美国幽默文学篇一:美国文学作品
1、Benjamin Franklin本杰明·富兰克林1706-1790 A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Money;Poor Richard’s Almanack穷查理历书;The Way to Wealth致富之道;The Autobiography自传
2、Thomas Paine托马斯·潘恩1737-1809 The Case of the Officers of
Excise税务员问题;Common Sense常识;American Crisis美国危机;Rights of Man人的权利:Downfall
of Despotism专制体制的崩溃;The Age of Reason理性时代
3、Philip Freneau菲利普·弗伦诺1752-1832 The Rising Glory of America蒸蒸日上的美洲;The
British Prison Ship英国囚船;To the Memory of the Brave
Americans纪念美国勇士-----同类诗中最佳;The Wild Honeysuckle野生的金银花;The Indian Burying
Ground印第安人殡葬地
4、Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文1783-1859 A History of New
York纽约的历史-----美国人写的第一部诙谐文学杰作;The Sketch Book见闻札记The Legend of Sleepy
Hollow睡谷的传说-----使之成为美国第一个获得国际声誉的作家;Bracebridge Hall布雷斯布里奇田庄;Talks of
Travellers旅客谈;The Alhambra阿尔罕伯拉
5、James Fenimore Cooper詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀1789-1851 The Spy间谍;The Pilot领航者;The
Littlepage Manuscrīpts利特佩奇的手稿;Leatherstocking Tales皮裹腿故事集:The Pioneer拓荒者;The Last of Mohicans最后的莫希干人;The Prairie大草原;The Pathfinder探路者;The Deerslayer杀鹿者
6、William Cullen Bryant威廉·柯伦·布莱恩特1794-1878 The Poems1821/1932诗选:To a Waterfowl致水鸟-----英语中最完美的短诗;Thanatopsis死亡随想---受墓园派影响; The Whitefooted
Deer白蹄鹿;A Forest Hymn森林赋;The (转 载于:wWw.zhAoQT.neT 蒲公 英文摘:美国幽默文学)Flood of Years似水流年
7、Edgar Allan Poe埃德加·爱伦·坡1809-1849(以诗为诗;永为世人共赏的伟大抒情诗人-----叶芝) Tales of the
Grotesque and Arabesque怪诞奇异故事集;Tales故事集;The Fall of the House of
Usher厄舍古屋的倒塌;Ligeia莱琪儿;Annabel Lee安娜贝尔·李-----歌特风格;首开近代侦探小说先河,又是法国象征主义运动的源头
Tamerlane and Other Poems帖木儿和其他诗;Al Araaf,Tamerlane and Minor
Poems艾尔·阿拉夫,帖木儿和其他诗;The Raven and Other Poems乌鸦及其他诗:The Raven乌鸦;The City
in the Sea海城;Israfel 伊斯拉菲尔;To Hellen致海伦
8、Ralf Waldo Emerson拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生1803-1882
Essays散文集:Nature论自然-----新英格兰超验主义者的宣言书;The American
Scholar论美国学者;Divinity;The Oversoul论超灵;Self-reliance论自立;The
Transcendentalist超验主义者;Representative Men代表人物;English Traits英国人的特征;School
Address神学院演说
Concord Hymn康考德颂;The Rhodo杜鹃花;The Humble Bee野蜂;Days日子-首开自由诗之先河
9.Nathaniel Hawthorne纳撒尼尔·霍桑1804-1864
Twice-told Tales尽人皆知的故事;Mosses from an Old Manse古屋青苔:Young Goodman Brown年轻的古德曼·布朗;The Scarlet Letter红字;The House of the Seven
Gables有七个尖角阁的房子--------心理若们罗曼史;The Blithedale Romance福谷传奇;The Marble
Faun玉石雕像
10、Hey David Thoreau亨利·大卫·梭罗1817-1862 Walden, or Life in the
Woods华腾湖或林中生活;Resistance to Civil Government/Civil Disobedience抵制公民政府;A
Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
11、 Walt Whitman沃尔特·惠特曼1819-1892 Leaves of Grass草叶集:Song of the Broad-Axe阔斧之歌;I hear America Singing我听见美洲在歌唱;When Lilacs Lost in the Dooryard Bloom’d小院丁香花开时;Democratic Vistas民主的前景;The Tramp and Strike Question流浪汉和罢工问题;Song of Myself自我之歌
12、Herman Melville赫尔曼·梅尔维尔1819-1891 Moby Dick/The White
