苏教牛津版英语三下《Unit 2》课件3.pptVIP

Introduction :American literature has recorded the story of a quest ,at different times the quest has taken different forms( e.g. from the 16th century, at times the quest was a religious pilgrimage.) Early Fiction (1775-1781, the War of Independence) The post revolutionary works Washington Irving: History of New York ; Rip Van Winkle ; The legend of Sleepy; The Alhambra; Tour on Prairies James Fenimore Cooper: the Spy ; The leatherstocking Tales : The pioneers(1823),the Last Mohicans (1826),The Prairie(1827), The Pathfinder(1840) and The Deer slayer Transcendentalists:was a form of idealism ,or philosophical Romanticism,Emerson claimed that by studying and responding to nature individuals could reach a high spiritual state without formal religion. Ralph Emerson: Nature Henry David Thoreau:Walden Power of Imagination These writers were concentrating upon human imagination and emotion rather than the intellect Edgar Allan Poe:The Masque of Red Death , The Fall of the House of Usher Nathaniel Hawthorne: Twice-Told Tale ,The Scarlet Letter, ( rich in symbolism,his way of rebelling against the traditional New England outlook on life, explore certain moral theme such as guilt ,pride and emotional repression) Moby Dick(to profound theme such as fate ,the nature of evil ,the individual’s struggle against the universe (It is considered an American masterpiece ) New Vision of America Mississippi River-The Old-man River .Bird-View of the Mississippi River New Vision of America Walt Whitman(1818-1892) : Leaves of Grass He celebrated the American landscape ,the American people , their speech and democratic form of government . Reform and Liberation Harriet Beecher Stowe: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Anti-slavery novel that galvanized political opinion across the nation ,the slavery question became a passionately debated political issue.) The ending of Civil War is the marks abolition of slavery in the United State Regionalism As the civil war