美国文学课件5.pptVIP

Objectives Enable the Ss to know how to appreciate poems by analyzing Edgar Allan Poe’s “Annabel Lee” from the perspective of form and theme etc. Enable the Ss to analyze form and themes of Walt Whitman’s poems; Enable the Ss to appreciate form and themes of Emily Dickinson’s poems Teaching Materials Edgar Allan Poe “Annabel Lee” “To Helen” Walt Whitman “O Captain, My Captain” Emily Dickinson’s Teaching Methodology Lecturing Text-analysis A Psalm of Life (生命之歌) 朗费罗《人生颂》 A Psalm of Life －－－年青人的心对歌者说的话  Rhyme Schemes Full rhyme Imperfect rhyme Positional types or rhyme End rhyme/ Internal rhyme/ Beginning rhyme Other Special Sound Effects Alliteration The furrow followed free Assonance Lake-fate Clean-sweep Consonance Chatter pitter patter Limerick There was a young lady of Niger Who smiled as she rode on a tiger; They returned from the ride, With the lady inside. And the smile on the face of the tiger. Walt Whitman(1819-1892) One of the great innovators in American literature He gave America its first genuine epic poem: Leaves of Grass Life Born on May 31, 1819, Walt Whitman was the second son of Walter Whitman, a house-builder, and Louisa Van Velsor. At the age of twelve Whitman began to learn the printers trade, and fell in love with the written word. Largely self-taught, he read voraciously, becoming acquainted with the works of Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, and the Bible. In 1836, at the age of 17, he began his career as teacher in the one-room school houses of Long Island. He continued to teach until 1841, when he turned to journalism as a full-time career. In the fall of 1848, he founded a free soil newspaper, the Brooklyn Freeman, and continued to develop the unique style of poetry that later so astonished Ralph Waldo Emerson. In 1855, Whitman took out a copyright on the first edition of Leaves of Grass, which consisted of twelve untitled poems and a preface. He published the volume