Whale莫比·迪克/白鲸;Typee泰比;Omoo奥穆;Mardi玛地;Redburn雷得本;White Jacket白外衣;Pierre皮尔埃;Piazza广场故事;Billy Budd比利·巴德
13、Hey Wadsworth Longfellow亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗1807-1882 The Song of
Hiawatha海华沙之歌----美国人写的第一部印第安人史诗;Voices of the Night夜吟;Ballads and Other
Poens民谣及其他诗;Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems布鲁茨的钟楼及其他诗;Tales of a Wayside
Inn路边客栈的故事---诗集:An April Day四月的一天/A Psalm of Life人生礼物/Paul Revere’s
Ride保罗·里维尔的夜奔;Evangeline伊凡吉琳;The Courtship of Miles
Standish迈尔斯·斯坦迪什的求婚----叙事长诗;Poems on Slavery奴役篇---反蓄奴组诗
14、John Greenleaf Whittier约翰·格林里夫·惠蒂埃1807-1892 Poems Written During the Progress of the Abolition Question废奴问题;Voice of Freedom自由之声;In War Time
and Other Poems内战时期所作;Snow-Bound大雪封门;The Tent on the Beach and Other Poems海滩的帐篷Ichabod艾卡博德;A Winter Idyl冬日田园诗
15、Harriet Beecher Stowe哈丽特·比彻·斯托1811-1896 Uncle Tom’s Cabin汤姆叔叔的小屋;A Tale
of the Great Dismal Swamp德雷德阴暗大沼地的故事片;The Minister’s Wooing牧师的求婚;The Pearl
of Orr’s Island奥尔岛的珍珠;Oldtown Folks老城的人们
16、Frederick Douglass弗莱德里克·道格拉斯1817-1895 Narrative of the Life of
Frederick Douglass an American Slave弗莱德里克·道格拉斯,一个美国黑人的自述/My Bondage and My
Freedom我的枷锁与我的自由/The life and Time of Frederick Douglass弗莱德里克·道格拉斯的生平与时代
17、Emily Dickinson埃米莉·迪金森1830-1886 The Poems of Emily
Dichenson埃米莉·迪金森诗集-----“Tell all the truth and tell it slant”迂回曲折的,玄学的
18、 Mark Twain马克·吐温(Samuel Longhorne Clemens)---美国文学的一大里程碑 The Celebrated
Jumping Frog of Calaveras County加拉维拉县有名的跳蛙;The Innocent’s Abroad傻瓜出国记;The
Gilded Age镀金时代;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer汤姆·索耶历险记;The Prince and the Pauper王子与贫儿;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn哈克贝利·费恩历险记;A Connecticut
Yankee in King Arthur’s Court亚瑟王宫中的美国佬;The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson傻瓜威尔逊;Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc冉·达克;The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg败坏哈德莱堡的人
How to Tell a Story怎样讲故事---对美国早期幽默文学的总结
19、Francis Bret Harte哈特1836-1902 The Luck of Roaring
Camp咆哮营的幸运儿------乡土文学作家
20、 William Dean Howells 威廉·狄恩·豪威尔斯1837-1920 The Rise of Silas
Lapham赛拉斯·拉帕姆的发迹;A Modern Instance现代婚姻; A Hazard of Now Fortunes时来运转;A
Traveller from Altruia从利他国来的旅客;Through the Eye of the
Needle透过针眼----乌托邦小说;Criticism and Fiction;Novel-Writing and
Novel-Reading小说创作与小说阅读
21、Hey Adams享利·亚当斯1838-1918 History of the United States During the Administration of Jefferson and Madison(历史著作);The Education of Hey
Adams:An Autobiography享利·亚当斯的教育
22、William James威廉·詹姆斯1842-1910(首提“意识流”理论) Principles of
Psychology心理学原理;The Will to Believe信仰的意志;Pragmatism:A New Name for Some
Old Ways of Thinking实用主义:某些旧思想方法的新名称;The Meaning of Truth真理的意义
23、 Hey James享利·詹姆斯1843-1916 小说:Daisy Miller苔瑟·米乐;The Portrait of a Lady贵妇人画像;The Bostonians波士顿人;The Real Thing and Other Tales真货色及其他故事;The
Wings of the Dove鸽翼;The Ambassadors大使;The Golden Bowl金碗
