美国文学Unit12_Modern_American_Poets教材教学课件.ppt

;His realistic depictions of rural life (New England) in American colloquial speech. Receiving four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. (1924 for New Hampshire: A Poem With Notes and Grace Notes; 1931 for Collected Poems; 1937 for A Further Range; 1943 for A Witness Tree) ;“A Momentary Stay against Confusion”;Form of Poetry;Frost revolutionized blank verse. It reflects the plainness of his characters’ lives and it surges with the combination of their drivenness and their reflective hesitancies. His style is rich in detail, determined to stay with the exact but down-to-earth word, and bent on avoiding exaggeration. Use of metaphors ;Regional or Universal? The difficulty of maintaining the will to order in a world of confusion and chaos (the spirit of his time). How does human relate to each other? A fruitful affection and dependence and also a self-respecting and self-reliant independence. “Fire and Ice” “The Road Not Taken” ;;■Cummings wanted to be a poet from childhood and wrote poetry daily aged eight to 22, exploring assorted forms. He went to Harvard and developed an interest in modern poetry which ignored conventional grammar and syntax, aiming for a dynamic use of language. ■As a modern painter, he was fascinated with Post-Impressionist and Cubist paintings and sculptures and with Picasso and other modern masters.