CULTURE 13 英语国家与文化.ppt

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic . best known for his tales of mystery and macabre, Poe was one of earliest American practitioners of short story and is considered the inventor of detective fiction genre. He is further credited with contributing to emerging genre of science fiction. --known for the series of novels in which he portrays the encounter of Americans with Europe and Europeans. His method of writing allows him to explore issues related to consciousness and perception, and his style in later works has been compared to impressionist painting. known for his tenure as editor of Atlantic Monthly as well as his own prolific writings, something that “presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant of time.” A prolific writer vividly conjured the annihilated Jewish world of ?eastern Europe, he spoke to fears, longings, and ambivalence of Americas modern nation of immigrants. He drew ?on folk memories and mystical traditions to create a body of work that moved dramatically from the realistic to the fantastic, in ways that startled readers and inspired other writers. his writing exhibited the mixture of rich picaresque novel and subtle analysis of our culture, of entertaining adventure, drastic and tragic episodes in quick succession interspersed with philosophic conversation, all developed by a commentator with a witty tongue and penetrating insight into the outer and inner complications that drive us to act, or prevent us from acting, and that can be called the dilemma of our age. “因为他对当代美国小说做出了强有力的和艺术上无与伦比的贡献”。 一切精神失常的人员要停止飞行，必须由本人提出申请，而一个人在面临真正的迫在眉捷的危险时，对自身安全表示关注，就证明他不是疯子。 所谓不可逾越就是——如果你疯了，可以允许停止飞