American Romanticism general introduction 美国文学 3新建 Microsoft PowerPoint 演示文稿ppt课件

1 AmericanRomanticism 2 Time Fromtheendofthe18thtotheoutbreakoftheCivilWar 1865 3 Markedby ThepublicationofIrving sTheSketchBookandWhitman sLeavesofGrass 4 Position aperiodofthegreatfloweringofAmericanliteraturealsocalled theAmericanRenaissance 5 SocialBackground 6 1 WestwardExpansion2 IndustrialTransformation3 Democracyandequality theidealofthepeople 7 8 9 10 GeneralCharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticism 11 ForeignmastersexertedinfluenceonAmericanwriters TheAmericanwriterssharedsomecommonfeatureswiththeEnglishRomanticism 12 1 Imaginativeandemotionalqualities2 Thepsychicstateofthecharacters 13 3 Strongtendencytoexalttheindividualandthecommonman4 Fascinationaboutthepastandtheexotic 14 II Inspiteofforeignimpact AmericanRomanticwritingsweretypicallyAmerican 15 1 theirnationalexperienceof pioneeringintothewest 2 theircelebrationofAmerica slandscapeandtheroleofnatureThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature 16 3 Americancharactertypesspeakinglocaldialectsappearinginpoetryandfictionwithincreasingfrequency4 apreoccupationwiththeCalvinisticviewoforigina1sinandthemysteryofevilmarkingtheworksofHawthorne Melvilleandahostoflesserwriters 17 5 thegreatinfluencesofAmericanPuritanismasaculturalheritageoverAmericanmoralvalues6 itsownphilosophy Transcendentalism 18 PrinciplesthattheAmericanRomanticistsfollow 19 1 Beliefinnaturalgoodnessofman thatmaninastateofnaturewouldbehavewellbutishinderedbycivilizationThefigureofthe NobleSavage isanoutgrowthofthisidea 20 2 Sincerity spontaneity andfaithinemotionasmarkersoftruth3 Beliefthatwhatisspecialinamanistobevaluedoverwhatisrepresentative delightinself analysis 21 4 Natureasasourceofinstruction delight andnourishmentforthesoul returntonatureasasourceofinspirationandwisdom celebrationofman sconnectionwithnature lifeinnatureoftencontrastedwiththeunnaturalconstraintsofsociety 22 5 Affirmationofthevaluesofdemocracyandthefreedomoftheindividual 6 Highvalueplacedonfindingconnectionwithfresh spontaneousinnatureandself 23 7 Aspirationafterthesublimeandthewonderful thatwhichtranscendsmundane earthly limits 24 8 Inart thesublime thegrotesque thepicturesque andthebeautifulwithatouchofstrangenessallwerevaluedabovetheNeoclassicalprinciplesoforder proportion anddecorum politeness 25 9 Interestinthe antique medievaltalesandforms ballads Norse 斯堪的纳维亚的 andCeltic 凯尔特人的 mythology theGothic 26 10 Beliefinperfectibilityofman spiritualforceimmanent 内在的 notonlyinnaturebutinmindofman 11 BeliefinorganicismratherthanNeoclassicalrules developmentofauniqueformineachwork 27 TheRepresentativeWriters 28 WashingtonIrving 1783 1859 29 1789 1851 30 31 32 33 Pathfinder 34 Pioneers 35 WilliamCullenBryant 1794 1878 36 1809 1849 37 38 TheHouseofUsher 39 4