美國20世紀文學選讀

前言

　　《美國20世紀文學選讀》面向大學英語專業(yè)高年級學生及有一定英語基礎的文學愛好者。目的是介紹美國文學的精粹，為理解、分析所選作家及其作品提供指導和幫助，提高讀者的閱讀水平和欣賞能力。叢書分為上、下兩卷。上卷介紹了美國文學發(fā)展初期到19世紀末的美國文學；下卷介紹了20世紀的美國文學，側(cè)重于小說和詩歌?！睹绹?0世紀文學選讀》共收入了26位美國作家的作品供讀者欣賞，其中有七八位作家是當代的，一直寫到20世紀后期。20世紀的美國文學，雖然只有200多年歷史，已成為世界文學一個重要支流。美國共有12位諾貝爾文學獎獲得者。這從一個側(cè)面可以看出美國文學的生命力以及在世界上的地位?！　?0世紀的美國社會，對文學的影響是深刻的，盡管不一定是直接的。20世紀初，第一次世界大戰(zhàn)結束時，美國已成為世界大國之一。這時的美國工業(yè)發(fā)展迅速，經(jīng)濟欣欣向榮，但經(jīng)過了大戰(zhàn)的青年思想空虛，精神煩惱，失去了理想，只追求物質(zhì)生活。三十年代，美國經(jīng)歷了長達十年、歷史上最嚴重一次經(jīng)濟危機，直到第二次世界大戰(zhàn)爆發(fā)后才重新刺激美國經(jīng)濟的發(fā)展。戰(zhàn)后的美國已成為世界上最強大的國家，五十年代是冷戰(zhàn)年代，激進的作家無一不遭到迫害。六七十年代的美國是大動蕩、大變革的年代——越南戰(zhàn)爭、美國黑人民權運動、美國婦女解放運動等此起彼伏。隨著人民覺悟的提高和地位的改善，社會上掀起并繁榮了美國多元化文學的潮流（例如美國黑人文學、美國本土文學、美國亞裔文學）。這是20世紀美國文學的主要背景?！　　睹绹?0世紀文學選讀》內(nèi)容包括：作家生平簡介、作品選篇、作品注釋和討論題四部分。選讀以文學作品為中心；作家簡介包括對于作家生平、創(chuàng)作生涯和文學地位的簡略介紹；注釋為讀者理解作品中的難點提供幫助；討論題以有助于讀者理解作品的主題思想或語言風格為目的而設，并希望幫助讀者在閱讀作品之后進行更深層次的思考。為了提高讀者的英語閱讀水平，作者生平、作品注釋和討論題全部使用英語?！　　睹绹?0世紀文學選讀》肯定有諸多欠完善之處，衷心希望讀者批評指正。

內(nèi)容概要

本書面向大學英語專業(yè)高年級學生及有一定英語基礎的文學愛好者。目的是介紹美國文學的精粹，為理解、分析所選作家及其作品提供指導和幫助，提高讀者的閱讀水平和欣賞能力。叢書分為上、下兩卷。上卷介紹了美國文學發(fā)展初期到l9世紀末的美國文學；下卷介紹了20世紀的美國文學，側(cè)重于小說和詩歌。本擋共收入了26位美國作家的作品供讀者欣賞，其中有七八位作家是當代的，一直寫到20世紀后期。20世紀的美國文學，雖然只有200多年歷史，已成為世界文學一個重要支流。美國共有12位諾貝爾文學獎獲得者。這從一個側(cè)面可以看出美國文學的牛命力以及在世界上的地位。

書籍目錄

1.Edith Wharton （1862-1937）  Roman Fever2.Theodore Dreiser （1871-1945）  From Sister Carrie3.Willa Cather （1873-1947）  A Wagner Matinre4.Robert Frost （1874-1963）  Mending Wall  Home Burial  The Road Not Taken  Birches  Out, Out   Nothing Gold Can Stay  Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening  Design  Desert Places5.Jack London （1876-1916）  The Law of Life6.Sherwood Anderson （1876-1941）  Death in the Woods7.Wallace Stevens （1879-1955）  The Snow Man  The Emperor of Ice-Cream  Anecdote of the Jar8.William Carlos Williams （1883-1963）  The Widow's Lament in Springtime  Spring and All  The Red Wheelbarrow  This Is Just to Say  To a Poor Old Woman  The Dance9.Ezra Pound （1885-1972）  A Pact  In a Station of the Metro  The River-Merchant's Wife:A Letter  From Hugh Selwyn Mauberley10.T.S.Eliot （1888-1965）  The Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock11.Eugene O'Neill （1888-1953）  From Long Day's Journey into Night12.Katherine Anne Porter （1890-1980）  The Grave13.E Scott Fitzgerald （1896-1940）  From The Great Gatsby14.William Faulkner （1897-1962）  A Rose for Emily……

章節(jié)摘錄

　　In the second half of his life， Frost was the most widely-read and honoredAmerican poet of the twentieth century. Although he was famed for his poems onNew England， he was born in San Francisco. Not until the death of his father in1885 did the family move back to the north-east coast where his mother taughtat grade schools or ran them. Frost studied one semester at Dartmouth Collegeand nearly two years at Harvard， but without a degree he could not teach atcollege. After he graduated from high school， Frost taught at grade school ortook on various low-paying jobs. He married his high-school sweetheart whenonly twenty-one and beginning from the year after， his wife gave birth to sixchildren， four of whom survived until they became adults. In 1900， with the aidof his grandfather， he moved to a farm in New Hampshire and supported hisearnings with food he grew on his farm and writing poems daily. From the timehe left high school he had been submitting his poems for publication， but withrare exceptions， they were rejected. Nevertheless， he did not lose heart andwrote persistently. Hoping to find a more enthusiastic audience in England， in1912 he took his wife and children and the poems he had written to a farm there.In England， Frost met the poets Ezra Pound and Amy Lowell and they helpedpromote his poetry with their favorable reviews when the first two volumes werepublished in 1913 and 1914. Frosts name was made in both the UK and theUS and he returned to New England in 1915， settling down on a farm thereand making arrangements for his books to be published in the US. There， hewas not only published but received numerous honors and awards. He wasinvited to teach at Amherst College， the University of Michigan at Ann Arborand helped found the Bread Loaf School of English at Middlebury College andfinally， was invited to teach at Harvard and Dartmouth. Despite the honors， hislife was tragic. In 1929， he lost his only sister， in 1934， one of his daughters， hiswife in 1938 and his only surviving son who committed suicide in 1940. Anotherdaughter was insane and had to be put into an asylu.m eventually. These werepartly responsible for the dark side of Frost. While many of his poems were aboutnature， they were unlike Wordsworths or the poems of such mid-nineteenthcentury poets as Bryant in that they were much darker. His poetry was closerto that of Hardys.

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