[文学]2-Literature of Revolutionary period.ppt

The Declaration of Independence (1776) is at once the nations most cherished symbol of liberty and Jeffersons most enduring monument.. “We must all now hang together, or we will all surely hang separately.” ‘我等而今务须生死与共，否则定遭各别处决。’ We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.? 我等之见解为，下述真理不证自明：凡人生而平等，秉造物者之赐，拥诸无可转让之权利，包含生命权、自由权、与追寻幸福之权。 我们认为下述真理是不言而喻的：人人生而平等，造物主赋予他们若干不可让与的权利，其中包括生存权、自由权和追求幸福的权利。 That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. ….. 兹确保如此权力，立政府于人民之间，经受统治者之同意取得应有之权力；特此，无论何种政体于何时坏此标的，则人民有权改组或弃绝之，并另立新政府，本此原则，以成此型式之政权，因其影响人民之安全幸福至巨。 为了保障这些权利，人们才在他们中间建立政府，而政府的正当权利，则是经被统治者同意授予的。任何形式的政府一旦对这些目标的实现起破坏作用时，人民便有权予以更换或废除，以建立一个新的政府。新政府所依据的原则和组织其权利的方式，务使人民认为唯有这样才最有可能使他们获得安全和幸福。 I Have a DreamMartin Luther King, Jr I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. Philip Freneau (1752----1832) Philip Freneau (1752----1832) --- the earliest of American poets, who inspired American imagination. Freneau was a pioneer, who found new subject matters for American literature: sea, Indian culture, and American wildness. major works: The Wild Honey Suckle 《野金银花》 The Rising Glory of America 《美洲光辉的兴起》 The British Priso