资源描述
Chapter1
William Bradford (1590–1657) 布拉德福德
Plymouth Plantation《普利茅斯种植园史》.
Anne Bradstreet (1617-1672) 布莱德斯特
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America
《新近在美洲出现的第十位缪斯女神》.
Jonathan Edwards (1702-1758) 爱德华兹
The Freedom of the Will 《意志的自由》
The Nature of True Virtue《真正德行的本质》
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
《愤怒上帝手中的罪民》.
Thomas Pain (培恩 1737–1809)
prose writer
born in England
arrived in Philadelphia in 1774 (37 yrs)
Common Sense《常识》(1776)
The Age of Reason 《理性年代》
The Rights of Man 《人的权利》
American Crisis 《美国危机》
Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
Pennsylvania Gazette 《宾夕法尼亚报》.
The Autobiography 《自传》
Poor Richard’s Almanac《穷理查德历书》
The only American who signed 4 important documents
Being one of those who drafted articles leading to the Declaration of Independence. 《独立宣言》
Served on the convention to draft the Constitution《宪法》, which was finally adopted in 1789.
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Peace with England
Philip Freneau (弗瑞诺1752–1832)
Works
Booklet
The Rising Glory of America 《兴起的美洲光荣》
Poems
“The Wild Honey Suckle” “野忍冬花”
“To the Memory of the Brave Americans”“纪念美国勇士”
“The Indian Burying Ground”“印第安人的埋葬地”
Chapter2
Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文 1783 - 1859
A History of New York by Diedrich Knickerbocker 《纽约外史》
The Tales of a Traveler 《游者谈》
Charles the Second 《查理二世》
The History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus 《哥伦布的生平和航行史》
The Alhambra 《阿尔罕伯拉》
Biographies:
Life of Washington《华盛顿传》
Life of Oliver Goldsmith《哥德斯密斯传》
Masterpiece: won him international recognition
The Sketch Book《见闻札记》
including
“Rip Van Winkle”“瑞普· 凡· 温克尔”
“The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”“睡谷传说”
James F. Cooper 库柏1789–1851
Novels
1. the first novel (challenged by his wife)
Precaution 《戒备》
2. about the American Revolution
The Spy 《间谍》
3. about adventures at sea
Pilot《领水员》
4. about the frontier and the wild West
Leathers tocking Tales《皮袜子故事集》(a series of 5 novels):
The Pioneers《拓荒者》作为自由和大自然的化身同法律秩序的代表Judge Temple
The Last of the Mohicans《最后的莫西干人》
The Prairie 《大草原》栖身印第安部落离开人世
The Pathfinder《探路者》身处情网边缘
The Deerslayer《杀鹿者》年轻力壮
Nathaniel Hawthorne霍桑1804-1864
Collection of Short Stories
Twice-Told Tales 《重述的故事》
Mosses from an Old Manse 《古屋青苔》
including “Young Goodman Brown” 《好小伙布朗》
“The Celestial Railroad” 《通天铁路》
Other Works
The House of the Seven Gables《七个带尖顶阁的房子》
The Blithedale Romance 《福谷传说》
The Marble Faun 《玉石雕像》
The Life of Franklin Pierce《富兰克林•皮尔斯传》
Our Old Home《我们的老家》
Masterpiece
The Scarlet Letter 《红字》
Edgar Allen Poe 埃·加·爱伦坡1809–1849
Poems
Tamerlane and Other Poems 《帖木耳和其他》
“Israel” 《以色拉非》
“To Helen” 《致海伦》(Allusion 用典)
“The Raven” 《乌鸦》
“Annabel Lee” 《安娜贝尔妮》
Two Collections of Short Stories
Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque《奇异怪诞故事集》
Tales《故事集》
Including:
“The Fall of the House of Usher”《厄舍屋的倒塌》
“ The Masque of the Red Death”《红色死亡的假面具》
Henry David Thoreau梭罗1817-1862
“Civil Disobedience” 《论公民之不服从》
Walden, or Life in the Woods 《瓦尔登湖》
Ralph Waldo Emerson 爱默生1803-1882
Moby-Dick 《白鲸》(masterpiece)
Typee 《泰比》
Omoo 《欧穆》
Mardi 《玛地》
White Jacket 《白外套》
Walt Whitman 沃尔特·惠特曼1819-1902
his lifetime achievement:
Leaves of Grass 《草叶集》
masterpiece:
“Song of Myself” “自我之歌”
Harriet Beecher Stowe哈里叶特·比彻·斯托 (1811-1896)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin《汤姆叔叔的小屋》
Chapter3
Mark Twain马克·吐温1835-1910
Three stages in Mark Twain’s literary career:
1. The early stage: the major tone is humor and memory.
The Celebrated Jumping Fog of Calaveras County《卡拉维拉县的著名跳蛙》1st short story
The Innocents Abroad 《傻瓜国外旅行记》
Roughing It《艰苦岁月》
The Gilded Age《镀金年代》his 1st novel
Adventures of Tom Sawyer《汤姆·索亚历险记》
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn《哈克贝利·芬历险记》
Life on the Mississippi 《密西西比河上的生活》
2. The middle stage: the major tone is satire and criticism
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court《亚瑟王朝庭的康涅狄格州美国人》
The Tragedy of Pudd’n-head Wilson《傻瓜威尔逊的悲剧》
The Prince and Pauper《王子与贫儿》
3. The late stage: the major tone is satire and depression
The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg《败坏了哈德莱堡的人》
Henry James亨利·詹姆士1843-1916
Three Periods of James’ literary Career:
1.Early period (1865-1882): “international theme”
The American (1877) 《一个美国人》
Daisy Miller (1878) 《黛西·米勒》
The Europeans (1878) 《欧洲人》
The Portrait of a Lady (1881)《贵妇人画像》(masterpiece)
2. Middle period (1865-1895): experiments with different themes and forms (subtle studies of inter-personal relationship)
The Bostonians (1886) 《波士顿人》
The Private Life (1893)《私人生活》
3. Late Period (1895-1916): a revival of the theme of innocence in a corrupted world and “the international theme”.
The Turn of the Screw (1898)《螺丝在拧紧》
The Ambassadors (1903)《大使们》
The Wings of the Dove (1902) 《鸽翼》
The Golden Bowl (1904) 《金碗》
O. Henry (欧·亨利1862–1910)
a short story writer
some of his best stories:
The Man Higher Up《黄雀在后》
The Gift of the Magi《麦琪的礼物》
The Last Leaf《最后的叶子》
The Cop and the Anthem《警察与赞美诗》
Theodore Dreiser (德莱赛 1871-1945)
Sister Carrie《嘉莉妹妹》 (1900)
Jennie Gerhardt《珍妮姑娘》 (1911)
Dreiser’s “Trilogy of Desire”欲望三步曲:
The Financier《金融家》 (1912)
The Titan《巨头》 (1914)
The Stoic《斯尔葛》 (1947)
The Genius《天才》(1915)
An American Tragedy《美国的悲剧》(1925)(masterpiece)
Dreiser Looks at Russia《德莱赛对俄罗斯的观感》 (1928)
The Bulwark《堡垒》(1946)
Jack London (杰克·伦敦 1876–1916)
Love of Life 《热爱生命》
White Fang《白獠牙》
The Sea Wolf《海狼》
The Call of the Wild《野性的呼唤》
Martin Eden《马丁·伊登》(a novel with the color of autobiography)
Stephen Crane (克莱恩 1871-1900)
Maggie, a Girl of the Street《街头女郎麦琪》
The Red Badge of the Courage《红色英勇勋章》
Chapter4
Robert Frost 罗伯特·弗罗斯特1874 -1963
Early Poem:
“Home Burial” 《家葬》
Collections of Poems:
A Boy’s Will 《少年的意志》
North of Boston 《波士顿以北》
Mountain Interval 《山间》
West-Running Brook 《向西流去的小溪》
A Further Range 《又一片牧场》
A Masque of Reason 《理智的假面具》
In the Clearing 《林间空地》
Lyric Poems:
“Mending Wall” 《修墙》
“The Road Not Taken” 《没有走的路》
“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” 《雪夜林畔》
“Death of the Hired Man”《雇工之死》
“The Gift Outright” 《全心的奉献》
Ezra Pound 埃兹拉·庞德 (1885-1972)
Collected Poems of Ezra Pound
The Cantos 《诗章》Hugh Selwyn Mauberly 《休·塞尔温·莫伯利》
Two translations:
The Seafarer 《水手》
Cathay 《华夏》
T.S. Eliot 艾略特 (1888—1965)
As a Poet
The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock普鲁弗洛克的情歌
The Waste Land荒原(masterpiece)
Hollow Man 空心人
Ash Wednesday 圣灰星期三
Four Quartets 四个四重奏
As a Dramatist
Murder in the Cathedral 《大教堂凶杀案》
The Cocktail Party 《鸡尾酒会》
The Confidential Clerk 《机要秘书》
The Family Reunion 《全家团聚》
Critic
The Sacred Wood 《神木》
Essays on Style and Order 《风格及秩序论文集》
After Strange Gods 《拜异教之神》
F. Scott Fitzgerald菲茨杰拉德 (1896-1940)
Four Books
Flappers and Philosophers《轻佻女郎与哲学家》
Tales of the Jazz Age 《爵士乐时代的故事》
All the Sad Young Men 《一代悲哀的年轻人》
Taps at Reveille 《拍打在起床号上》
Novels
This Side of Paradise 《人间天堂》
The Beautiful and the Damned 《美丽与毁灭又名漂亮冤家》
