美国文学选读 二十世纪美国诗人-全文可读.pptxVIP

Ezra Pound 1885. 10.30 – 1972. 11. 1 •an expatriateAmerican poetandcritic •amajorfigure of the early modernist movement •Contribution: the development of Imagism •Best-known works : Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley(1920) The Cantos (1917 – 1969). Imagism •A movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery and clear, sh language. •It has been described as the most influential movemen in English poetry since the activity of the Pre-Raphae •Representatives: Ezra Pound In aStation ofthe Metro T.E. Hulme Autumn F.S Flint The Swan William Carlos Williams The RedWheelbarrow 在地铁站 人群中 ， 这些面孔的鬼影； 潮湿的黑树枝上的花瓣 。（余光中） The apparition of these faces in the crowd ; Petals on a wet, black bough. In a Station ofthe Metro Wallace Stevens 1879. 10.2 – 1955.8.2 •American Modernist poet •won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for his CollectedPoems in 1955 • Best-known works: Anecdote ofthe Jar The Emperor of Ice-Cream Sunday Morning The wilderness rose up to it, 荒野向坛子涌起， And sprawled around, no longer wild.匍匐在四周 ， 不再荒凉 。 The jar was round upon the ground 圆圆的坛子置在地上， And tall and of a port in air. 高高地立于空中。 It took dominion every where. The jar was gray and bare. 它君临四界 It did not give of bird or bush, 这只灰色无釉的坛子 Like nothing else in Tennessee. 它不曾产生鸟雀或树丛， 与田纳西别的事物都不一样。 I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. 我把一只圆形的坛子 放在田纳西的山顶。 凌乱的荒野 围向山峰. Anecdoteof the Jar Langston Hughes •American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist •one of the earliest innovators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetry •a leader of the Harlem Renaissance •Best-known works : TheNegro Speaksof Rivers TheWeary Blues Fine Clothesto theJew Jazz poetry •demonstrates jazz-like rhythm or the feel of improvis •The significance of the simultaneous evolution of poe and jazz dur