20世纪美国小说ppt课件

20thCenturyAmericanNovel 1 Thechildbornin1900wouldbebornintoanewworldwhichwouldnotbeaunitybutamultiple HenryAdams 2 20thcentury amultipleworld DarwinismMarxismTheoryofRelativityScienceofpsychology 3 Diversified20thcenturyAmericannovel RealisticFictionModernistFictionSouthernFictionBlackFictionJewishFictionWomenfiction 4 RealisticFiction SherwoodAnderson 1876 1941 NormanMailer 1923 JohnUpdike 1932 J D Salinger 1919 5 ModernistFiction GertrudeStein 1874 1946 F ScottFitzgerald 1896 1940 ErnestHemingway 1899 1961 6 WilliamFaulkner 1897 1962 FlanneryO Connor 1925 1964 SouthernFiction 7 BlackFiction RichardWright 1908 1960 RalphEllison 1914 1994 ToniMorrison 1931 AliceWalker 1944 8 JewishFiction SaulBellow 1915 2005 BernardMalamud 1914 1986 9 SherwoodAnderson 1876 1941 thefatherofmygenerationofAmericanwritersandthetraditionofAmericanwritingwhichoursuccessorswillcarryon WilliamFaulkner awriter swriter 10 MentorofModernFiction Thematically toexplorenewmaterialforfictiontheagoniesandthefailuresofthe grotesque inAmericansmall town theunsuccessful thedeprived andtheinarticulate Technically sensitivepsychologicalandemotionaldescription Style deceptivelysimple intheoraltraditionofstorytelling openednewperspectivesfortwentieth centuryliterature HeinfluencedwriterslikeHemingwayandFaulkner 11 Winesburg Ohio 1919 12 NormanMailer b 1923 Amulti facetedtalent anovelist aphilosopher metaphysician apoet aplaywright afilmmaker ajournalist apolitician andaperformer Oneofthemostimportantwritersof20thcenturyAmerica 13 TheNakedandtheDead 1948 ThestoryofaU S ArmyplatoonduringtheinvasionofaJapanese heldislandinthePacificduringWorldWarIIoneofthefinestnovelswritteninAmericasinceWorldWarII 14 AbouttheTitle TheNakedandtheDead Thosewhohadfoughtsuchawarwereeitherstrippednaked havinglostallhope ordead havinglostevenlifeitself thewasteofwarandmadnessofwarmentality 15 However mailer sconclusionwasnotoneofabsolutehopelessness Mailersaidina1948interview Thebookfindsmancorrupted confusedtothepointofhelplessness butitalsofindsthattherearelimitsbeyondwhichhecannotbepushed anditfindsthateveninhiscorruptionandsicknessthereareyearningsforabetterworld 16 J D Salinger 1919 17 Thenovelcenteredonasensitive16 year old HoldenCaulfield whofleeshiseliteboardingschoolfortheoutsideworldofadulthood onlytobecomedisillusionedbyitsmaterialismandphoniness TheCatcherintheRye 1951 18 JohnUpdike 1932 awriterofmannerswithhissuburbansettings domesticthemes reflectionsofennuiandwistfulness and particularly hisfictionallocalesontheeasternseaboard inMassachusettsandPennsylvania 19 UpdikeisbestknownforhisfourRabbitbooks depictionsofthelifeofaman Harry Rabbit Angstrom throughtheebbsandflowsofhisexistenceacrossfourdecadesofAmericansocialandpoliticalhistory 20 Rabbit Run 1960 isamirrorofthe1950s withAngstromanaimless disaffectedyounghusband RabbitRedux 1971 spotlightingthecountercultureofthe1960s findsAngstromstillwithoutacleargoalorpurposeorviableescaperoutefrommundaneness 21 InRabbitIsRich 1981 Harryhasbecomeprosperousthroughaninheritanceagainstthelandscapeofthewealthyself centerednessofthe1970s astheVietnamerawanes Thefinalvolume RabbitatRest 1990 glimpsesAngstrom sreconciliationwithlife andinadvertentdeath