美国文学史及作品选读教案(10)

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1、Lecture10TheAgeofModernism:Literatureinthe1930s(JohnDosPassos,JohnSteinbeckandKatherineAnnePorter)ⅠTeachingContentJohnDosPassos;JohnSteinbeck;KatherineAnnePorterⅡTimeAllotment2periodsⅢTeachingObjectivesandRequirements1Makethestudentsknowsomethingaboutthe1930sofAmeric

2、a.2MakethestudentsknowaboutJohnDosPassos.3HelpthestudentstoknowclearlyaboutJohnSteinbeck.4MakethestudentsknowaboutKatherineAnnePorter.ⅣKeyPointsandDifficultPointsinTeachingJohnSteinbeckⅤTeachingMethodsandMeansLecture;Discussion;Multi-mediaⅥTeachingProcess1The1930s1.1

3、Generalintroduction●The1930sisoftenregardedasadimdecadeascomparedwiththeglitteringtwenties.Thereisavisiblecontinuitybetweenthetwodecades.Eliot,Hemingway,Fitzgerald,andFaulknercontinuedtoproducegreatworksofliterature.●The1930swasradicallydifferentfromthe1920sinmoodasw

4、ellasinexpression.Itsmoodwascoloreddifferentlyfromtheverybeginning.●TheWallStreetcrashof1929setthetoneforthewritingofthedecade.FortenyearstheAmericansploddedthroughalightlesstunnelandsubstantialchangecameonlywhenWWIIbrokeout.●The1930swastrulyadarktime,oneofdreadfultr

5、avail.AstheDepressionspread,lifebecameanightmarishexperienceofastruggleforsurvivalformillionsofpeople.1.2Literaryscene●Thewritersofthe1930swerefacedwiththechallengeofpaintingaphysicalwastelandthatAmericahadbecome.Therewas,formany,sheerdespairinthebleakyearsofthethirt

6、ies.●Socialconcernwastopmostinthemindsofmanyauthorsandsocialinvolvementwastobethemajorfeatureoftheliteratureofthethirties.Thenaturalisticrhetoricwasbroughtaboutarevival.Inaddition,thewritersofthe1930srespondedtotheturbulenceoftheirtimesverywell.Literaryexpressioninth

7、eperiodwasabundantandforceful.●The1930swasagreatageoffiction.(P256)ThetwomajorauthorswhobecamedominantfiguresinfictionwereJohnDosPassosandJohnSteinbeck.DosPassos’U.S.A.andSteinbeck’sTheGrapesofWrath,alongwiththeirworksandthoseofotherwritersofferanauthenticaccountofth

8、eAmericanexperienceinthedebilitatingyearsoftheDepression.(P256-257)TherewereyoungnovelistssuchasJamesT.Farrell,JohnO’Hara,andErskin