评论集:French Poets and Novelists法国诗人和小说家;Hawthorne霍桑;Partial
Portraits不完全的画像;Notes and Reviews札记与评论;Art of Fiction and Other Essays小说艺术
24、Ambrose Bierce安布罗斯·毕尔斯1842-1914? 小品集:The Fiend’s Deligh魔鬼的乐趣;Nuggests
and Dust Panned out in California在加利福尼亚淘出的金块和金粉;Cobwebs from an Empty
Skull来自空脑壳的蜘蛛网
短篇小说集:Tales of Soldiers and Civilians军民故事;In the Midst of Life在人生中间;Can Such Things Be?这种事情可能吗?The Devil’s Dictionary魔鬼词典(The Applicant申请者)
25、Edward Bellamy爱德华·贝拉米1850-1898 Looking
Backward:2000-1887回顾:从2000看1887年;Equality平等;The Duke of Sockbridge:A Romance of Shay’s Rebellion斯托克布里奇的公爵:雪司起义的故事;The Blindman’s World and
Other Stories育人的世界及其他
26、Edwin Charles Markham马卡姆1852-1940 The Man With the Hoe荷锄人
27、 Charles Waddell Chesnutt查尔斯·契斯纳特1858-1932 The Conjure Woman巫女;The Wife
of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line他青年时代的妻子(The Sheriff’s Children警长的儿女)(the pioneer of the color line);The Marrow of Tradition一脉相承
28、Hamlin Garland汉姆林·加兰1860-1940 Crumbling Idol崩溃的偶像(真实主义veritism);Man
Travelled Roads大路(The Return of a Private三等兵归来);Rose of Ducher’s
Cooly荷兰人山谷中的露斯;A Son of the Middle Border中部边地农家子
29、O·Hey欧·享利(William Sidney Porter)1862-1910 The Man Higher Up黄雀在后;Sixes and Sevens七上八下
30、 Edith Wharton伊迪斯·华顿1862-1937 The House of Mirth欢乐之家;Ethan Frome;Bunner
Sister班纳姐妹;The Age of Innocent天真时代;The Customs of the Country乡村习俗;A Backward Glance回首往事
32、George Santayana桑塔亚那1863-1952 Scepticism and Animal Faith怀疑主义与动物性信仰;The
Realms Being存在诸领域(本质/物质/真理/精神领域:4卷)(Relativity of Knowledge);Three Philosphical Poets三大哲学诗人;Poems(A Minuet:On Reaching the Age of
Fifty小步舞曲:五十书怀);The Last Puritan最后的清教徒
33、William E·B Dubois威廉·艾伯·杜波依斯1868-1963 Souls of Black Folk黑人的灵魂(Of Booker T Washington and Others);The Suppression of the African Slave Trade
into the USA制止非洲奴隶贸易进入美国;The Philadephia Negro;John Brown;The Black Flame黑色的火焰(三部曲)
34、Edgar Lee Masters埃德加·李·马斯特斯1868-1950 A Book of
Verse诗集;Maximilian马克西米连(诗集);
Spoon River Anthology斯普恩河诗集(Lucinda Matlock鲁欣达·马物罗克)
35、 Edwin Arlington Robinson鲁宾逊1869-1935 Captain Craig克雷格上尉---诗体小说;The
Town Down the River河上的城镇;The Man Against the Sky衬托着天空的人;Avon’s Harvest沃冯的收成;Collected Poems诗集
36、Frank Norris弗兰克·诺里斯1870-1902 Moran of the Lady
Letty茱蒂夫人号上的莫兰(romantic);Mc-Teague麦克提格(naturalistic);The Epic of the Wheat(realistic)小麦诗史(The Octopus章鱼,The Pit小麦交易所);A Deal in Wheat and Other
Stories of the Old and New West小麦交易所及其他新老西部故事
37、Stephen Crane斯蒂芬·克莱恩1871-1900 Magic:A Girl of the
Streets街头女郎梅姬(美国文学史上首次站在同情立场上描写受辱妇女的悲惨命运);The Red Badge of
Courage红色英勇勋章;The Open Boat小划子;The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky新娘来到黄天镇
38、 Theodore Dreiser西奥多·德莱塞1871-1945 Sister Carrie嘉莉姐妹;Jennie
Gerhardt珍妮姑娘;Trilogy of Desire欲望三部曲(Financer金融家,The Titan巨人,The Stoic);An
American Tragedy美国的悲剧(被称为美国最伟大的小说);Nigger Jeff黑人杰弗
39、Paul Laurence Dumbar保尔·劳伦斯·邓巴1872-1906 We Wear the Mask我们带着面具 他是美国第一个有成就的黑人诗人,被称为“黑种人的桂冠诗人”(Poet Laureate of the Negro
