Lecture three06-07浪漫主义.ppt

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1、1.____wasconsideredasthetenthmuseemergingintheNewWorld.2.Itis______whofirstadvocatedliterarynationalisminhisworks.3.ThomasPain’s________waseverreadtoWashington’ssoldiersintheIndependentWar.4.___________wasgreatlyrelatedtothemovementof“theGreatAwaking”.LectureThreeAmericanRomanticism&Irving&Cooper

2、FromtheendoftheeighteenthcenturythroughtheoutbreakoftheCivilWarAmericanRomanticism1.1770s-1830:burgeoningperiod2.1830-1860:culminatingperiod(AmericanTranscendentalism)3.1860-1870sdecliningperiodreasonsfortherisingofAmericanRomanticism1) Theoptimisticmoodofthenationfollowingthenationalpoliticalind

3、ependenceinspiredtheromanticfeelingandcriedforliteraryexpression.(Americandreamgreatlyinspiredtheromanticimagination.)2)thefertileliterarymilieu,amediaforpeopletoexpresstheiropinions.3)theinfluencesoftheEuropeanromanticism(WalterScott,Byron,Gothictradition,LyricalBallads)distinctnationalfeatureso

4、fAmericanRomanticism(1)1)Essentially,itisanexpressionofthespiritandspecificexperiencesofthenation:westernmovement,thewilderness,theexoticlandscape(therobininsteadofnightingale),thecivilizationofAmericanIndians,etc.distinctnationalfeaturesofAmericanRomanticism(2)2)thespecificinfluenceofAmericanPur

5、itanism:First,tendtomoralize.Second,sometaboosubjectsforthewritersnottobreak,likesexandlove.thetwocharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticismandtheirrespectiverepresentativesbothderivativeandindependentderivativevein:IrvingandNewEnglandpoets(theymodeledtheirworksuponEnglishandEuropeanmasters.)Independen

6、tvein(acallfortheNationalLiterature):RalphWaldoEmerson,HenryDavidThoreau,WaltWhitman,etc.FeaturesofAmericanRomanticism1.emphasisonimaginationandemotion2.optimism(newnessasanation)3.aprofoundlovefornature4.puritanmoralvalues5.aculturalrevolutionWashingtonIrving(1783-1859)“FatherofAmericanLiteratur

7、e”lifeexperiencesNewYorkmerchantfamily(1783)firstbook(1809)England(1815)AmericandiplomaticattachétoSpain(1826)secretaryoftheUnitedStatesLegationinLondon(1829-1832)returnedtoAmericaandbegantoliveinhis“Sunnyside”in1833di