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《美国文学》课件三.ppt

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Anne Bradstreet: "Contemplations (9)"
• Contemplations (9) • I heard the merry grasshopper then sing. • The black-clad cricket (蟋蟀) bear a second part; • They kept one tune and played on the same string, • Seeming to glory in their little art. • Shall creatures abject thus their voices raise • And in their kind resound their Maker's praise, • Whilst I, as mute, can warble (sing in a high voice but not
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约翰.斯密斯的作品《关于弗吉尼亚的真实叙述》:
“这里的气温同英国的确十分相近。夏天之炎热有如西班 牙,冬天之寒冷近似法兰西或英格兰。这里四季有风,但这 里能令空气为之清新的雷电,我在欧洲还从未有闻。从海上 进入这片土地只有一处进口,那是一处宽达十八至二十海里, 风平浪静的湾口。这片土地可能比我们所知的任何地方都更 令人愉悦。这里有可供航行的美丽河流,有高山、坦坡、平 原、深谷,河流小溪都注入那片美丽的海湾,四周的土地肥 沃,硕果累累。”
• While exploring the Chickahominy River region, he was captured by Powhatan in December 1607.
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Captain John Smith: Life experiences
• Chief Powhatan, the supreme leader in the Chesapeake region, released Smith on January 2, 1608, after Powhatan's favorite daughter, Pocahontas, intervened.
Lecture Three The Literary Scene in Colonial America
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The First American Writer in Colonial America
John Smith (1580-1631): the first American writer
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Captain John Smith: Life experiences
• Smith says of Pocahontas that she "hazarded the beating out of her owne braines to save mine."
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Captain John Smith: Life experiences
• On September 10, 1608, Smith became president of the council in the colony and orchestrated (organize)such improvements as expanding the settlement around the fort and repairing many buildings.
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Captain John Smith: Contributions
• While his writing contains important factual information about Virginia as it was when inhabited only by Indians, Smith is also noted for embellishing(make sth. beautiful) his stories with boasts and conceit.
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Captain John Smith: Contributions
• John Smith remained in Virginia until fall of 1609, when he sailed back to England.
• Smith was instrumental in disseminating knowledge about Virginia, publishing such works as True Relation of Virginia in 1608, Map of Virginia in 1612, General Historie of Virginia beginning in 1624 (there were six editions in eight years), and True Travels in 1630.
——摘自《新编美国文学史(第一卷)》
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Anne Bradstreet: the first notable poet in America
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
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Anne Bradstreet: Contributions
• The first notable poet in American literature; • The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
(1650, in England); • “Tenth Muse” that appeared in America; her lyrics
had been of the first rank among the women poets before Emily Dickinson; • An authoritative spokesman of the Puritanical thought; • One of her well-known poems is “Upon the Burning of Our House” (1666), which is highly religious.
• Captain John Smith is best known for his excellent leadership in the colony's early years.
• He arrived at Jamestown still imprisoned feventually released.
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