美国文学选读复习资料.docx

1、美国文学选读复习资料American Puritanism 殖民地时期 ( roughly from the settlement of America in the early 17th century through the end of the 18th) 一、 Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林 作品：1、Poor Richards Almanac 格言历书- A Collection of maxims, or proverbs, on the value of work and savings for success.2、The Autobiography 自传-“

2、美国梦”的根源 3、参与起草独立宣言 浪漫主义American RomanticismThe Romantic Period stretches fromthe end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the Civil War. It is a period of the great flowering of American literature.The social and cultural background of RomanticismThe young Republic wasflourishinginto a politically

3、, economically and culturally independent country.The Romantic writings revealed unique characteristics of their own in their works and they grew on the native lands.Thedesire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature.The American Puritani

4、sm as a cultural heritage exerted great influences over American moral values.Romanticsfrequentlysharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics:moralenthusiasm,faithinvalueofindividualismandintuitiveperception,andapresumptionthatthenaturalworldwasasourceofgoodnessandmanssocietiesasasourceofcorruption. 二、EdgarA

5、llanPoe埃德加爱伦坡-poet,shortstorywriterandliterarycritic(48poems,70shortstories)Hegreatlyinfluencedthedevoteesof“Artforartssake.”Hewasfatherofpsychoanalyticcriticism(心理分析批评),andthedetectivestory.诗歌的精髓就是追求美小说的主题常常是恐怖和死亡，其中还运用了象征手法。ThePoeticPrinciple:1.Thepoem,shouldbeshort,readableatonesitting; 2.Beauty(

6、therhythmicalcreationofbeauty);3.Melancholy忧伤(especiallythedeathofabeautifulwoman).代表作：TheFalloftheHouseofUsher厄舍大厦的倒塌Ligeia莉盖亚 AnnabelLee安娜贝尔李TheRaven乌鸦 TheCaskofAmontillado阿芒提拉多的酒桶-gothicnovel人物：蒙特利瑟Montresor,弗图纳多Fortunato，筵席上男人将喝醉的死对头哄骗至地窖并砌墙活埋的故事。三爱默生Emerson =The chief spokesman of New EnglandTr

7、anscendentalism超验主义He was a descendent（后裔） of a long line of New Englandclergymen牧师【pastor】.散文家、诗人、超验主义的哲学的主要倡导者。American Transcendentalism As a philosophical and literary movement, American Transcendentalism (also known as “American Renaissance”) flourshed in New Englandfrom the 1830s to the Civil

8、War. It is the high tide of American romanticism and its doctrines found their greatest literary advocates inEmerson and Thoreau.Transcendentalists spoke for the cultural rejuvenation and against the materialism of American society.Transcendentalism超验主义(+ H. D. Thoreau; Nathaniel Hawthorne; )The maj

9、or features of Transcendentalism:1The Transcendentalists placedemphasis on spirit,or theOversoul,as the most important thing in theuniverse. 思想 超灵 宇宙2The Transcendentalists stressed theimportance of the individual.To them, theindividual is the most important element of Society. 个体+社会 The Transcenden

10、talists offered a freshperception of nature as symbolic of the Spirit or God. Nature was not purely matter. It was alive, filled with Gods overwhelming presence. 自然+上帝代表作：Nature论自然-theBibleofTranscendentalismbyEmerson； Self-Reliance论自助-是表达他的超验主义观点的最重要作品之一一 TheAmericanScholar论美国学者；TheOver-soul论超灵四、Na

11、thanielHawthorne纳撒尼尔霍桑-effectedby超验主义HewasbornintoaprominentPuritanfamily.Oneofthemostambivalent（矛盾的）writersintheAmericanliteraryhistory.主要成就：美国心理分析小说的开创者浪漫主义小说家心理小说家代表作：MossesfromanOldManse古宅青苔;Twice-ToldTales故事重述;TheMarbleFaun玉石雕像;TheHouseoftheSevenGables带有七个尖角阁的房子 TheScarletLetter红字Manyofhisearli

12、erstorieshadtreatedthemesthatledtoTheScarletLetter.Theme: Puritanseveritytowardsexandmatrimonyanditstendencytosuppressbrightcolorandtruefeelings.TheScarletLetter红字：HesterPrynne-strong-willed,impetuous,akingofcompassionate,maternalfigure;Pearl-innocent,perceptive;RogerChillingworth-amandeficientinhum

13、anwarmth,trueevilinthestory;ArthurDimmesdale-intelligentandemotional.SymbolisminhisworksHawthorneisamasterofsymbolism,whichhetookfromthePuritantradition清教徒传统andbequeathedtoAmericanliteratureinarevivifiedform.Inhismasterpiece,byusingPearlasathematicsymbol,Hawthorneemphasizestheconsequencethesinofadul

14、teryhasbroughttothecommunityandpeoplelivinginthatcommunity.WiththescarletAasthebiggestsymbolofall,whichisambiguous,heproveshimselftobeoneofthebestsymbolists.五、HermanMelville赫尔曼梅尔维尔Theearlysailingexperienceswererewarding.代表作：WhiteJacket白外衣BillyBudd毕利伯德,Typee泰比,Omoo欧穆,Mardi玛地. MobyDick1851白鲸-百科全书式性质/海

