ppt4- transcendentalism课件.ppt

American Literature;4.1 Transcendentalism 超验主义;advocate;Major Concepts;;4.2 Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) 爱默生;Life;Literary Works;Nature;a transparent eye-ball 透明的眼球;extracted from Emerson’s Essays: First Series (1841). reiterating the emphasis on the independence of the individual. the infinitude of man (self-reliance):If man depends upon himself, cultivates himself and brings out the divine in himself, he can hope to become better and even perfect. main idea : trust thyself and insist on yourself--- not to be a conformist---the terror that scares people from self-trust is consistency. ;Self-Reliance ;;The American Scholar;Emerson’s casual style;Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) 梭罗;Life;Relations with Emerson;Literary Works ;Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854);;Walden, or Life in the Woods (1854);Walden, a series of 18 essays;;;;;;;译本序 徐迟