文选chapter9、10.ppt

CHAPTER 9CHAPTER 10黄雅彬 罗雪梅 傅祎婧 伊杜娟 LOCAL COLORISM Time period 1860s to the end of 19th century LOCAL COLORISM Definition The detailed representation in prose fiction of the setting, dialect, customs, dress and ways of thinking and feeling which are distinctive of a particular region. LOCAL COLORISM Background (1).Historical background ?Marked differences existed between different parts of the country when the U.S expanded westward, with the East assuming the superior “aristocratic” posture. The rest of the country keenly felt the psychological need to assert their cultural identity by showing their local character. LOCAL COLORISM Background (2). Intellectual context. The frontier humorists, who had flourished several decades before the Civil War, had prepared the literary ground for local colorism. LOCAL COLORISM Chief Characteristics Emphasis of elements which characterize a local culture, such as speech, customs, and mores peculiar to one particular place. Emphasis of physical setting and those distinctive qualities of landscape which condition human thought and behavior. LOCAL COLORISM Major Local Colorists Bret Harte: The Luck of Roaring Camp《咆哮营的幸运儿》 Hamlin Garland: Main-travelled Roads 《大路条条》 Edward Eggleston: The Hoosier Schoolmaster 《山区校长》 Harriet Beecher Stowe: Old Town Folks 《老城的人们》 Sarah Orne Jewett: Deephaven 《深深拥有》 Kate Chopin: Bayou Folk《路易斯安娜移民》, A Night in Acadie《爱克迪之夜》, The Awakening《觉醒》 LOCAL COLORISM Influences The frontier tradition of tall tales Writings of Irving and Scott MARK TWAIN(1835-1910) Introduction Pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens Born on November, 1835, in Missouri, and grew up in the river town of Hannibal. An American author,a humorist, narrator, and social observer Unsurpassed in American literature. MARK TWAIN(1835-1910) Life Story A. He lived in a town named Hannibal along the Mississippi when he was a child. His life experience in the town was used in his famous novels. B.