美国幽默文学篇二:美国文学作品总汇
1、Benjamin Franklin本杰明·富兰克林1706-1790 A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Money;Poor Richard’s Almanack穷查理历书;The Way to Wealth致富之道;The Autobiography自传
2、Thomas Paine托马斯·潘恩1737-1809 The Case of the Officers of Excise税务员问题;Common Sense常识;American Crisis美国危机;Rights of Man人的权利:Downfall of Despotism专制体制的崩溃;The Age of Reason理性时代
3、Philip Freneau菲利普·弗伦诺1752-1832 The Rising Glory of America蒸蒸日上的美洲;The British Prison Ship英国囚船;To the Memory of the Brave Americans纪念美国勇士-----同类诗中最佳;The Wild Honeysuckle野生的金银花;The Indian Burying Ground印第安人殡葬地
4、Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文1783-1859 A History of New York纽约的历史-----美国人写的第一部诙谐文学杰作;The Sketch Book见闻札记The Legend of Sleepy Hollow睡谷的传说-----使之成为美国第一个获得国际声誉的作家;Bracebridge Hall布雷斯布里奇田庄;Talks of Travellers旅客谈;The Alhambra阿尔罕伯拉
5、James Fenimore Cooper詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀1789-1851 The Spy间谍;The Pilot领航者;The Littlepage Manus cripts利特佩奇的手稿;Leatherstocking Tales皮裹腿故事集:The Pioneer拓荒者;The Last of Mohicans最后的莫希干人;The Prairie大草原;The Pathfinder探路者;The Deerslayer杀鹿者
6、William Cullen Bryant威廉·柯伦·布莱恩特1794-1878 The Poems1821/1932诗选:To a Waterfowl致水鸟-----英语中最完美的短诗;Thanatopsis死亡随想---受墓园派影响; The Whitefooted Deer白蹄鹿;A Forest Hymn森林赋;The Flood of Years似水流年
7、Edgar Allan Poe埃德加·爱伦·坡1809-1849(以诗为诗;永为世人共赏的伟大抒情诗人-----叶芝) Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque怪诞奇异故事集;Tales故事集;The Fall of the House of Usher厄舍古屋的倒塌;Ligeia莱琪儿;Annabel Lee安娜贝尔·李-----歌特风格;首开近代侦探小说先河,又是法国象征主义运动的源头Tamerlane and Other Poems帖木儿和其他诗;Al Araaf,Tamerlane and Minor Poems艾尔·阿拉夫,帖木儿和其他诗;The Raven and Other Poems乌鸦及其他诗:The Raven乌鸦;The City in the Sea海城;Israfel 伊斯拉菲尔;To Hellen致海伦
8、Ralf Waldo Emerson拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生1803-1882 Essays散文集:Nature论自然-----新英格兰超验主义者的宣言书;The American Scholar论美国学者;Divinity;The Oversoul论超灵;Self-reliance论自立;The Transcendentalist超验主义者;Representative Men代表人物;English Traits英国人的特征;School Address神学院演说Concord Hymn康考德颂;The Rhodo杜鹃花;The Humble Bee野蜂;Days日子-首开自由诗之先河
9.Nathaniel Hawthorne纳撒尼尔·霍桑1804-1864 Twice-told Tales尽人皆知的故事;Mosses from an Old Manse古屋青苔:Young Goodman Brown年轻的古德曼·布朗;The Scarlet Letter红字;The House of the Seven Gables有七个尖角阁的房子--------心理若们罗曼史;The Blithedale
Romance福谷传奇;The Marble Faun玉石雕像
10、Hey David Threau亨利·大卫·梭罗1817-1862 Wadden,or Life in the Woods华腾湖或林中生活;Resistance to Civil Government/Civil Disobedience抵制公民政府;A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
11、Walt Whitman沃尔特·惠特曼1819-1892 Leaves of Grass草叶集:Song of the Broad-Axe阔斧之歌;I hear America Singing我听见美洲在歌唱;When Lilacs Lost in the Dooryard Bloom’d小院丁香花开时;Democratic Vistas民主的前景;The Tramp and Strike Question流浪汉和罢工问题;Song of Myself自我之歌
