美國文學(xué)史作者的寫作特點

1、1、benjamin franklin 本杰明富蘭克林(170&1790) he is the only good american author before the revolutionary war and he is the only one in the colonial period.寫作特點：1敘事清楚簡潔2富有哲理和睿智3文字質(zhì)樸幽默4易于讀者接受。thomas paine托馬斯佩因(1737-1809)英國人民將他視為最受愛戴"的政 論家",他的書被看作窮人的圣經(jīng)。拿破侖稱他為共和國的火炬,一切傳奇 中最偉大的人物。寫作特點：支持獨(dú)立宣言，語言精煉

2、，層次分明,結(jié)構(gòu)嚴(yán)密，邏輯性強(qiáng),抒情和說理有機(jī)結(jié)合thomas jefferson 托馬斯杰弗遜(1743-1826)主張：主張追求幸福，人人生而平等，包括生命權(quán)、自由權(quán)和追求幸福的權(quán)利4philip freneau 菲利普費(fèi)瑞諾(1752-1832)father of american poetry"美國詩歌之父，政治方面的新聞記者寫作特點：the poems of freneau fall mainly into two categories, one of description of nature and one of expression of his political

3、ideas.備注：菲利普弗瑞諾作為一個自然詩人，在時間上介于布拉茲特里特和布萊恩 特之間；作為一個哥特式作家，介于威格斯沃斯和愛倫坡之間；作為一個原始 主義者,介于莫頓和庫珀之間。5.washington irving 華盛頓.歐文(17831859)the father of a meric日n literaturethe first great belletrist第一個純文學(xué)作家，美國第一位浪漫主義散文文體作家， 重振了沒落的哥特式浪漫主義小說。寫作特點:1. h umorous: the function of his writing is to amuse； to entertain

4、 instead of teaching or instruction2. vivid and true character portrayal3 finished (refined) and musical language thus regarded as " the amn. goldsmith"james fennimore cooper詹姆斯芬尼莫庫珀(17891851)長篇小說之父，開創(chuàng)了邊 疆傳奇小說和海上傳奇小說。寫作牛寺點：1. strong points: we can see a variety of incidents and tensions, c

5、omplicated plot and structure and a beautiful description of nature.2. weak points: characterization is weak. there is unsatisfactory description of characters (esp. female). he is not free from syntactical awkwardness, heavy-handedattempt at humor. ° where irving excels cooper is weak." d

6、 ialect is not authentic.7. william cullen bryant 威廉.卡倫布萊恩特(1794-1878)a poet of nature ,“ american wordsworth,z，第一個獲得美國主要詩人稱號的作家。特點：h is works demonstrate some british influence and american characteristics.h e was good at using blank vers巳無韻詩體h e possessed a simple dignity and an impeccably restrai

7、ned style.8. edgar allan poe 埃德加阿倫.i(1809-1849) father of detective novel 短篇小說之父特點：1brevity2. single effect3. originality in themeralph waldo e mersion拉爾夫沃爾多愛默生(18011882)美國的孔子、美國文明之 父，驗主義引入新英格蘭的先驅(qū)。特點:1 .tendency to restate 2.varied illust ratio ns 3.epigrammatic quality(警句式風(fēng)格)w.henry david thoreau亨利

8、戴維梭羅(1817-1862)19世紀(jì)美國杰出的思想家和文學(xué)家特點：1文章簡潔洗練,純樸自然,富有濃厚的生活氣息2意象主要選自神話和 祭禮，偏愛古代神靈，東方英雄，希臘、羅馬和斯堪迪納維亞的文化。nathaniel hawthorne 納薩尼爾霍桑(1804-1864)agreat novelist;心理小說的開創(chuàng)者特點：1. unique gift was for the creation of strongly symbolic stories which touch thedeepesit roots of man1s moral nature.獨(dú)特才能主要表現(xiàn)在他能夠通過一些極具象征意

9、義的故事來觸摸人類靈魂深處的道德品質(zhì)。2. his ability to create vivid and symbolic images that embody great moral questions appears strongly in his short stories.短篇小說里，通過活生生、極具有象 征意義的想象來體現(xiàn)人類社會的一些重大道德問題。3. to make a story exist in its own right but at the same time appear as a moral symbol.杰出之處在于他能把一個故事安放在自己設(shè)置的正義標(biāo)準(zhǔn)之中來講述，他 書中的正義標(biāo)準(zhǔn)成為當(dāng)時人們的道德參考。12.herman melville 赫爾曼麥爾維爾(1819-1891)novelist and poet13.henry wadsworth longfellow 亨利沃茲沃思朗費(fèi)羅(1807-82)1.1st american poet who has his bust put in