againstthebackdropofthe1980s 22 SouthernWriters FlanneryO Connor 1925 1964 23 ForallhisconcernwiththeSouth Faulknerwasactuallyseekingoutthenatureofman Thuswemustturntohimforthatcontinuityofmoralpurposewhichmadeforthegreatnessofourclassics RalphEllison WilliamFaulkner 1897 1962 24 AddieBundrenhasdiedandherfamilyiscartinghercoffintoJeffersontobeburiedwithherpeople Themacabrefuneraljourneyfacesnaturalcatastrophesoffloodandfireaswellasanintensefamilystruggle Herhusband Anse andherchildren Cash Darl Jewel DeweyDell andVardaman allhavetheirownagendasastheytraveltowardtheburial Cashmakesthecoffinandcarrieshistoolswithhim Jewel streasuredhorseservesseveralsymbolicfunctionsinthestory andtheytravel coffinandall inawagondrawnbyateamofmules 25 MajorThemes 1 DutyandObligation 2 Isolation 3 ExistenceandMortality 26 FlanneryO Connor 1925 1964 oneofthegreatAmericanshortstorywriterswhosesubjectsarethedualityoftheDeepSouthandherCatholicfaith 27 Andalusia HomeofFlanneryO Connor 28 AGoodManisHardToFind shortstorycollection 1955 O Connoroncereferredtothecollectionas ninestoriesaboutoriginalsin Combiningadeftcomicsensibilitywiththegrotesqueandtragic theyarestoriesinwhichcharactersleadlivesofbrutalpovertyandfiercecruelty whereordinaryeventscantipoverintomisfortune violenceanddespair 29 BlackWriters RichardWright 1908 1960 RalphEllison 1914 1994 ToniMorrison 1931 AliceWalker 1944 30 RichardWright 1908 1960 31 NativeSon 1940 protestnovel 32 Themes racialprejudice poverty criminality Majorcharacter BiggerThomas Tripartitestructure Fear Flight and Fate 33 RalphEllison 1914 1994 Hemayturnouttobethemostalivefictionaltalentofhisgeneration andperhaps withFaulknerandMelvilleandTwain ofAmericanwritingofalltime JackLudwig 34 InvisibleMan 1952 AgreatclassicinAmericanliteratureAbookonracialdiscrimination black whiterelationship andtherebelliousstancetowardanunjustandrepressivesocietyAnarchetypalexistentialstoryofmoderntimesAnodysseyofmodernman squestforself realization 35 Iamaninvisibleman No IamnotaspooklikethosewhohauntedEdgarAllanPoe noramIoneofyourHollywood movieectoplasms Iamamanofsubstance offleshandbone fiberandliquids andImightevenbesaidtopossessamind Iaminvisible simplybecausepeoplerefusetoseeme 36 ToniMorrison 1931 Winnerofthe1993NobelPrizeinLiterature I minterestedinsurvival whosurvivesandwhodoesnot andwhy andIwouldliketochartacoursethatsuggestswherethedangersareandwherethesafetymightbe ToniMorrison 37 TheThemesinherNovels TheterrorandtraumaofracialoppressionThecomplexbehavioroflivingundergenderandracialconflictsThepsychologyofsurvival 38 TheBluestEye 1970 39 AliceWalker 1944 Afeministblackwriter Theblackwomanstrugglingtowardsself realizationinahostileenvironmentisathemeinmuchofherwork 40 TheColorPurple 1982 TheAmericanBookAwardThePulitzerPrize AnepistolaryNovel Agreatbookbothinthematicandformalterms 41 Thematically AfricanAmericanwomen sgrowthagainstthebackdropofsocialandfamilialoppression 2 Blackmen schangeandgrowthaswell 42 Informalterms ThenarrativeschemeandthesuspenseThelanguageThesymbolism thecolorpurple 43 JewishWriters toportraythedilemmasofmisfitheroesyearningformeaningfullivesandmoralregeneration SaulBellow 1915 2005 BernardMalamud 1914 1986 44 SaulBellow 1915 2005 Winnerofthe