12、Herman Melville赫尔曼·梅尔维尔1819-1891 Moby Dick/The White Whale莫比·迪克/白鲸;Typee泰比;Omoo奥穆;Mardi玛地;Redburn雷得本;White Jacket白外衣;Pierre皮尔埃;Piazza广场故事;Billy Budd比利·巴德
13、Hey Wadsworth Longfellow亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗1807-1882 The Song of Hiawatha海华沙之歌----美国人写的第一部印第安人史诗;Voices of the Night夜吟;Ballads and Other Poens民谣及其他诗;Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems布鲁茨的钟楼及其他诗;Tales of a Wayside Inn路边客栈的故事---诗集:An April Day四月的一天/A Psalm of Life人生礼物/Paul Revere’s Ride保罗·里维尔的夜奔;Evangeline伊凡吉琳;The Courtship of Miles Standish迈尔斯·斯坦迪什的求婚----叙事长诗;Poems on Slavery奴役篇---反蓄奴组诗
14、John Greenleaf Whittier约翰·格林里夫·惠蒂埃1807-1892 Poems Written During the Progress of the Abolition Question废奴问题;Voice of Freedom自由之声;In War Time and Other Poems内战时期所作;Snow-Bound大雪封门;The Tent on the Beach and Other Poems海滩的帐篷Ichabod艾卡博德;A Winter Idyl冬日田园诗
15、Harriet Beecher Stowe哈丽特·比彻·斯托1811-1896 Uncle Tom’s Cabin汤姆叔叔的小屋;A Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp德雷德阴暗大沼地的故事片;The Minister’s Wooing牧师的求婚;The Pearl of Orr’s Island奥尔岛的珍珠;Oldtown Folks老城的人们
16、Frederick Douglass弗莱德里克·道格拉斯1817-1895 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave弗莱德里克·道格拉斯,一个美国黑人的自述/My Bondage and My Freedom我的枷锁与我的自由/The life and Time of Frederick Douglass弗莱德里克·道格拉斯的生平与时代
17、Emily Dickinson埃米莉·迪金森1830-1886 The Poems of Emily Dichenson埃米莉·迪金森诗集-----“Tell all the truth and tell it slant”迂回曲折的,玄学的
18、 Mark Twain马克·吐温(Samuel Longhorne Clemens)---美国文学的一大里程碑 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County加拉维拉县有名的跳蛙;The Innocent’s Abroad傻瓜出国记;The Gilded Age镀金时代;The Adventures of Tom Sawyer汤姆·索耶历险记;The
Prince and the Pauper王子与贫儿;The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn哈克贝利·费恩历险记;A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court亚瑟王宫中的美国佬;The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson傻瓜威尔逊;Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc冉·达克;The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg败坏哈德莱堡的人How to Tell a Story怎样讲故事---对美国早期幽默文学的总结
19、Francis Bret Harte哈特1836-1902 The Luck of Roaring Camp咆哮营的幸运儿------乡土文学作家
20、 William Dean Howells 威廉·狄恩·豪威尔斯1837-1920 The Rise of Silas Lapham赛拉斯·拉帕姆的发迹;A Modern Instance现代婚姻; A Hazard of Now Fortunes时来运转;A Traveller from Altruia从利他国来的旅客;Through the Eye of the Needle透过针眼----乌托邦小说;Criticism and Fiction;Novel-Writing and Novel-Reading小说创作与小说阅读
21、Hey Adams享利·亚当斯1838-1918 History of the United States During the Administration of Jefferson and Madison(历史著作);The Education of Hey Adams:An Autobiography享利·亚当斯的教育
22、 William James威廉·詹姆斯1842-1910(首提“意识流”理论) Principles of Psychology心理学原理;The Will to Believe信仰的意志;Pragmatism:A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking实用主义:某些旧思想方法的新名称;The Meaning of Truth真理的意义
