2 The American Romanticism 1.ppt

The Pioneers拓荒者(1823): Natty Bumppo first appears as a seasoned scout in advancing years, with the dying Chingachgook, the old Indian chief and his faithful comrade, as the eastern forest frontier begins to disappear and Chingachgook dies. The Last of the Mohicans最后的莫希干人(1826): An adventure of the French and Indian Wars in the Lake George county. The Prairie大草原(1827): Set in the new frontier where the Leatherstocking dies. The Pathfinder(1840): Continuing the same border warfare in the St. Lawrence and Lake Ontario county. The Deerslayer(1841): Early adventures with the hostile Hurons on Lake Otsego, NY. Style :Representing a personal vision or insight, the lyric poem often expresses a mood or feeling. Usually written in the first person, the poem reflects a specific point of view, but the “I” speaker or persona of the poem is not necessarily the poet. Dickinson was conscious of the musical element associated with the lyric and had a strong musical sense. Her frequent use of the dash forces readers to engage in the process of association, of “filling in the blanks” to begin to understand the idea behind the poem or to understand the implied comparison in a metaphor. She followed her own pattern of capitalization, at times using it for emphasis. All of these techniques anticipate the continuing innovations in poetry that occur throughout the 20th century. * I. What is Romanticism Simply speaking, Romanticism is a literary movement which flourished as a cultural force throughout the 19th C and it can be divided into the early period and the late period. Also it remains powerful in contemporary literature and art. Romanticism, a term that is associated with imagination and boundlessness, is contrasted with classicism, which is commonly associated with reason and restriction. A romantic attitude may be detected in literature of any period, but as an historical movement it arose in the 18th and 19th centuries, in reaction to more rational literary, philosophic,