whitman and dickinson 美国文学课件.ppt

I took my Power in my Hand I took my Power in my Hand-And went against the World-Twas not so much as David-had-But I-was twice as bold-I aimed by Pebble-but MyselfWas all the one that fell-Was it Goliath-was too large-Or was myself-too small? ing * Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) * A major American poet * The second wave of feminism heralded her as the “greatest woman poet in English Language” * If nothing else had come out of our life but this strange poetry, we should feel that in the work of Emily Dickinson, America, or New England rather, had made a distinctive addition to the literature of the world, and could not be left out of any record of it. William Dean Howells Life * Born in December 10, 1830, in a Calvinist family, the first girl in the three children; Austin, Emily, Lavinia * Father is stern, but passionate, mother is rather indifferent * Attended Amherst Academy at ten, spending seven years there * After graduation she lived quietly at her father’s home until she was twenty-four years old. * Except a three-week travel in Washington D.C., spending all of her life reclusively, gardening and writing poets * Experienced successive deaths during her life, which affected her deeply *died at fifty-five, less than a dozen poems published out of nearly eighteen hundred “If fame belonged to me I could, not escape her.” 2. Writing Styles ① Catch the instant charms of objects; even drop the thing itself A narrow Fellow in the Grass Occasionally rides— You may have met Him—did you not His notice sudden is— The Grass divides as with a Comb— A spotted shaft is seen— And then it closes at your feet And opens further on– A Narrow Fellow in the Grass ② a courageous experimentalist a. the idiosyncratic vocabulary and imagery * The extensive use of dashes and unconventional capitalization * abou