美国文学Lecture 6.ppt

L6 Literature of Romanticism V Romantic Poetry Longfellow and Whitman Preview Quiz What is in common between Irving and Longfellow? What is Longfellow’s significance in American literature? What kind of jobs did Whitman hold before he started writing poetry? How did Emerson comment on Whitman’s poems? What are Leaves of Grass about? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 –1882) poet and educator Paul Reveres Ride“ The Song of Hiawatha Evangeline. first American to translate Dante Alighieris The Divine Comedy Palm of Life What kind of life philosophy is advocate in the poem? (key lines?) Do you agree to it? Why or why not? What is your life philosophy? Lifes but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. ---Macbeth All the worlds a stage,And all the men and women merely players --- As You Like it Hold Fast To Dreams  -- Langston Hughs Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow Walt Whitman (1819-1892) one of Americas best and most influential poets One’s Self I Sing (Song of Myself) one of the original twelve pieces in the 1855 first edition of Leaves of Grass. 1. According to line 1 of section 1, who is the poet celebrating? Whom do lines 2-3 also include in the celebration? 2. What facts about himself does Whitman reveal in lines 6-9 of section 1? 3. Study Whitman’s use of “I” in the text. Whom does “I ” refer to? 4. what features can you find in this poem correspondent to the summary on p. 69? Song of Myself O Captain ! My Captain! (1865) Assignment Compare the outlooks on death in Donne’s “Death Be Not Proud”, Dickinson’s “Because I Could Not Stop for Death” Wen Tianxiang’s 《过零丁洋》 * Previewing Questions: 1. Wh