23、 Hey James享利·詹姆斯1843-1916 小说:Daisy Miller苔瑟·米乐;The Portrait of a Lady贵妇人画像;The Bostonians波士顿人;The Real Thing and Other Tales真货色及其他故事;The Wings of the Dove鸽翼;The Ambassadors大使;The Golden Bowl金碗评论集:French Poets and Novelists法国诗人和小说家;Hawthorne霍桑;Partial Portraits不完全的画像;Notes and Reviews札记与评论;Art of Fiction and Other Essays小说艺术
24、Ambrose Bierce安布罗斯·毕尔斯1842-1914? 小品集:The Fiend’s Deligh魔鬼的乐趣;Nuggests and Dust Panned out in California在加利福尼亚淘出的金块和金粉;Cobwebs from an Empty Skull来自空脑壳的蜘蛛网短篇小说集:Tales of Soldiers and Civilians军民故事;In the Midst of Life在人生中间;Can Such Things Be?这种事情可能吗?The Devil’s Dictionary魔鬼词典(The Applicant申请者)
25、Edward Bellamy爱德华·贝拉米1850-1898 Looking Backward:2000-1887回顾:从2000看1887年;Equality平等;The Duke of Sockbridge:A Romance of Shay’s Rebellion斯托克布里奇的公爵:雪司起义的故事;The Blindman’s World and Other Stories育人的世界及其他
26、Edwin Charles Markham马卡姆1852-1940 The Man With the Hoe荷锄人
27、 Charles Waddell Chesnutt查尔斯·契斯纳特1858-1932 The Conjure Woman巫女;The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line他青年时代的妻子(The Sheriff’s Children警长的儿女)(the pioneer of the color line);The Marrow of Tradition一脉相承
28、Hamlin Garland汉姆林·加兰1860-1940 Crumbling Idol崩溃的偶像(真实主义veritism);Man Travelled Roads大路(The Return of a Private三等兵归来);Rose of Ducher’s Cooly荷兰人山谷中的露斯;A Son of the Middle Border中部边地农家子
29、O·Hey欧·享利(William Sidney Porter)1862-1910 The Man Higher Up黄雀在后;Sixes and Sevens七上八下
30、 Edith Wharton伊迪斯·华顿1862-1937 The House of Mirth欢乐之家;Ethan Frome;Bunner Sister班纳姐妹;The Age of Innocent天真时代;The Customs of the Country乡村习俗;A Backward Glance回首往事
32、George Santayana桑塔亚那1863-1952 Scepticism and Animal Faith怀疑主义与动物性信仰;The Realms Being存在诸领域(本质/物质/真理/精神领域:4卷)(Relativity of Knowledge);Three Philosphical Poets三大哲学诗人;Poems(A Minuet:On Reaching the Age of Fifty小步舞曲:五十书怀);The Last Puritan最后的清教徒
33、William E·B Dubois威廉·艾伯·杜波依斯1868-1963 Souls of Black Folk黑人的灵魂(Of Booker T Washington and Others);The Suppression of the African Slave Trade into the USA制止非洲奴隶贸易进入美国;The Philadephia Negro;John Brown;The Black Flame黑色的火焰(三部曲)
34、Edgar Lee Masters埃德加·李·马斯特斯1868-1950 A Book of Verse诗集;Maximilian马克西米连(诗集);Spoon River Anthology斯普恩河诗集(Lucinda Matlock鲁欣达·马物罗克)
35、Edwin Arlington Robinson鲁宾逊1869-1935 Captain Craig克雷格上尉---诗体小说;The Town Down the River河上的城镇;The Man Against the Sky衬托着天空的人;Avon’s Harvest沃冯的收成;Collected Poems诗集
36、Frank Norris弗兰克·诺里斯1870-1902 Moran of the Lady Letty茱蒂夫人号上的莫兰(romantic);Mc-Teague麦克提格(naturalistic);The Epic of the Wheat(realistic)小麦诗史(The Octopus章鱼,The Pit小麦交易所);A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the Old and New West小麦交易所及其他新老西部故事
37、Stephen Crane斯蒂芬·克莱恩1871-1900 Magic:A Girl of the Streets街头女郎梅姬(美国文学史上首次站在同情立场上描写受辱妇女的悲惨命运);The Red Badge of Courage红色英勇勋章;The Open Boat小划子;The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky新娘来到黄天镇
38、 Theodore Dreiser西奥多·德莱塞1871-1945 Sister Carrie嘉莉姐妹;Jennie Gerhardt珍妮姑娘;Trilogy of Desire欲望三部曲(Financer金融家,The Titan巨人,The Stoic);An American Tragedy美国的悲剧(被称为美国最伟大的小说);Nigger Jeff黑人杰弗
