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1、WashingtonIrving·BracebridgeHall布雷斯布里奇田庄(1822)·TheLegendofSleepyHollow·TalesofaTraveller旅客谈(1824)·ChristopherColumbus(1828)c.writingcharacteristics·(1)humorous:thefunctionofhiswritingistoamuse,toentertaininsteadofteachingorinstruction矚慫润厲钐瘗睞枥庑赖。·(2)vividandtruecharact

2、erportrayal·(3)finished(refined)andmusicallanguage,thusregardedas“theAmn.Goldsmith”聞創沟燴鐺險爱氇谴净。d.analysisonTheLegendofSleepyHollow(选自thesketchbook见闻札记)残骛楼諍锩瀨濟溆塹籟。·1.thestory:setting,character,plot·2.theme:conflictsandpraise·conflictbetw.IchabodandBrom·conflictbetw.thev

3、illageandtheoutsideworldJamesFenimoreCooper·TheSpy(1821):ahistoricalnovel·ThePilot(1824):aseanovel·LeatherstockingTales皮裹腿故事集(1823-1841):frontiernovels酽锕极額閉镇桧猪訣锥。·TheLastMohicans(1826)(ColonialWarbetw.BritainandFrance)彈贸摄尔霁毙攬砖卤庑。e.writingfeatures:·strongpoints:wecanse

4、eavarietyofincidentsandtensions,complicatedplotandstructureandabeautifuldescriptionofnature.謀荞抟箧飆鐸怼类蒋薔。·Weakpoints:characterizationisweak.Thereisunsatisfactorydescriptionofcharacters(esp.female).Heisnotfreefromsyntacticalawkwardness,heavy-handedattemptathumor.“WhereIr

5、vingexcelsCooperisweak.”Dialectisnotauthentic.厦礴恳蹒骈時盡继價骚。EdgarAllanPoe·TheFalloftheHouseUsher·Feature:·i.brevity(15pages)·ii.Singleeffect·iii.originalityinthemeToHelen·ItwasinspiredbythebeautyofthemotherofaschoolmateofPoeinRichmond,Virginia.茕桢广鳓鯡选块网羈泪。·Thepoemisfamous

6、foranumberofthings:·1.itsrhymescheme:ababb·2.itsvariedlinelengths·3.itsmetaphorofatravelonthesea·4.itsoft-quotedlines:·"TotheglorythatwasGreece,/AndthegrandeurthatwasRome."鹅娅尽損鹌惨歷茏鴛賴。·theme:praisetheidealloveandbeautyandancientGreekandRomancivilizations籟丛妈羥为贍偾蛏练淨。TheR

7、aven乌鸦·theme:thelamentoverthedeathofabeautifulwoman預頌圣鉉儐歲龈讶骅籴。·tone:melancholyTranscendentalism(essayists,poets,novelists)·Theirjournalis“TheDial”.·Definition:Transcendentalismisidealism.(Emerson)渗釤呛俨匀谔鱉调硯錦。b.features·(1)stressonOversoul,thatisspirit.·(2)stresstheimpo

8、rtanceofindividual.·(3)freshconceptionofnature.c.significance·(1)inspiredawholegenerationofwriterssuchasWhitman,MelvilleandD