山东农业大学精品课程《英美文学史》课件：unit 11.pptVIP

Unit 11 New England Transcendentalism and Romantic Age （2） Washington Iving (1783-1859) Achievements:  1. Irving is the first belletrist in American literature, writing for pleasure at a time when writing was practical and for useful purposes. 2. He is the first American literary humorist. 3. He has written the first modern short stories. 4. He is the first to write history and biography as entertainment. 5. He introduced the nonfiction prose as a literary genre. 6. His use of the gothic looks forward to Poe. Study Questions  1. Compare and contrast Freneaus and Irvings uses of the historical situation as the subject of imaginative literature. What makes Irving more successful, and why is he more successful? 2. Discuss several different ways in which Rip Van Winkle addresses versions of the American dream. 3. Compare Rip Van Winkle with Franklins Father Abraham in The Way to Wealth. What do the two have in common? 4. Rip Van Winkle is an early work that casts the American woman as the cultural villain. Analyze the character of Dame Van Winkle in the story and discuss the significance Irving attributes to her death. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) Primary Works Voices of the Night, 1839; Ballads and Other Poems, (includes The Wreck of the Hesperus and The skeleton in Armor) 1841; Poems on Slavery, 1842; The Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems, 1845; Evangeline, 1847; Kavanagh (fiction), 1849; The Song of Haiwatha, 1855; The Courtship of Miles Standish, 1856; Tales of a Wayside Inn, 1863; Poems, 1886; The Poems of Henry wadsworth Longfellow, 1961. Melville - A Brief Assessment For twenty years before his death in 1891, Herman Melville was a forgotten man. This is best reflected in a couple obituary notices: He won considerable fame as an author by the publication of a book in 1847 (actually 1846) entitled Typee. ... This was his best work, although he has since written a number of other stories, which were published more for private than pu