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1、Lecture6TheAgeofRealismandNaturalism:HenryJamesⅠTeachingContentAmericanRealism;HenryJamesⅡTimeAllotment2periodsⅢTeachingObjectivesandRequirements1HelpthestudentstoknowaboutAmericanRealism.2HelpthestudentstoknowaboutHenryJamesⅣKeyPointsandDifficultPointsinTeaching1America
2、nRealism2HenryJames3DaisyMillerⅤTeachingMethodsandMeansLecture;Discussion;Multi-mediaⅥTeachingProcess1AmericanRealism(1865-1918)1.1HistoricalBackground●TheCivilWar(1861-1865),astruggleofindustryandcapitalistdemocracyagainstagricultureandslavery,wasaturningpointinAmerican
3、history.AftertheWar,greatchangestookplaceinAmerica.◆Firstofall,theCivilWaraffectedboththesocialandvaluesystemofthecountry:aJeffersonianagrariancommunityintoanindustrializedandcommercializedsociety;wildernessgivingwaytocivilization.◆TheWaralsobroughtsomenoticeablechangest
4、otheAmericaneconomy:industrydevelopingatanunprecedentedrate;agriculturalproductivityincreasingdramatically;citiesexpandingatanalarmingrate.●However,thechangeswerenotallforbetter:thewealthwasmorethaneverinthepossessionofthefew;businessandfinancialtycoonswerehonoredasnatio
5、nalheroesandasmodelsfortheyouth;lifeforthemillionswasfastbecomingaveritablestruggleforsurvival.ItwaswhatMarkTwaincalled“TheGildedAge”,anageofextremes:ofdeclineandprogress,ofpovertyanddazzlingwealth,ofgloomandbuoyanthope—anageofgaudyexcessesthatonehistoriandescribedas“The
6、GreatBarbecue”.(P116-117)1.2FeaturesofAmericanRealism●AmericanRealism,aliterarymovement,cameinthelatterhalfofthenineteenthcenturyintheformoflocalcolor(thecarefulattentiontodetailsofthephysicalsceneandtothosemannerismsinspeech,dress,orbehaviorpeculiartoageographicallocali
7、ty)asareactionagainst“thelie”ofromanticismandsentimentalism.●Itexpressedtheconcernfortheworldofexperience,ofthecommonplace,andforthefamiliarandthelow.●Itaimedattheinterpretationoftheactualitiesofanyaspectoflife,freefromsubjectiveprejudice,idealism,orromanticcolor.●Inmatt
8、ersofstyle,therewasacontrastbetweenthegenteelandgracefulproseontheonehand,andvernaculardictionandrougha