The Great Gatsby (masterpiece) 《了不起的盖茨比》
Tender is the Night 《夜色温柔》
The Last Tycoon (unfinished novel)《最后大亨》
William Faulkner福克纳 (1897-1962)
1st Stage:
The Marble Faun 《大理石雕像》-- poems
Soldier’s Pay 《士兵的报酬》-- his first novel
2nd Stage:
The Sound and Fury《喧哗与骚动》
As I Lay Dying 《我弥留之际》
Light in August 《八月之光》
Absalom, Absalom! 《押沙龙,押沙龙!》
3rd Stage:
Go Down, Moses 《去吧,摩西》
A Rose for Emily 《献给艾米丽的玫瑰》-- a short story
Ernest Hemingway海明威 ( 1898-1961)
1. About war
The Sun Also Rises 《太阳照样升起》
A Farewell to Arms 《永别了,武器》
For Whom the Bell Tolls 《丧钟为谁而鸣》
2. About hunting, fishing and bull-fighting
about bull-fighting
Death in the Afternoon 《午后之死》
about fishing
The Old Man and the Sea《老人与海》
2. About hunting, fishing and bull-fighting
about hunting
Green Hills in Africa 《非洲的青山》
The Snow of Kilimanjaro ['dʒɑ:]《乞力马扎罗山上的雪》
John Steinbeck约翰·斯坦贝克(1902-1968)
Cup of Gold《金杯》(his first novel)
The Pastures of Heaven《天国牧场》
To a God Unknown 《致一位未知的神》
Tortilla Flat 《煎饼坪》
Of Mice and Man 《鼠与人》
The Grapes of Wrath 《愤怒的葡萄》(masterpiece)
The Pearl 《珍珠》
Margaret Mitchell 玛格丽特·米切尔(1900-1949)
Gone with the Wind《飘》《乱世佳人》
Chapter5
W. E. B. Du Bois 杜波依斯(1868–1963)
The Souls of Black Folk《黑人的灵魂》(masterpiece)
Black Reconstruction in America 《美国的黑人重建》
Dusk of Dawn 《黎明的尘埃》
James Mercer Langston Hughes兰斯顿·休斯(1902 –1967)
Poems
“The Weary Blues” 疲惫的蓝调
“Fine Clothes to the Jew” 漂亮衣服的犹太人
“Dreams” 梦想
“The Negro Speaks of Rivers”黑人谈河
“Let America Be America Again”让美国再次成为美国
“Shakespeare in Harlem”莎士比亚在哈姆雷
“Border Line” 界限
Ralph Waldo Ellison 埃里森(1913–1994)
Invisible Man《看不见的人》
Shadow and Act《影子与行动》
Going to the Territory《去领域》
James Arthur Baldwin 鲍德温(1924 –1987)
Go Tell it on the Mountain《向苍天呼吁》his first best-known novel
“Notes of a Native Son”(土生子札记) essay, explore intricacies of racial, sexual, and class distinctions in Western societies.
The Fire Next Time《下次便是火焰》essay
Toni Morrison 托尼·莫里森(1931---)
The Bluest Eye 《最蓝的眼睛》
Beloved 《宠儿》
Tar Baby 《柏油孩子》
Song of Solomon 《所罗门之歌》
Sula 《秀拉》
Jazz 《爵士乐》
Paradise 《天堂》
Love 《爱》
A Mercy 《恩惠》
Alice Walker 艾里斯·沃克(1944 — )
The Color Purple 《紫色》
the Pulitzer Prize
the National Book Award
Epistolary novel书信体小说
Chapter6
Eugene O’Neill尤金·奥尼尔(1888-1953)
The Hairy Ape 《毛猿》
Anna Christie 《安娜·克里斯蒂》
Desire Under the Elms 《榆树下的欲望》
Long Day’s Journey into Night (masterpiece)
《进入黑夜的漫长旅程》
Tennessee Williams田纳西·威廉姆斯 (1911—1983)
The Glass Menagerie 《玻璃动物园》won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award.
A Streetcar Named Desire 《欲望号街车》Pulitzer Prize
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》Pulitzer Prize
Arthur Miller
阿瑟·米勒(1915—2005)
All My Sons 《我的儿子们》
Death of a Salesman《推销员之死》masterpiece
The Crucible 《炼狱》/《萨勒姆的女巫》
A View from the Bridge 《桥头眺望》
The Price 《代价》
The American Clock 《美国大钟》
Everybody Wins 《人人是赢家》
Chapter 7
Saul Bellow 贝娄(1915—2005)
Dangling Man 《晃来晃去的人》
The Victim 《受害者》
The Adventure of Augie March 《奥基·马奇历险记》
Henderson the Rain King 《雨王汉德逊》
Herzog 《赫索格》
Mr Sammler’s Planet 《塞姆勒先生的行星》
Humboldt’s Gift 《洪堡的礼物》
Seize the Day 《且乐今朝》 (masterpiece)
J.D. Salinger 塞林杰(1919-2010)
The Catcher in the Rye《麦田守望者》
Joseph Heller 约瑟夫·海勒(1923 - 1999)
His first novel, Catch-22《第二十二条军规》
Amy Tan 谭恩美(1952 — )
The Joy Luck Club 《喜福会》(1989)
The Kitchen God’s Wife 《灶王之妻》(1991)
The Hundred Secret Senses 《百种神秘感觉》(1995)
The Bonesetter's Daughter 《接骨师之女》(2001)
Saving Fish from Drowning 《沉没之鱼》(2005)
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