The_Discovery_of_What_It_Means_to_Be_an_American(1) 作为美国人的意义.ppt

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1、TheDiscoveryofWhatItMeanstoBeanAmericanJamesBaldwinBackgroundKnowledgeAuthor:JamesBaldwin(鲍德温)JamesBaldwinJamesBaldwin(1924--1987),anAmericannegrowriter,borninHarlem,livedmuchofhislifeinNewYorkCity.HeishailedasoneofthegreatnovelistsandessayistsofAmerica.JamesBaldwinnove

2、lsonsexualandpersonalidentitysharpessaysoncivil-rightsstruggle向苍天呼吁JamesBaldwin'smasterpieces土生子的笔记没有人知道我的名字下一次烈火街头无名假如比尔能说话TextAnalysisExpository(说明性)writingBaldwindiscovers:1.TheAmericanaredifferentfromtheEuropean.2ItisacomplexfatetobeanAmerican3.AllAmericans,whiteorbl

3、ack,lovedtheircountryandwerenotathomeinEurope.4.AmericansknewmoreabouteachotherthananyEuropeanevercould.5.Europewaspartoftheiridentityandpartoftheirinheritance.DetailedStudyoftheTextPara.1HenryJames(1843--1916),Americannovelistandcritic,masterofpsychologicalnovel,Para.1H

4、enryJamesoneofthemostdistinctiveprosestylistsinEnglish,oneofthewriterswholaidthefoundationsofmodern"streamofconsciousness"fiction《波士顿人》《金碗》《鸽翼》《使节》Para.3TexasG.ITexasG.I.:aTexanenlistedsoldieroftheU.S.armedforces;asymbolofU.S.patriotismG.I.:membersoftheU.S.armedforces("G

5、overnmentIssue")TheMountiansofSwitzerlandPara.6BessieSmith(1894--1937),Americannegrosinger,famousforherjazzandbluessinginginthe1920s,"EmpressoftheBlues"TextAnalysisgenre:expositorywritingmaincontent:In1948,theAmericannegrowriterJamesBaldwinsailedforEuropeandthenhestayedt

6、herefornearlytenyears.Itwasaperiodofdiscoveryforhimtosearchforhisidentityandtofindwaystorelatehisexperiencetothatoftheothers.Thereforthefirsttime,henolongerfeltashamedofbeingadiscriminatedNegroandwasabletoseehisownweight,hisownvalue.Hewasforcedtoreassessandreconsidermany

7、thingshehadalwaystakenforgrantedandmadeseveralimportantdiscoveries.1.TobeanAmericanwasacomplexfate.2.OriginsdidmeanlittleforthoseAmericanexpatriates.TheyalllovedtheirhomelandandfeltuneasyinEurope.3.AmericansknewmoreabouteachotherthananyEuropeanevercould.4.Europeformedthe

8、mallandEuropewaspartoftheiridentityandpartoftheirinheritance.JamesBalwinthenfocuseshisdiscussionuponthe