西北师范大学美国文学通史课件 美利坚的诗神.ppt

Lecture The Poetry of the USA And the Poetic Appreciation 美利坚的诗神 Given by Dr. Zhang Shengting I. The American Indian Songs The American Indian Oral Tradition The holiness of Voice: the sacredness of oral language The categories: love songs, warrior songs, ritual songs, prophetic songs, etc. The inseparability between songs and dances: Example 1 for the American Indian Songs A Ritual Song of the Navajo tribe: Reared within the Mountains! Lord of the Mountains! Young Man! Chieftain! I have made your sacrifice. I have prepared a smoke for you. My feet restore for me. My legs restore for me. My body restore for me. My mind restore for me. My Voice thou restore for. Restore all for me in beauty. Make Beautiful all that is before me. Make beautiful all that is behind me. It is done in beauty. It is done in beauty. It is done in beauty. Example 2 for the American Indian Songs A Chippewa Love Song A loon I thought it was, But it was my love’s splashing oar, To Sault Ste. Marie he has departed, My love has gone on before me, Never again can I see him. A loon I thought it was, But it was my love’s splashing oar. A Warrior Song for the PawneeLet us see, is this real,Let us see, is this real,Let us see, is this real,This life I am living?Ye gods, who dwell everywhere, Let us see, is this real,This life I am living. II. The Poetic Creation in the Colonial Period Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) The first poetess in the Colonial Period The Tenth Muse Newly Sprung up in America Her life and career Themes and Rhymes of her Poetic Creation Her Representative Poems Example 1: Anne’s Relisious Poetry Contemplations (9) I heard the merry grasshopper then sing. The black-clad cricket bear a second part; They kept one tune and played on the same string, Seeming to glory in their little art. Shall creature abject thus their voices raise And in their kind resound their Maker’s praise, Whilst I, as mute, can warble forth no higher lays? Exa