高级英语_The_Sad_Young_Men 课件.ppt

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1、AdvancedEnglishLessontenTheSadYoungMenBenUnit10TheSadYoungMenbyRodW.Horton&HerbertW.EdwardsTeachingPointsI.BackgroundknowledgeII.IntroductiontothepassageIII.TextAnalysisIV.RhetoricaldevicesV.QuestionsI.BackgroundKnowledgeA.TheAuthor----RodW.Horton(1910-)BorninWhitePlainsN.Y.Instructor,Ne

2、wYorkUniversity,(1937-45)Assistantprofessor(1945-49)Associateprofessor(1949-57)Culturalaffairsofficer(1957-64)Professor,ColoradoUniversity(1964-)Visitingprofessor,UniversityofBrazil(1954-56)Visitingprofessor,UniversityofCoimbra(1961-64)Publications:BackgroundsofAmericanLiteraryThought(19

3、52)BackgroundsofEuropeanLiterature(1954)I.BackgroundKnowledgeB.  Someterms:--TheSadYoungMen--TheLostGeneration--TheBeatGeneration--TheAngryYoungMenTheSadYoungMenandTheLostGenerationrefertothesamegroupofpeople.TheformerwascreatedbyF.ScottFitzgerald;thelatter,byGertrudeStein.Theywereapplie

4、dtothedisillusionedintellectualsandaesthetesoftheyearsfollowingtheFirstWorldWar,whorebelledagainstformeridealsandvalues,butcouldreplacethemonlybydespairorcynicalhedonism.AfterWWIIappearedTheBeatGenerationinUS.ItwasappliedtocertainAmericanartistsandwriterswhowerepopularduringthe1950s.Duri

5、ngthe1960s“beat”ideasandattitudeswereabsorbedbyotherculturalmovements,andthosewhopracticedthe“beat”lifestylewerecalled“hippies”.AtthistimethereappearedinEnglandagroupcalledTheAngryYoungMen.ThistermwasappliedtoagroupofEnglishwritersofthe1950swhoseheroessharedcertainrebelliousandcriticalat

6、titudestowardssociety.I.BackgroundKnowledgeC.  Otherliteraryfigures:--GertrudeStein--E.Hemingway1.GertrudeStein(1874-1946)Americanauthorandpatronofthearts.Acelebratedpersonality,sheencouraged,aided,andinfluenced—throughherpatronageaswellasthroughherwriting—manyliteraryandartisticfigures.

7、ThefifthandyoungestchildoftheDanielandAmeliaSteinfamily,GertrudewasbornonFebruary3,1874intouppermiddleclasssurroundingsinAllegheny,Pennsylvania.In1902shewentabroadandfrom1903untilherdeathlivedchieflyinParis.Whenshewas3yearsoldthefamilymovedtoViennaandthenontoParisbeforere