美国文学 早期发展.ppt

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1、ChapterThreeEarlyNationalPeriodInthefourquartersoftheglobe,whoreadsanAmericanbook?OrgoestoanAmericanplay?OrlooksattheAmericanpicture?SydneySmith,18191.RomanticAmericanLiteratureTheRomanticPeriod,oneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,stretchesf

2、romtheendofthe18thcenturytotheoutbreakoftheCivilWar.ItstartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving'sTheSketchBook(1820)andendedwithWhitman'sLeavesofGrass.1.1TheCharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticismA.TheAmericannationalexperienceof"pioneeringintothewest"provedtobearich

3、sourceofmaterialforAmericanwriterstodrawupon.B.ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature.TheAmericanPuritanismasaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvaluesandAmericanRomanticism.WashingtonIrvin

4、g(1783-1859)ThefatherofAmericanliteratureWorks“AHistoryofNewYorkfromtheBeginningoftheWorldtotheEndoftheDutchDynasty”(1809)“TheSketchBookofGeoffreyGrayon,Gent”(1819,1820)“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”“RipVanWinkle”Summeryofthetwostories:ThesetwostoriesareamixtureofEuropea

5、ntraditionandAmericanlife.Thesetting,Character,lifepresentedinthetwostoriesaretypicallyAmerican.Thelanguage,thewritingstyleandthetechniquesaretypicallyEnglish.JamesFenimoreCooper(1789-1851)The“AmericanScott”Works“TheSpy”(1821):anovelabouttheAmericanRevolution.“ThePi

6、lot”:theseanovel“TheLeatherstockingTales”:aseriesoffrontiernovel“TheLeatherstockingTales”TheDeerslayer《打鹿将》TheLastoftheMohicans《最后的莫希干人》ThePathFinder《探路者》ThePioneer《开拓者》ThePrairie《草原》NattyBumppoNattyBumppoisthesonofanativeAmericanandawhitewoman.Hegrewupasanear-fearl

7、esswarriorskilledinmanyweapons,oneofwhichheisseenwithinthispicture,therifledmusket.Herespectshisforesthomeandallitsinhabitants,huntingonlywhatheneedstosurvive.Andwhenitcomestimetofirehistrustyflintlock,helivesbytherule,"Oneshot,onekill."Cooper’swritingstyleCooperhad

8、wildimaginationandcreativepowerbuthiswritingstyleisawkward.Hisplot(情节)isawkwardlyorganizedandpeoplecanfinddisorderinhisworks.Butheusedloca