39、Paul Laurence Dumbar保尔·劳伦斯·邓巴1872-1906 We Wear the Mask我们带着面具他是美国第一个有成就的黑人诗人,被称为“黑种人的桂冠诗人”(Poet Laureate of the Negro Race)
40、 Jack London杰克·伦敦1876-1916 The Son of the Wolf狼之子,The Call of the Wild野性的呼唤;The Sea-wolf海狼;White Fang白獠牙;The People of the Abyss深渊中的人们;The Iron Heel铁蹄;Marti Eden马丁·伊登;How I become a Socialist我怎样成为社会党人;The War of the Classes阶级之间的战争;What Life Means to Me生命对我意味着什么;Revolution革命;Love of Life热爱生命;The Mexican墨西哥人;Under the Deck Awings在甲板的天蓬下
41、Upton Sinclair厄普顿·辛克莱尔1878-1968 Spring and Harvest春天与收获;The Jungle屠场(揭发黑幕运动的代表作家);King Coal煤炭大王;Oil石油;Boston波士顿;Dragon’s Teeth龙齿
42、Irving Babbitt欧文·白壁德1865-1933(新人文主义主要代表) Literature and the American College文学与美国学院()要求恢复古典文学教学;The New Laokoon新拉奥孔;Rousseau and Romanticism卢梭与浪漫主义;Democracy and Leadership民主与领导;On being Creative论创造性
43、 Villa Sibert Cather维拉·凯塞1873-1947 O,Pioneers啊,先驱们;My Antonia我的安东尼亚;The Professor’s House教授之家;Death Comes for the Archibishop大主教之死
44、Gertrude Stein格特鲁德·斯坦因1874-1946 The Autobiography of Alice B Toklas爱丽丝·托克拉斯的自传;Tender Button温柔的钮扣
45、 Robert Frest罗伯特·弗罗斯特1874-1963 A Boy’s Wish少年心愿;North of Boston波士顿之北(Mending Wall修墙,After Apple-picking摘苹果之后);Mountain Interval山间(成熟阶段)(The Road Not taken没有选择的道路);West-running Brook西流的溪涧;A Further Range又一片牧场;A Witness Tree一株作证的树
46、Sherwood Anderson舍伍德·安德森1876-1941 Windy McPherson’s Son饶舌的麦克斐逊的儿子;Marching Men前进中的人们;Mid-American Chants美国中部之歌;Winesburg,Ohio/The Book of the Grotesque俄亥俄州的温斯堡/畸人志;Poor White穷苦的白人;Many Marriages多种婚姻;Dark Laughter阴沉的笑声The Triumph of the Egg and Other Stories鸡蛋的胜利和其他故事;Death in the Woods and Other Stories林中之死及其他故事;I Want to Know Why我想知道为什么
47、 Carl Sandburg卡尔·桑德堡1878-1967 Always the Young Stranger永远是陌生的年轻人s;In Reckless Ecstasy肆无忌惮的狂热;The Prairie Years草原的年代一、二;The War Years战争的年代(林肯传记);The American Songbag美国歌袋;The People,Yes人民,好;Honey and Salt蜜与盐;Corn-huskers辗米机(Fog雾);Smoke and Steel烟与钢
48、Wallace Stevens华莱士·史蒂文斯1879-1955 Harmonium风琴;The Man With the Blue
美国幽默文学篇三:美国文学总结
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The romantic age Romanticism: It is aassociated with imagination and creation of individuality. Romantic writers attach importance to the portrayal of figures of distinctive characters
One of the characteristics: it took a predominantly philosophical tone
I. Background
A. At the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries, romanticism occurred and developed in Europe.
B. American Puritanism清教
Puritanism is the practices and beliefs of the Puritans. The Puritans were originally members of a division of the Protestant Church. As the word itself hints, Puritans wanted to purify their religious beliefs and practices. They are a group of highly religious and serious people. They are Self-disciplined, sobriety, hard work, thrift, piety without any earthly joy and extravagancy.
