美国文学史作者的写作特点

1、1、benjamin franklin 本杰明富兰克林(170&1790) he is the only good american author before the revolutionary war and he is the only one in the colonial period.写作特点：1叙事清楚简洁2富有哲理和睿智3文字质朴幽默4易于读者接受。thomas paine托马斯佩因(1737-1809)英国人民将他视为最受爱戴"的政 论家",他的书被看作穷人的圣经。拿破仑称他为共和国的火炬,一切传奇 中最伟大的人物。写作特点：支持独立宣言，语言精炼

2、，层次分明,结构严密，逻辑性强,抒情和说理有机结合thomas jefferson 托马斯杰弗逊(1743-1826)主张：主张追求幸福，人人生而平等，包括生命权、自由权和追求幸福的权利4philip freneau 菲利普费瑞诺(1752-1832)father of american poetry"美国诗歌之父，政治方面的新闻记者写作特点：the poems of freneau fall mainly into two categories, one of description of nature and one of expression of his political

3、ideas.备注：菲利普弗瑞诺作为一个自然诗人，在时间上介于布拉兹特里特和布莱恩 特之间；作为一个哥特式作家，介于威格斯沃斯和爱伦坡之间；作为一个原始 主义者,介于莫顿和库珀之间。5.washington irving 华盛顿.欧文(17831859)the father of a meric日n literaturethe first great belletrist第一个纯文学作家，美国第一位浪漫主义散文文体作家， 重振了没落的哥特式浪漫主义小说。写作特点:1. h umorous: the function of his writing is to amuse； to entertain

4、 instead of teaching or instruction2. vivid and true character portrayal3 finished (refined) and musical language thus regarded as " the amn. goldsmith"james fennimore cooper詹姆斯芬尼莫库珀(17891851)长篇小说之父，开创了边 疆传奇小说和海上传奇小说。写作牛寺点：1. strong points: we can see a variety of incidents and tensions, c

5、omplicated plot and structure and a beautiful description of nature.2. weak points: characterization is weak. there is unsatisfactory description of characters (esp. female). he is not free from syntactical awkwardness, heavy-handedattempt at humor. ° where irving excels cooper is weak." d

6、 ialect is not authentic.7. william cullen bryant 威廉.卡伦布莱恩特(1794-1878)a poet of nature ,“ american wordsworth,z，第一个获得美国主要诗人称号的作家。特点：h is works demonstrate some british influence and american characteristics.h e was good at using blank vers巳无韵诗体h e possessed a simple dignity and an impeccably restrai

7、ned style.8. edgar allan poe 埃德加阿伦.i(1809-1849) father of detective novel 短篇小说之父特点：1brevity2. single effect3. originality in themeralph waldo e mersion拉尔夫沃尔多爱默生(18011882)美国的孔子、美国文明之 父，验主义引入新英格兰的先驱。特点:1 .tendency to restate 2.varied illust ratio ns 3.epigrammatic quality(警句式风格)w.henry david thoreau亨利

8、戴维梭罗(1817-1862)19世纪美国杰出的思想家和文学家特点：1文章简洁洗练,纯朴自然,富有浓厚的生活气息2意象主要选自神话和 祭礼，偏爱古代神灵，东方英雄，希腊、罗马和斯堪迪纳维亚的文化。nathaniel hawthorne 纳萨尼尔霍桑(1804-1864)agreat novelist;心理小说的开创者特点：1. unique gift was for the creation of strongly symbolic stories which touch thedeepesit roots of man1s moral nature.独特才能主要表现在他能够通过一些极具象征意

9、义的故事来触摸人类灵魂深处的道德品质。2. his ability to create vivid and symbolic images that embody great moral questions appears strongly in his short stories.短篇小说里，通过活生生、极具有象 征意义的想象来体现人类社会的一些重大道德问题。3. to make a story exist in its own right but at the same time appear as a moral symbol.杰出之处在于他能把一个故事安放在自己设置的正义标准之中来讲述，他 书中的正义标准成为当时人们的道德参考。12.herman melville 赫尔曼麦尔维尔(1819-1891)novelist and poet13.henry wadsworth longfellow 亨利沃兹沃思朗费罗(1807-82)1.1st american poet who has his bust put in