四川师范大学外国语学院美国文学英文课件 unit11.pptVIP

Imagism Outline Background Imagism Reading and Discussion Ezra Pound: “In a Station of the Metro” William Carlos Williams: “The Red Wheelbarrow” Wallace Stevens: “Anecdote of the Jar ” Imagism: background key words: a spiritual crisis a full blossoming of literary writing About the Imagist period, agreement cannot be reached on the exact date: 1909-1917, or 1909-1918, or 1906-1917. Imagism as a movement lasts only 10 years; however, its influence is far-reaching and can be felt even today. Imagism was the beginning of modernism in English and American literature. The term “imagism” was coined by Ezra Pound. Connections with Chinese and Japanese poems Haiku ( 俳句) 闲寂古池旁， 青蛙掉进水中央， 扑通一声响。 ——松尾芭蕉 故乡呀 挨着碰着， 都是带刺的花 —— 小林一茶 Representative work: Cathay: Chinese translations, a milestone Hugh Selwyn Mauberley: probably the best poem that Pound ever wrote. Cantos: notorious difficult in some sections, but delightfully beautiful in others; on the whole, not easily approachable. Question ( p.191) 1 ?How does the first two lines differ from the other pairs of lines? 2?What is the most visually compelling word in each of the last three pairs of lines? 3 ?What is the meaning of “depends upon” in the first pair of lines? “Poetry is the supreme fiction.”“Poetry is a passion, not habit. This passion nourishes itself on reality.”  Imagism: history Imagism was the beginning of modernism in English and American literature. The Imagist poem was the invention of a small group of English and American poets who came together in the first years of this century to work out some new way of writing poetry. They are an early group of modernists.  Imagism: history 1) Direct (no fuss, frill, or ornament) treatment of the “thing,” whether subjective or objective; 2) To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation (econo