15、洋作品/动物史诗（熊福克纳、老人与海海明威、白鲸梅尔维尔）MobyDickrepresentsthesumtotalofMelvillesbleakviewoftheworldinwhichhelived.ItisatonceGodlessandpurposeless.Maninthisuniverselivesameaninglessandfutilelife,meaninglessbecausefutile.Onceheattemptstoseekpoweroveritheisdoomed.Theideathatmancanmaketheworldforhimselfisnothingbu

16、taTranscendentalistfolly.MobyDickthusrevealsthebasicpatternof19thcenturyAmericanlife:lonelinessandsuicidalindividualisminaself-styleddemocracy.(anegativereflectionuponTranscendentalism)SymbolisminMobyDick：-ItisregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.Itisnotmerelyawhalingtaleorseaadventure,consideringtha

17、tMelvilleisagreatsymbolist.Itturnsouttobeasymbolicvoyageofthemindinquestofthetruth寻找真理andknowledgeoftheuniverse,aspiritualexplorationintomansdeeprealityandpsychology.-Differentpeopleonboardtheshiparerepresentationsofdifferentideasanddifferentsocialandethnicgroups;factsbecomesymbolsandincidentsacquir

18、euniversalmeanings;thePequodisthemicrocosmofhumansocietyandthevoyagebecomesasearchfortruth.Thewhitewhale,MobyDick,symbolizesnatureforMelville,foritiscomplex,unfathomable难以理解的,malignant恶性的,andbeautifulaswell. 六H. D. Thoreau梭罗and his workWalden瓦尔登湖not only fully demonstrates Emersonian ideas of self-r

19、eliance but also develops and tests Thoreaus own transcendental philosophy.七Henry Wadsworth Longfellow朗费罗Features of Longfellows poetic works1)lChief romantic tendencies as humanitarian attitude, love of nature and love of beauty.2)lThe first American poet to write narrative poems.3)lConventional st

20、yle and subjects4)lGenerally simple ideas expressed musically and powerfully.5)lSimplicity and detachment from the deep problems of contemporary life19世纪美国最伟大的浪漫主义诗人之一。传统派，励志型。 诗集： 夜吟Voices of the Night 歌谣及其他Ballads and Other Poems 伊凡杰琳Evangeline 海依华沙之歌The Song of Hiawatha 诗歌： 我射出一支箭 I Shot an Arrow

21、. A Psalm of Life 生命颂/人生颂-第一首被完整地介绍到中国的美国诗歌八、WaltWhitman沃尔特惠特曼美国著名诗人、人文主义者，他创造了诗歌的自由体（FreeVerse-withoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.），ThefirsteditionofLeavesofGrass草叶集waspublishedin1855.Inthisgiantwork,openness,freedom,andaboveall,individualismareallthatconcernedhim.WritingfeaturesofWhitman-Asinge

22、rfortheidealsofequality,democracyandhumandignity.-Songsforhimself,forthelabourofcommonAmericanpeople,naturalcreation,theindependenceofthecountry,loveandfriendship,andforthememorizingofPresidentLincoln.-Freeverse,rhythmicalunit,phoneticrecurrence.诗歌：我歌唱自我OnesSelfISing噢，船长！我的船长！OCaptain!MyCaptain!九、Em

23、ilyDickinson（19世纪唯一出名的女作家）-IDiedforBeauty,becauseIcouldnotstopforDeath.美国女诗人，狄金森一生都没有离开过自己的家乡，对她的诗歌风格产生直接影响的是爱默生的诗歌，她的诗歌预示了20世纪诗歌的诞生。宅女，想象力，诗歌（死亡、爱情、失败、无标点）Whitman:societyDickinson:innerlifeoftheindividualMostofherpoemsareaboutdeathandimmortality.Natureistoherbothbenevolentandcruel.Emilywasanenerget

24、icandoutgoingwomanwhileattendingtheAcademyandSeminary.Mostofherpoemsareaboutlifeandnature.Theyareshort;manyofthemarebasedonasingleimageorsymbol.作品：要描绘一片草原ToMakeaPrairie 最美妙的胜利感觉SuccessIsCountedSweetest 我是无名之辈ImNobody! TheAgeofRealismThewarledmanytoquestiontheassumptionssharedbythetranscendentalists-

25、naturalgoodness,theoptimisticviewofnatureandman,benevolentGod.Ittaughtmenthatlifewasnotgood,manwasnotandGodwasnot.Asaliterarymovement,theAgeofRealismcameintoexistenceafterRomanticismwiththeCivilWarItwasareactionagainst“thelie”ofRomanticismandsentimentalism,andpavedthewaytoModernism.Thisliteraryinter

26、estintheso-called“reality”oflifestartedanewperiodintheAmericanliterarywritingknownasTheAgeofRealism.Thethreedominantfiguresoftheperiod:WilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,HenryJamesJameswrotemostlyoftheupperreachesofAmericansociety.Howellsconcernedhimselfchieflywithmiddleclasslife.Twaindealtlargelywiththelowerstrataofsociety.MarkTwainandHowellsseemedtohavepaidmoreattentiontothe“life”oftheAmericans,andHenryJameshadapparentlylaidgreateremphasisonthe“innerworld”ofman. 十、MarkTwain马克吐温Writing:humorandloc