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1、5Blackhumor:thetermblackhumorwascreatedin1920s,butitwasnotnoticeduntil1960s.itwasparticularlyaliteraryphenomenoninAmericaafterWWⅡ.Blackhumor,inliterature,isdrama,novel,andfilm,grotesqueormorbidhumorusedtoexpresstheabsurdity,insensitivity,paradox,andcrueltyofthemodernwo
2、rld.Ordinarycharactersorsituationsareusuallyexaggeratedfarbeyondthelimitsofnormalsatireorirony.Blackhumorusesdevicesoftenassociatedwithtragedyandissometimesequatedwithtragicface.JoseghHellerandKuryVonnegutarefamousfortheirnovelsofblackhumor.EspeciallyHeller’sCatch—22.I
3、magism:ApoeticmovementofEnglandandtheU.S.thatflourishedfrom1909to1917.Themovementinsistsonthecreationofimagesinpoetryby“thedirecttreatmentofthething”andtheeconomyofwording.“poetictechniquestorecordexactlythemomentaryimpressions”ThreemainprinciplesoftheImagistMovement(1
4、912):[1]directtreatmentofpoeticsubjects[2]eliminationofmerelyornamentalorsuperfluouswords,tousenowordthatdoesnotcontributetothepresentation.[3]rhythmicalcompositioninthesequenceofthemusicalphraseratherthaninthesequenceofametronome.4>pound’sInaStationoftheMetroisawell-k
5、nownpoem.Localcolorism:localcolorismisatypeofwritingthatwaspopularinthelate19th(1860s—1870s).Thefeatureoflocalcolorismare:(1)presentingalocaledistinguishedfromtheoutsideworld;(2)describingtheexoticofthepicturesque;(3)glorifyingthepast;(4)showingthingsastheyare;(5)influ
6、enceofsettingoncharacters.ThewellknownlocalcolorismauthorswereMarkTwainwithhisbookTomSawyerandTheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn,BretHarte’swithhisTheLuckoftheRoaringCamp.AmericanPuritanism:thesettlementofNorthAmericancontinentbyEnglishstartedintheearly17thcentury.Undersie
7、gefromchurchandcrown,itsentanoffshootinthethirdandfourthdecadesoftheseventeenthcenturytothenorthernEnglishcoloniesintheNewWorld—amigrationthatlaidthefoundationforthereligious,intellectual,andsocialorderofNewEngland.Puritanism,howeverwasnotonlyahistoricallyspecificpheno
8、menoncoincidentwiththefoundingofNewZealand;itwasalsoawayofbeingintheworld—astyleofresponsetolivedexperience—thathasre
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