C. American was striving for争取 political, economic, and cultural independence from Britain, radical彻底的 changes took place: Development of industrialism, great immigration, westward expansion, etc. The buoyant令人鼓舞的 mood of the nation called for a new literary expression, and romanticism answered the call.
D. The European influence.
II. Features of the romantic literature
.1.Expressiveness: Wordsworth华滋华斯: ―all good poetry is the spontaneous overflow洋溢 of powerful feeling‖
The romanticists held that the writers should express their emotions, feelings, impressions. 印象, instinct直觉, intuition直觉, or their beliefs in their works instead of the imitation模仿 of the classical writers.
2. Imagination
3. Worship崇拜 of nature
4. Simplicity简单: turned to the humble低下的 people and the everyday life,adopted the everyday language
frequently shared certain general characteristics, 浪漫主义之间大多是相通的,都注重道德,强调个人主义价值观和直觉感受,并且认为自然是美的源头,人类社会是腐败之源。
III. Representative romanticists:
In poetry: Walt Whitman惠特曼, Emily Dickinson. Hey Longfellow
In fiction: Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文, Nathaniel Hawthorne纳撒尼尔·霍桑
Washington Irving(1783 to 1859)
He was the first American author who explored native themes and won an international reputation
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1. Major works
The Sketch Book见闻札记 (1820), which contains two famous folk tales民间故事,
―Rip Van Winkle‖ 瑞普.凡温克尔
―The Legend of Sleepy Hollow‖ 睡谷的传说. The first book by an American writer to achieve international success
3. Rip Van Winkle
3.1. Analysis of the character
Rip Van Winkle: Hen-pecked, good-tempered, well-oiled恭维的, warm-hearted, lazy, care-free, simple-minded, obedient, irresponsible, a little foolish, etc.
His wife: nagging, sharp-tongued, hard-working, uneducated country woman
3.2. Loss and Re-gaining of Rip’s ―Identities‖
Rip – contradictory right from the start
Beginning: easy-going but insistent in not doing housework; helpful to others but no use to his family Identifies with his dog
Contemplates凝视 the landscape
The middle part—a realm of mystery (with silence, strange peals, game and liquor//an escape from the original stage for performing his identities.)
After – changes: (of signs for his identities)
Gone are his dog (alter ego) and the amphitheater; The family and acquaintances– the others to whom the self relates.
a crowd of new faces in the village
Searching for the self by imitation ? he is astonished to discover a beard on his own chin unaccustomed the other parts forming one‘s identity: fashions of clothing; his village, and his own house.
a double ? "I'm not myself ... I can't tell what's my name, or who I am!―
3.3. Analysis of the theme
1. A story of man who has difficulty in facing his age or the author‘s conservative保守的attitude towards the American Revolution and the young Republic, and his dissatisfaction with American development
2. Criticism of some teachings of Puritanism: Unceasing持续不断的labor, no play, all kinds of pleasures are condemned, greedy for wealth
Express a strong desire for leisure
3. The theme of escape from one‘s responsibility and even one‘s history
4. The loss of identity
3.4. Analysis of writing style
1. The use of humor
Humor (sentences written in a funny way in order to amuse the reader)
Jocular打趣的 humor—Irving (for fun, for amusement)
Satirical humor—Mark Twain (to satire, to criticize)
Tearful humor—O‘ Hey (arouse sympathy on the poor)
Black humor—Joseph Heller (humor in facing death)
2. Graceful, refined优雅的, fluent, dignified庄严的 and standard language. His essays are models of English.
3. Romantic imagination and fantasies
4. Vivid and picturesque description of setting
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864)
Evaluation the great romantic novelist in the nineteenth century and the pioneer of psychological analyst in the history of American literature, whose writings are suffused with allegory寓言 and symbolism.
1.1. Themes of Hawthorne’s writing
1. Explore the relationship between the past and the present
2. Explore the hidden motivations of his characters.
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