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1、Lesson5TheSadYoungMenRodW.HortonandHerbertW.EdwardsAimsToknowthesocialbackgroundoftheUSin1920s.ToknowtheLostGenerationTolearnthecentralideaofTheSadYoungMenTolearnthewritingtechniqueandtoappreciatethelanguagefeaturesTeachingContentsPre-readingquestion
2、sBackgroundTextstudyLanguagepointsComprehensionQuestionsTextAnalysisandAppreciationExercisesTasksAfterClassPre-readingquestionsWhatdoyouknowaboutthefollowing?TheimpactofWWIandtheUSin1920sTheLostGenerationandtheirrepresentativesAmericanProhibitionLawG
3、reenwichVillageVictoriangentilityBohemianismBabbitryBackgroundRodW.Horton(1910-?)BorninWhitePlainsN.Y.Instructor,NewYorkUniversity,(1937-45)Assistantprofessor(1945-49)Associateprofessor(1949-57)Culturalaffairsofficer(1957-64)Professor,ColoradoUnivers
4、ity(1964-)Visitingprofessor,UniversityofBrazil,Coimbra(1961-64).BackgroundPublications:(withHerbertW.Edwards)BackgroundsofAmericanLiteraryThought(1952),(withVincentF.Hopper)BackgroundsofEuropeanLiterature(1954)BackgroundTheimpactofWorldWarISymptomsof
5、crisisDarwin,Nietzsche,Freud,Einstein,,Conrad尼采鼓吹人生的目的就是实现权力意志，扩张自我，成为驾驭一切的超人。超人是人的最高价值，应当藐视一切传统道德价值，为所欲为，通过奴役弱者、群氓来实现自我。BackgroundValuesaboutwarValuesaboutreligionValuesaboutethicsImpactmoraldisorientation,literaryandartrevolutions,riseofNazis,break
6、downofphilosophyBackgroundAmericanCultureinthe1920sThedecadeofthe1920sisoftencharacterizedasaperiodofAmericanprosperityandoptimism.Itwasthe"RoaringTwenties,"thedecadeofbathtub,gin,themodelT,the$5workday,thefirsttransatlanticflight,andthemovie.Itisoft
7、enseenasaperiodofgreatadvanceasthenationbecameurbanandcommercial(CalvinCoolidgedeclaredthatAmerica'sbusinesswasbusiness).BackgroundThedecadeisalsoseenasaperiodofrisingintoleranceandisolation:chastenedbythefirstworldwar,historiansoftenpointoutthatAmer
8、icansretreatedintoaprovincialism褊狭evidencedbytheriseoftheKuKluxKlan,theantiradicalhysteriaofthePalmerraids,restrictiveimmigrationlaws,andprohibition.BackgroundOverall,thedecadeisoftenseenasaperiodofgreatcontradiction:ofrisingoptimismanddeadeningcynic
