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1、Unit10TheSadYoungMenbyRodW.Horton&HerbertW.EdwardsTeachingContentsI.BackgroundknowledgeII.IntroductiontothepassageIII.TextAnalysisIV.RhetoricaldevicesV.QuestionsTheAuthorRodW.Horton(1910-)BorninWhitePlainsN.Y.Instructor,NewYorkUniversity,(1937-45)Assistantprofessor(1
2、945-49)Associateprofessor(1949-57)Culturalaffairsofficer(1957-64)Professor,ColoradoUniversity(1964-)Visitingprofessor,UniversityofBrazil,CoimbraPublications:BackgroundsofAmericanLiteraryThought(1952)BackgroundsofEuropeanLiterature(1954)I.BackgroundKnowledge1. Somete
3、rms:--TheSadYoungMen--TheLostGeneration--TheBeatGeneration--TheAngryYoungMenTheLostGenerationTheLostGenerationisatermusedtodescribeagroupofAmericanwriterswhowererebellingagainstwhatAmericahadbecomebythe1900’s.Atthispointintime,Americahadbecomeagreatplaceto,“gointosom
4、eareaofbusiness”However,theLostGenerationwritersfeltthatAmericawasnotsuchasuccessstorybecausethecountrywasdevoidofacosmopolitanculture.TheirsolutiontothisissuewastopackuptheirbagsandtraveltoEurope’scosmopolitancultures,suchasParisandLondon.Heretheyexpectedtofindliter
5、aryfreedomandacosmopolitanwayoflife.Acosmopolitancultureisonewhichincludesandvaluesavarietyofbackgroundsandcultures.Inthe1920'stheWhiteAngloSaxonProtestantworkethicwastheonlyculturethatwasconsideredandvaluedbythemajorityofAmericans.Itwasbecauseofethicssuchasthiswhich
6、madethecosmopolitancultureofParissoalluring.AmericanLiteraturewentthroughaprofoundchangeinthepostWWIera.Upuntilthispoint,AmericanwriterswerestillexpectedtousetherigidVictorianstylesofthe19thCentury.Thelostgenerationwriterswereabove,orapartfrom,Americansociety,notonly
7、ingeographicterms,butalsointheirstyleofwritingandsubjectstheychosetowriteabout.AlthoughtheywereunhappywithAmericanculture,thewriterswereinstrumentalinchangingtheircountry'sstyleofwriting,fromVictoriantomodern.theBeatGenerationTheBeatGenerationisatermusedtodescribeagr
8、oupofAmericanwriterswhocametoprominenceinthe1950s,aswellastheculturalphenomenathattheywroteaboutandinspired(latersometimescalled“be
