安徽三联学院外语学院美国文学课件Chapter 17 Williams, Hughes and MacLeish.ppt

Williams, Hughes and MacLeish Langston Hughes Carlos Williams Archibald MacLeish Main Content Ⅰ. Carlos Williams 1883-1963 Ⅱ. Langston Hughes 1902-67 Ⅲ. Archibald MacLeish 1892 – 1982 Ⅰ. Carlos Williams General Introduction An American poet closely associated with modernism and Imagism; A pediatrician and general practitioner of medicine 2. His Subject Everyday experience; small cities and working people. He is well-known for his outspoken hostility to most of the “-sms” of the day. He is the poet of the particular, the American, the local, and the fact. “The local is the only thing that is universal” (W.C.Williams) 3. Artistic Features Episodes, moments “snatched from life” Palpable images: “No ideas but things”: symbolism turned upside down 意从物生,诗有画意 4. The Red Wheelbarrow Emphasis on the importance of three elements: ovum and sperm, man’s intelligence, man’s labor. The ovum and the sperm (chicken) Man’s ingenuity (wheel) His labor (barrow) And the elements (rain) Emphasis on the importance of perception, thingness of things, disregarding abstraction. The poem does not stand for anything Our conclusion: readers tend to find an idea behind anything (logocentric) 5. Compare and Contrast with Steven and Eliot Both wrote poetry in spare time (pediatrics who delivered over 2,000 babies ) Both wrote poetry of things rather than ideas. Both were influenced by Keats in their early days. But Williams contrasts with the elegant fastidiousness of Wallace Stevens. Both stand for the two poles of the same axis of modern poetry Williams: democratic Eliot: aristocratic/classical Ⅱ. Langston Hughes 1.General Introduction With the Harlem Renaissance in the 1920s, the voice of the poet Langston Hughes rose out of many strong black voices. Poet Laureate of Harlem a very important place amongst the greatest poets America. 2.His Poetic Works Weary Blues(1926),Fine Clothes to the Jew(1927), Th