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1、WaltWhitman(1819–1892)2010123441OutlineWaltWhitmanHislifeandcareerMajorWorksHiscontributionMajorthemeandfeaturesinhispoetryWaltWhitman(1819–1892)Americanpoet,essayist,journalist,andhumanistApartofthetransitionbetweenTranscendentalismandRealismThefatheroffreeverseLifeandCareerBornin1819onLongIsland,
2、NewYorkPoor&Semiliterate(半文盲的)parents,only5-6yearsformaleducation,self-educatedWorkedasofficeboy,printingworker,schoolteacher(1836),free-lancewriterWhitman’sbirthplaceFreeverseisaformofpoetrythatrefrainsfrommeterpatterns,rhyme,oranyothermusicalpattern.Althoughfreeverserequiresnometer,rhyme,orothert
3、raditionalpoetictechniques,apoetcanstillutilizethemtocreatesomesenseofstructure.Forexample,WaltWhitmanrepeatscertainphrasesandusescommastocreatebotharhythmandstructure.LifeandCareerIn1842hewaseditoroftheAurora[ɔ:'rɔ:rə]andfrom1846to1848hewaseditoroftheBrooklynEagleSupportedslaveryabolishing,dismiss
4、edfromhisjobServedasavolunteernurseduringtheCivilWarDiedin1892,unmarriedallhislifeWhitman’srestingplaceMajorWorksofWhitmanLeavesofGrass草叶集Drum-Taps桴鼓集SongofMyself自我之歌ISitandLookOut坐观世间OCaptain,MyCaptain!船长,我的船长WhenLilacsLastintheDooryardBloom’d最近紫丁香在庭院里开放的时候IhearAmericaSinging我听见美国在歌唱LeavesofGrass草
5、叶集Firstpublishedin1855withonly12poemsNineeditionsandlasteditionincludesmorethan400poemsCelebratestheidealsofequality,democracy,thedignity,self-reliantspiritandjoyofcommonpeopleGrass---themostcommonthingwiththegreatestvitality,asasymboloftherisingAmericanOne’sSelfISingONE‘S-SELFIsing,asimpleseparate
6、person,YetutterthewordDemocratic,thewordEn-Masse.OfphysiologyfromtoptotoeIsingNotphysiognomyalonenorbrainaloneisworthyfortheMuse,IsaytheFormcompleteisworthierfar,TheFemaleequallywiththeMaleIsing.OfLifeimmenseinpassion,pulse,andpower,Cheerful,forfreestactionform'dunderthelawsdivine,TheModernManIsing
7、.我歌唱一个人的自身我歌唱一个人的自身、一个单一的个别的人、不过要用民主的这个词、全体这个词的声音。我歌唱从头到脚的生理学,我说不单只外貌和脑子,整个形体更值得歌吟,而且,与男性平等,我也歌唱女性。我歌唱现代的人,那情感、意向和能力上的巨大生命,他愉快、能采取合乎神圣法则的最自由的行动。OCaptain!MyCaptainCaptain!myCaptain!ourfearfultripisdone,