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1、ExercisesonRealismandNaturalismI・BlankFilling.ThearbiterofnineteenthcenturyliteraryrealisminAmericawas•(WilliamDeanHowells)Henryprobeddeeplyattheindividualpsychologyofhischaracters,writinginarichandintricatestylethatsupportedhisintensescrutinyofcomplexhumanexpe

2、rience・(James)Mark,breakingoutofthenarrowlimitsoflocalcolorfiction,describedthebreadthofAmericanexperienceasnoonehadeverdonebefore,orsince・(Twain)hadanevidentinfluenceonnaturalism・Ilseemedtostresstheanimalman,tosuggestthathewasdominatedbytheirresistibleforcesof

3、evolution.(Darwinism)ThepoeticstyleWhitmandevisedisnowcalled,thatispoetrywithoutafixedbeatorregularrhymescheme.(freeverse)InhisclusterofpoemscalledLeavesofGrass,gaveAmericaitsfirstgenuineepicpoem.(WaltWhitman)Mrs.Stowe'smasterpieceis・(UncleTom'sCabin)SamuelLang

4、horneClemensisbetterknownbythepenname.(MarkTwain)OneofClemens'bestbooksisbasedonhisexperiencesasasteamboatpilot.(LifeontheMississippi)TheresultofMarkTwaiifsEuropeantripwasaseriesofnewspaperarticles,laterpublishedasabookcalled・(InnocentsAbroad)wasthefirstliterar

5、ygiantbornWestoftheMississippi.(MarkTwain)WilliamSidneyPorter,whosepennamewas,wastheauthorofTheCopandtheAnthem・(O.Henry)ManyofO.Henry'sstoriestellaboutthelivesofpoorpeoplein.(NewYork)O.Henrysympathizedwiththepoorandhatedthoserichwhoexploitedanddespisedthem・This

6、isespeciallyseeninhisstoryentitled・(AnUnfinishedStory)ItissaidthatO・HenryimitatedDeasamodel、andthereisindeedmuchincommonbetweenthesetwowriters・(Maupassant)ThetitleofoneofO・Henry，sbooksindicatesthatheconsideredallthepeopleofNewYorkcityworthwritingabout,insteadof

7、onlytheupperclass.(TheFourMillions)HenryJames'firstimportantfictionwas、whichhetookupforthefirsttimethethemeofTheAmerican-in・Eu「ope・(APassionatePilgrim)In1881,HenryJamespublishedhisnovel,whichisgenerallyconsideredashismasterpiece.(ThePortaitofaLady)Byemphasizing

8、theinnerawarenessandinwardmovementsofhischaractersinfaceofoutsideoccurrencesisconsideredthefounderofPsychologicalrealism.(HenryJames)ThenameoftheheroineinThePortraitofaLadyi