lecture_4 美国文学史课件.ppt

Lecture 4 Literature in 1920s1920s American Literature I. Background: 1. Economic Boom : “Dollar Decade” carefree prosperity pursuit of pleasure Social labor movement almost disappeared----Red Scare in 1919 2. Spiritual dislocation and fragmentation: Young people join in the “war to end all wars”---not heroic, glorious redivision of power All forces seemed to be pulling apart, no mythical center, God expelled from universe in spiritual waste land, life---meaningless, futile, homeless, estranged. Freud’s theory—film—sex Cultural Background: Shopenhaver “Will to live” Nietzsche: super man Freud’s: psychoanalysis II. Literature: 1. Writers: Adopted Bohemian---unconventional way of life—Greenwich Village left America--- community in Paris took part in middle—class life; on looker 2. two areas: Failure of communication of Americans Failure of American Society Poetry Imagism: Pound; Amy Lowell; T.S.Eliot Traditional Poet: Frost Experimentalist: E.E.Cummings Novel: Lost Generation: Southern Literature: Thomas Wolfe; Faulkner; Katherine Anne Porter Drama: Eugene O’Neil; Elmer Rice Black Literature Imagism 1. starting : France, England from drawing language of common speech with precision new rhythms free choice of subject matter 2． Imagist theorist---English writer. T.E.Hulme He suggests that modern art deals with expression and communication of momentary phrases in the poet’s mind. Poetic techniques should become subtle enough to record exactly the momentary impressions. The most effective means to express these momentary impressions is through the use of dominant image. 3.Three stages of Imagist Movement ?1908—1909: began in London, Hulme founded a poet’s club, Hulme insisted that “ absolutely accurate presentation and no verbiage”. ?1912---1914: Pound took over and championed the poetry. ? 1914---1917: Amy Lowell to