聊城大学外国语学院美国文学史与选读课件 Lecture3.ppt

Cooper’s Natty Bumppo Natty Bumppo image in American Literature and culture Thomas King: Green Grass, Running Water John Myers Myers: Silverlock Melville: Moby-Dick Hemingway: coded hero /wiki/Natty_Bumppo Natty Bumppo’s Controversy Love and contempt of the Indians Peace maker and killer of the Indians Extreme individualist and freedom-lover Adamic hero in American culture Symbol of American frontiers spirit Late Romanticism Nathaniel Hawthorne Herman Melville Henry Wordsworth Longfellow Walt Whitman Emily Dickinson Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) The Minister’s Black Veil The Scarlet Letter Rappacini’s Daughter Darkness of human soul Internal world of men; psychological description Symbolism Short story writing theory Herman Melville (1819-1921) Dark Romanticism Moby-Dick; Melville Revival in 1920s Bartleby the Scrivener Fascinating topics for criticism Gender and sexuality Law Humanity Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Most popular American poet of his day the first American to translate Dante’s The Divine Comedy Lyric poems known for their musicality and presentation of stories of mythology and legend Criticized for imitating European styles and writing specifically for the masses In 1884, Longfellow became the first non-British writer for whom a commemorative sculpted bust was placed in Poets Corner of Westminster Abbey in London; the only American poet represented with a bust Longfellow’s Noted Works Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie (epic poem) (1847) The Golden Legend (poem) (1851) The Song of Hiawatha (epic poem) (1855) The Childrens Hour (1860) Household Poems (1865) The New England Tragedies (1868) The Divine Tragedy (1871) Christus: A Mystery (1872) Aftermath (poem) (1873) The Reaper and the Flowers (1839) Walt Whitman transition between Transcendentalism and realism Free verse Leaves of Grass (sometimes described as obscene for its overt sexuality; homo/bi- ) Democracy Slavery Catalogue poem The man and his vagabond life Alcoholic Deis