[英语学习]PART III THE LITERATURE OF ROMANTICISM.ppt

The Literature of Romanticism The unity of romanticism and realism: In this novel as in his other early novels, Melville is still more enthusiastic about setting out on a quest for the meaning of the universe, hence the novel is more metaphysical and the hero is ardent and self-dramatizing, and defying God; but Moby-Dick is still a mystery, an ultimate mystery of the universe, inscrutable(难以理解的) and ambivalent, and the voyage of the mind will forever remain a search, not a discovery, of the truth; however, the purpose of the fictional tale is to penetrate as deeply as possible into the metaphysical, theological, moral, psychological, and social truths of human experience. The Literature of Romanticism The use of symbolism and allegory: Like Hawthorne, Melville is a master of allegory and symbolism. Instead of putting the battle between Ahab and the big whale into simple statements, he used symbols, that is, objects or persons who represent something else. Different people on board the ship are representations of different ideas and different social and ethnic groups in reality; facts become symbols and incidents acquire universal meanings; the Pequod is the microcosm of human society and the voyage becomes a search for truth. The white whale, Moby-Dick, symbolizes nature for Melville, for it is complex, unfathomable, malignant, and beautiful as well. For the character Ahab, the whale represents only evil. The Literature of Romanticism The language features: Different levels of language use and styles turn the whole book into a symphony with all the musical instruments going on to form a melody（悦耳的旋律）.  The Literature of Romanticism XIII. HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807-1882) The Literature of Romanticism Reputation：the most beloved American poet of his time/ becoming the only American to be honored with a bust in the Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey Life: born in Portland, Maine, died in Cambridge, Massachusetts; studied languages in Europe; interests in