Walt Whitman作者及作品介绍.ppt

Walt Whitman (1819-1892) 1) Leaves of Grass (his “single” poem; embodiment of American democratic ideals; a new idea, a new world, a new life-style) Selected poems: “There Was a Child Went Forth ”; “Cavalry Crossing a Ford ”; “Song of Myself ” 2) Viewpoints of Democracy and individualism 3) Free verse 4) “I” I. Viewpoints of democracy and individualism in Leaves of Grass 1. Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem, Leaves of Grass . 2. In this giant work, openness, freedom, and above all, individualism are all that concerned him. 3. His aim was to express some new poetical feelings and to initiate a poetic tradition in which difference should be recognized 4. The poet should behave as supreme individualist. I. Viewpoints of democracy and individualism in Leaves of Grass 5. However, the poet’s essential purpose was to identify (identify A with B 使A与B 等同)his ego with the world, and more specifically with the democratic “en-masse” of America, which is established in the opening lines of “Songs of Myself.” Two people could be “twain yet one:” their paths could be different, and yet they could realize a kind of transcendent contact. Equally, many people could realize a community while remaining individuals. 2008.4 38．Walt Whitman is a poet with a strong sense of mission, having devoted all his life to the creation of the “single” poem, ______. A．The Love Song of J．Alfred Prufrock B．The Waste Land C．Murder in the Cathedral D．Leaves of Grass 2007.4 23．Walt Whitman, whose ______________ established him as the most popular American poet of the 19th century.A．Leaves of Grass???????????????????????????????????????? B．Go Down, MosesC．The Marble Faun????????????????????????????????????? D．As I Lay Dying II. Analysis of Leaves of Grass 1. Creative intention 2. Themes 1) Working people + city life 2)The “en-mass” and the self 3) Sexuality 4) Suffering of soldiers + death of Linco