美國文學(xué)課件7The Literature of the Romantic Period5

1、美國文學(xué)課件美國文學(xué)課件7The Literature of 7The Literature of the Romantic Period5the Romantic Period5Agenda 1. Free verse and Whitman 2. Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinsons life Analysis of “Because I could not Stop for Death” Free verse (自由體詩) refers to poetry that does not follow standard or regularized meter (

2、the organization of stressed and unstressed syllables) or rhyme scheme.1. Free verse and Whitman Free verse enables a different kind of organization.Use of repeated images, symbols, syntactic patterns (phrases, and grammatical units)At times, use of metrical patterns and occasional rhyme to tie line

3、s together. Walt Whitman is often referred to as the “father of the free verse”. He wrote in broad, flowing, conversational rhythms, comparing his poetry to “l(fā)arge, billowy waves.”rolling rhythms and cadencesstrong, direct, everyday language Song of MyselfA poem consisting of 1345 linesWhitman juxta

4、poses a wide variety of scenes and emotions to provide glimpses of the broad American scene.This blend of imagination and empathy移情作用is at the heart of this poem. In the opening lines of Song of MyselfI ce/lebrate/ myself,/ and sing/ myself,And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belongin

5、g to me as good belongs to you. No consistent metrical patterns The length of the poetic lines varies. Ideas of individuality and collectivity2. Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) One of the greatest American poets, but unknown until after her death Out of her nearly 1800 poems, only seven poems were publi

6、shed during her lifetime. Born into a prominent family in Amherst, Massachusetts Having religious doubts “They are religious except me”, she wrote in 1862. An almost total recluse(隱居者) by the age of 30 Companionships with several men although she never marriedBenjamin F. Newton, a law student in her

7、 father officeReverend Charles Wadsworth, the image of a “l(fā)over”Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a writer “The Poet of the Inner-Soul” Death and love: her major poetic subjectMark the possibility of venturing beyond the limits of the selfThe self is fragile and the world created by it is incomplete and a

8、rbitrary. Her poems are original.Pre-reading What stories do you know in which death comes to take a soul or person? What are some emotions and adjectives associated with death?VocabularyUse context clues to guess at the meaning. Immortality (n) Because his image would live on in his films, the movi

9、e star is assured immortality after his death. Unending life Civility (n) He showed civility when he opened the door for his friends. Courtesy; politeness Surmised (v) After seeing how much it was raining, Joel surmised that his friends would not want to go for a bike ride. To infer or guessBecause

10、I Could Not Stop For DeathEmily DickinsonWhat happens in each stanza?Stanza 1 Because I could not stop for Death He kindly stopped for me The Carriage held but just Ourselves And Immortality.Death graciously stops the carriage to pick up the speaker, who seems in a hurry. The events take place at th

11、e end of the speakers life.Stanza 2 We slowly drove he knew no haste,And I had put awayMy labour, and my leisure too,For His Civility.This “civility” that Death exhibits in taking time out for her leads her to give up on those things that had made her so busy. So they can just enjoy this carriage ri

12、de. Stanza 3 We passed the school where children strove At Recess in the Ring;We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain,We passed the Setting sun.We see reminders of the world that the speaker is passing from, with children playing, fields of grain and the setting sun. Stanza 4 Or rather He passes Us The

13、 Dews drew quivering and chill For only Gossamer(薄紗), my Gown My Tippet(披肩) only Tulle (薄紗) Her place in the world shifts between stanza 3 and 4; in the third stanza, “We passed the Setting Sun,” but at the opening of the fourth stanza, she corrects this“Or rather He passed Us “because she has stopp

14、ed being an active agent, and is only now a part of the landscape. Stanza 5 We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground; The Roof was scarcely visible The Cornice(飛檐檐口) in the Ground The speaker is going to die. Death just led her to her burial spot! The we paused marks the second

15、stop in the poem. It could end their journey. She seems to know what it is and shes OK with it.Stanza 6 Since then tis centuries and yetFeels shorter than the DayI first surmised the Horses HeadsWere toward Eternity The speaker has obtained immortality. Time suddenly loses its meaning; hundreds of year