美国文学史及选读（第三版）（第二册）Chapter 7 Sinclair Lewis.pptxVIP

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ContentPartV20th-CenturyLiteratureBetweentheWars,1914–1945IntroductionChapter1EdwinArlingtonRobinsonChapter2StephenCraneChapter3RobertFrost

ContentChapter4CarlSandburgChapter5WallaceStevensChapter6WilliamCarlosWilliamsChapter7SinclairLewisChapter8EzraPoundChapter9HildaDoolittleChapter10EugeneGladstoneO’Neill

ContentChapter11EdwardEstlinCummingsChapter12FrancisScottFitzgeraldChapter13WilliamFaulknerChapter14ErnestHemingwayChapter15JamesMercerLangstonHughesChapter16JohnErnstSteinbeck

Chapter7SinclairLewisLifeandWorksBriefCommentSelectionsNotesAppreciationForStudyandDiscussion

Chapter3LifeandWorksSinclairLewis(1885–1951)anovelist,shortstorywriter,andplaywrightofthe20thcentury.HebecamethefirstAmericanwritertobeawardedtheNobelPrizeinLiteraturein1930.Lewis’childhoodwasfilledwithpainandloneliness.Hewasconsideredasawackykidandlaughedatbytheothers.Aftergraduation,Lewismovedfromjobtojobandfromplacetoplaceinanefforttomakeendsmeet.Hewasforatimeareporterandalsoworkedasaneditorforseveralpublishers.Chapter7SinclairLewis

Chapter3LifeandWorksIn1920LewisachievedhisfirstgreatsuccesswiththepublicationofMainStreet.In1922,LewispublishedBabbitt,anovelthatsatirizedtheAmericancommercialcultureandboosterism.Lewiscontinuedhissuccessinthe1920swithArrowsmith(1925),whichtoldastoryaboutthechallengesfacedbyanidealisticdoctor.ItwasawardedthePulitzerPrize(whichLewisrefused)andwasonceadaptedasafilmin1931.TheliterarycareerofLewiswasgenerallydividedintothreestages.Thefirststage(1910–1919)canbecalledthetrainingperiod.Mostoftheworksinthisperiodfollowedtheoldconvention.Thesecondstage(1920–1930)canbecalledthefloweringperiod.Duringthistime,hisstatusinAmericanliteraturewasestablished.Thethirdstage(1931–1