《《Langston Hughes》.ppt

Langston Hughes1902.02.01-1967.05.22 African-American poet, novelist and playwright and columnist. Most popular and versatile writer in the Harlem Renaissance. Wanted to capture the traditions of black culture in written form. The Poet Voice of African-Americans Relationship with father Ughes had a very poor relationship with his father. He lived with his father in Mexico for a brief period in 1919. Upon graduating from high school in June 1920, Hughes returned to Mexico to live with his father, hoping to convince him to support Langstons plan to attend Columbia University. Adulthood Hughes worked various odd jobs, before serving a brief tenure as a crewman aboard the S.S. Malone in 1923, spending six months traveling to West Africa and Europe. In Europe, Hughes left the S.S. Malone for a temporary stay in Paris. Death On May 22, 1967, Hughes died from complications after abdominal surgery, related to prostate cancer, at the age of 65. His ashes are interred beneath a floor medallion in the middle of the foyer in the Arthur Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem. Selected Bibliography Poetry The Negro Speaks of Rivers April Rain Song As I Grow Older I, Too, Sing the American Dreams Me And the Mule Prose(散文) I Wonder as I Wander (1956)Laughing to Keep From Crying (1952)Drama Black Nativity (1961)Don‘t You Want to Be Free? (1938)Poetry in Translation Cuba Libre (1948) Translation Masters of the Dew (1947) 我了解河流， 我了解河流和世界一样古老，比人类血管中的血流 还要古老。 我的灵魂与河流一样深沉。 当朝霞初升，我沐浴在幼发拉底河。 我在刚果河旁搭茅棚，波声催我入睡。 我俯视着尼罗河，建起了金字塔。 当阿伯·林肯南下新奥尔良，我听到密西西比河 在歌唱，我看到河流浑浊的胸脯被落日染得一江 金黄。 我了解河流， 古老的，幽暗的河流。 我的灵魂与河流一样深沉。 Me and the Mule 在Me and the Mule中，Hughes描述的是一个服从、温顺、心地善良的老黑奴汤姆叔叔的形象。它的脸上总是挂着笑容，而且它听命于主人的使唤为时已久，几乎已经忘记了自己的种族本能。诗人对这头骡子有着深厚的感情，因为他跟自己一样，都长着黑涩的皮肤。Hughes 并不因为自己是黑人而感到羞耻，相反，他公开表示为此感到自豪。 Honors and awards 1926: Hughes won the Witter Bynner Undergraduate Poetry Prize. 1935: Hughes was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, which allowed hi