美国浪漫主义 超验主义.ppt

American Romanticism ;Time;Background;The impact of European Romanticism onAmerican Romanticism;Features;3.Isolation :Without traditional context, insecurity about values arises, They are troubled by the loss of distinction 4.Optimism :They thought of America as a new Garden of Eden, and believed strongly in individualism and equality, to the extent that they saw themselves as a new kind of pioneer. 5.In terms of literary technique, American Romantics use symbols, myths. Their style is often very original and not convention oriented. ;? It ranges from the comic fables of Washington Irving to the Gothic tales of Edgar Allen Poe, from the frontier adventures of James Cooper to the narrative quests of Herman Melville, from the psychological romances of Hawthorne to the social realism of Rebecca Harding. 美国浪漫主义时期的小说富有 独创性，多样性，与华盛顿.欧文的喜剧性寓言体小说，有艾伦.坡的哥特式惊险故事，有库柏的边疆历险故事，有麦尔维尔的长篇叙事，有霍桑的心理罗曼史，有戴维斯的社会现实小说。 ;美国超验主义 American Transcendentalism ;(1) It stressed the power of intuition, believing that people could learn by means of the five senses and by intuition. (2)it placed spirit first and matter second. (3) It took nature as symbolic of spirit of God. (4) It emphasized the significance of the individual (5) It envisioned religion as an emotional communication between an individual soul and the universal “soul”. ;Important American Romantic Writers; The desire for an escape from society and a return to nature became a permanent convention of American literature. 对逃离社会，回归自然的渴求成为美国文学的 一个永恒的话题 Romanticism was partly a revolt against aristocratic social ,political ideas and religious tradition. Romanticism influenced a lot of writers and it contributed to the flourishing of American’s literature. Romantic movement is an ethical guide to life of America. It preached the positive life and appealed to the best side of human nature. ;Thank you！