains, within view of the Hudson River, in the period when “the country was yet a province of Great Britain.”
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• Approaches to Rip and the story’s theme: • 1) the story of man who has difficulties facing his
advancing age; • 2) the contradictory impulses in America toward
• He was “a simple, good-natured man; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor and an obedient henpecked husband.”
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• Yet Rip was lazy and this kept him in constant trouble with his wife. His two favorite pastimes were sitting in front of the inn, talking about life with his friends, and wandering through the mountain with his dog, Wolf. On one of these trips he met a strange dwarf of a man who invited him to join him and some other strange companions in a drinking party and a game something like bowling—in a remote valley. Rip drank too much and fell asleep.
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• Rip adjusted to his altered world where, “instead of being subject of his Majesty George the Third, he was now a free citizen of the United States,” who contentedly assumed the role of the village patriarch.
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• When he woke up, he noticed that his joints were stiff and that his beard had grown a foot long. Returning to his village, he found it changed almost beyond recognition.
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II. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
• 1) Where is “Sleepy Hollow” located? • (Para.1) • 2) Why is the valley cБайду номын сангаасlled “Sleepy Hollow”?
What are the predominant characteristics of the Hollow? • (Para.1-3)
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6) How many major characters are mentioned in the “legend”? Who are they? And what’s the relationship between them? Who is the protagonist? And who is the antagonist?
• Familiar landmarks were gone, his house were deserted and in ruin, and strangers were everywhere. Gradually, it was revealed to him that he had slept for twenty years. He was reunited with a married daughter, who took him to live with her.
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3) What does “this legendary superstition” refer to? (Para. 2) 4) What is “the general purport of this legendary superstition”? (Para. 3—Para. 4)
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5) Is the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” the story of the Headless Horseman? If not, what does the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow” deal with?
Lecture Six “Rip Van Winkle” and“The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow”
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• I. Summary and Analysis of “Rip Van Winkle”
• Rip lived in an old Dutch village at the foot of the Catskill Mountains, within view of the Hudson River, in the period when “the country was yet a province of Great Britain.”
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• Approaches to Rip and the story’s theme: • 1) the story of man who has difficulties facing his
advancing age; • 2) the contradictory impulses in America toward
• He was “a simple, good-natured man; he was, moreover, a kind neighbor and an obedient henpecked husband.”
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• Yet Rip was lazy and this kept him in constant trouble with his wife. His two favorite pastimes were sitting in front of the inn, talking about life with his friends, and wandering through the mountain with his dog, Wolf. On one of these trips he met a strange dwarf of a man who invited him to join him and some other strange companions in a drinking party and a game something like bowling—in a remote valley. Rip drank too much and fell asleep.
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• Rip adjusted to his altered world where, “instead of being subject of his Majesty George the Third, he was now a free citizen of the United States,” who contentedly assumed the role of the village patriarch.
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• When he woke up, he noticed that his joints were stiff and that his beard had grown a foot long. Returning to his village, he found it changed almost beyond recognition.
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II. “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”
• 1) Where is “Sleepy Hollow” located? • (Para.1) • 2) Why is the valley cБайду номын сангаасlled “Sleepy Hollow”?
What are the predominant characteristics of the Hollow? • (Para.1-3)