英美文学Americanliteraturechapter4解析.ppt

Background The American Dream: A dream of being able to grow to fullest development as man and woman, unhampered(无阻碍的) by the barriers in the older civilizations, unrepressed by social orders which had developed for the benefit of higher classes. ——Historian James Adams Jazz Age(1918~1929)： The decade after World War I and before the Great Depression in 1929. Everything seemed to be feasible(可行的) through modern technology. The gaudiest spree (最华而不实的狂欢) in American history. It is also known as “the Roaring 20s”. Major Characters: Nick (narrator) — a bond salesman, and neighbor of Gatsby. Jay Gatsby — a young, mysterious millionaire later revealed to be a bootlegger(造私酒者). Daisy Buchanan — an attractive young woman, Nick’s cousin and the wife of Tom . Tom Buchanan— Daisy’s husband, an arrogant “old money” millionaire. Myrtle Wilson — Tom‘s mistress(情妇). George B. Wilson—Myrtle’s husband, a mechanic and owner of a garage. Ernest Hemingway (1932) Death in the Afternoon (1935) Green Hills of Africa (1960) The Dangerous Summer (1964) A Moveable Feast Non-fictions： Works (1925) The Torrents of Spring 春天的激流 春潮 (1926) The Sun Also Rises (1929) A Farewell to Arms (1937) To Have and Have Not 富有与贫穷 (1940) For Whom the Bell Tolls 丧钟为谁而鸣 战地钟声 (1950) Across the River and Into the Trees 过河入林 (1952) The Old Man and the Sea (1962) Adventures of a Young Man 天涯游子泪 (1970) Islands in the Stream (Hemingway) 海流中的岛屿 (1999) True at First Light 曙光示真 (2005) Under Kilimanjaro 初秋阳光 (1986) The Garden of Eden Point of view (influenced by experience in war) (1) He condemned war as purposeless slaughter and held that WWI had broken America’s culture and traditions, and separated from its roots. He wrote about men and women isolated from tradition, frightened, sometimes ridiculous, trying to find their own way. (2) Hemi