《英美文学概论》之美国文学讲义.pptVIP

American Literature Introduction Irving and Cooper Poe Emerson, Thorean, and Hawthorne Melville Introduction Time : In 16th century Purpose: Search for lost continent of Atlantis golden “cities of Cibola” fabled Northwest Passage to the Orient -----fantastic dreams Down-to-earth dreams win fame and fortune—the youth Religious pilgrimage(朝圣)--the puritans and the Mormons Restless-- Other pioneers Irving and Cooper Washington Irving(华盛顿·欧文1783/4/3－1859/11/28 ） Introduction： Literature： 《纽约外史》A History of New York,1809 《睡谷的传说》The legend of the Sleepy Hollow 《瑞普．凡．温克尔》Rip Van Winkle 《阿尔罕伯拉》Tales of the Alhambra,1832 《一个草原旅游的 》 his tour on the prairies James Fenimore Cooper（1789-1851） Life story born in New Jersey in 1789 went and spent three years at sea writing career began quite by accident 1821, published The Spy《间谍》 Cooper launched two kinds of immensely （非常的）popular stories: the sea adventure tale（海上传奇小说）, and the frontier saga（边疆传奇小说）. 1824, published The Pilot《领航者》. Cooper’s knowledge of the sea rested on his earlier three years’ service as a midshipman. of all his over 30novels, the most famous one are really series called Leatherstocking Tales《皮裹腿故事集》 The five novels comprise the Leatherstocking Tales: The Deerslayer 《杀鹿人》 　The last of Mohicans 《最后的莫希干人》 　The Pathfinder 《探路者》 　The pioneers 《拓荒者》 　The Prairie 　《大草原》 　Through this novel, Cooper made the American conscious of his past, and made the European conscious of America.　通过这部小说，cooper记录了当时美国人的思想意识，同时使欧洲人意识到了美国的存在。 Poe The greatest southern writer in pre-Civil War American The master of wound tale of psychological horror The Fall of the House of Usher《厄舍屋的倒塌》 The Pit and the Pendulum陷坑与钟摆 Invent the detective story Develop a theory of poetic compostition—tightness of form and unity of tune—significant effect on American poets Important 19th century writer Emphasized the heart as the front of all wisdom. And believed the power of the individual to control his own fate Essays ：