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1、Lecture5TheRepresentativesofAmericanEnlightenment:PhilipFreneau(1752-1832)PhilipFreneau(1752-1832)“PoetoftheAmericanRevolution”“FatherofAmericanPoetry”“PioneeroftheNewRomanticism”“Agiftedandversatilelyricpoet”《美洲光辉的兴起》《夜之屋》《英国囚船》1.Works“TheRisingGloryofAmerica”(1772

2、)“TheHouseofNight”(1779,1786)“TheBritishPrisonShip”(1781)“TotheMemoryoftheBraveAmericans”(1781)“TheWildHoneySuckle”(1786)“TheIndianBuryingGround”(1788)“TheDyingIndian:TomoChequi”《纪念美国勇士》《野金银花》《印第安人墓地》《奄奄一息的印第安人：托姆·察吉》2.HisLifeHewasborninNewYork.At16,heenteredtheColle

3、geofNewJersey(nowPrincetonUniversity).Hedecideddoapostgraduatestudyintheology.Buttwoyearslaterhegaveitup.(Whilestillanundergraduate,hewroteincollaborationwithoneofhisfriends(H.H.Brackenridge)apoementitled“TheRisingGloryofAmerica”.)LaterheattendedtheWarofIndependence,

4、andhewascapturedbyBritisharmyin1780.Afterbeingreleased,hepublished“TheBritishPrisonShip”in1781.Inthesameyear,hepublished“TotheMemoryoftheBraveAmericans”.Afterwar,hesupportedJefferson,andcontributedgreatlytoAmericangovernment.Butafter50yearsold,helivedinpoverty.Andatl

5、asthediedinablizzard.Hewasthemostsignificantpoetof18thcenturyAmerica.Someofhisthemesandimagesanticipatedtheworksofsuch19thcenturyAmericanRomanticwritersasCooper,Emerson,PoeandMelville.ThematicConcern:1.DeathandTransience2.Imagination3.CravingfornatureandfreedomHispoe

6、mspresentedRomanticspiritsbuthisformandtasteweremainlyinfluencedbyClassicism.TheWildHoneysuckleThispoemwaspublishedinhisPoems(1786)andwasvirtuallyunreadinthetimewhenhewasliving.Thepoemissaidtoanticipatethenineteenth-centuryromanticuseofsimplenatureimagery.Itisconside

7、redoneoftheauthor’sfinestnaturepoems.WhatisaHoneysuckle?Honeysuckle:itisoneofthemostbeautifulofallwildflowersforitsscentandabilitytogrowindifficultplaces.Growsonacidsoilsandoldmines,railwaytracksandisagoodherbaceousplant.Theflowersareshortlivedbutlovely,oftenfoundonc

8、analswhereitlikesthewaterthatisavailable.忍冬花。俗称金银花。TheWildHoneySuckle:Readthepoemonp.45andtrytogetthemainidea:ThefirststanzaFairflo