美国浪漫主义 超验主义.ppt

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1、AmericanRomanticismTime"Romanticism,"asaterm,derivesfromromancewhichmeansastorythatisadventurousandimprobable.Britain:1790s~1830sAmerica:1800~1860sItstartedwiththepublicationofWashingtonIrving’sTheSketchBookendedwithWhitman’sLeavesofGrass.BackgroundHistorically，itwasthetimeofwestwardexpansioninAmeri

2、caEconomically，thewholenationwasexperiencinganindustrialrevolution.Politically，democracyandequalitybecametheidealofthenewnation，andthetwo-partysystemcameintobeing.literaryandculturallife,WiththefoundingoftheAmericanIndependentGovernment，thenationfeltanurgetohaveitsownliteraryexpression，tomakeknownit

3、snewexperiencethatothernationsdidnothave：theearlyPuritansettlement，theconfrontationwiththeIndians，thefrontiersmen'slife，andthewildwest.TheimpactofEuropeanRomanticismonAmericanRomanticismForeignliterarymasters，especiallytheEnglishcounterpartsexertedastimulatingimpactonthewritersofthenewworld.Bornofo

4、necommonculturalheritage,theyrevoltedagainsttheliteraryformsandideasoftheperiodofclassicism。Features1.Newness.ForAmericansintheearly19thcentury,theircountryandlandscapewasanentirelynewone.Thenewnessmeantthatevenfairlyordinary,day-to-daythingswereveryinteresting,andlotsofAmericanwriterswroteaboutordi

5、naryeventsinawaythatmadethemfreshandexciting.2.Puritanism.Puritanismremainedastronginfluence.ThepublicopinionwasstilloverwhelminglyPuritan,socertaintopicsremainedofflimits-specificallysex.3.Isolation:Withouttraditionalcontext,insecurityaboutvaluesarises,Theyaretroubledbythelossofdistinction4.Optimis

6、m:TheythoughtofAmericaasanewGardenofEden,andbelievedstronglyinindividualismandequality,totheextentthattheysawthemselvesasanewkindofpioneer.5.Intermsofliterarytechnique,AmericanRomanticsusesymbols,myths.Theirstyleisoftenveryoriginalandnotconventionoriented.ItrangesfromthecomicfablesofWashingtonIrving

7、totheGothictalesofEdgarAllenPoe,fromthefrontieradventuresofJamesCoopertothenarrativequestsofHermanMelville,fromthepsychologicalromancesofHawthornetothesocialrealismofRebeccaHarding.美国浪漫主义时期的小说富有独创性，多样