美国文学选读 二十世纪美国诗人

1、1885.10.30 1972.11.1 anexpatriateAmericanpoetandcriticamajorfigure of the early modernist movementContribution: the development of ImagismBest-known works : Ripostes (1912), HughSelwynMauberley(1920) TheCantos (19171969).Imagism A movement in early 20th-century Anglo-American poetry that favored pre

2、cision of imagery and clear, sharp language. It has been described as the most influential movement in English poetry since the activity of the Pre-Raphaelites.Representatives: Ezra Pound InaStationoftheMetro T.E. Hulme Autumn F.S Flint TheSwanWilliam Carlos Williams TheRedWheelbarrow In a Station o

3、f the MetroThe apparition of these faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough. 在地铁站在地铁站 人群中，这些面孔的鬼影；人群中，这些面孔的鬼影； 潮湿的黑树枝上的花瓣。（余光中）潮湿的黑树枝上的花瓣。（余光中）1879.10.2 1955.8.2American Modernist poetwon the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for hisCollectedPoems in 1955 Best-known works: AnecdoteoftheJarTheEmperoro

4、fIce-CreamSundayMorningAnecdote of the Jar I placed a jar in Tennessee, And round it was, upon a hill. It made the slovenly wilderness Surround that hill. The wilderness rose up to it, And sprawled around, no longer wild. The jar was round upon the ground And tall and of a port in air. It took domin

5、ion every where. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush, Like nothing else in Tennessee.我把一只圆形的坛子放在田纳西的山顶。凌乱的荒野围向山峰.荒野向坛子涌起，匍匐在四周，不再荒凉。圆圆的坛子置在地上，高高地立于空中。它君临四界这只灰色无釉的坛子它不曾产生鸟雀或树丛，与田纳西别的事物都不一样。American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnistone of the earliest in

6、novators of the then-new literary art form called jazz poetrya leader of the Harlem RenaissanceBest-known works: TheNegroSpeaksofRiversTheWearyBluesFineClothestotheJewdemonstrates jazz-like rhythm or the feel of improvisationThe significance of the simultaneous evolution of poetry and jazz during th

7、e 1920s was apparent to many poets of the era, resulting in the merging of the two art forms into jazz poetry. Jazz poetry has long been something of an outsider art form that exists somewhere outside the mainstream, having been conceived in the 1920s by African-Americans, maintained in the 1950s by

8、 counterculture poets like those of the Beat generation, and adapted in modern times into hip-hop music and live poetry events known as poetry slams.Jazz poetryThe Harlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s. At the time, it was known as the New Negro Move

9、ment, named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke. The Movement also included the new African-American cultural expressions across the urban areas in the Northeast and Midwest United States affected by the Great Migration (African American), of which Harlem was the largest. Though it was centered

10、in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City, in addition, many francophone black writers from African and Caribbean colonies who lived in Paris were also influenced by the Harlem Renaissance.Hold fast to dreams For if dreams dieLife is a broken winged bird That cannot fly.Hold fast to dreams For whe

11、n dreams goLife is a barren fieldFrozen with snow.紧紧抓住梦想紧紧抓住梦想梦想若是消亡梦想若是消亡生命就像鸟儿折了翅膀生命就像鸟儿折了翅膀再也不能飞翔再也不能飞翔紧紧抓住梦想紧紧抓住梦想梦想若是消丧梦想若是消丧生命就像贫瘠的荒野生命就像贫瘠的荒野雪覆冰封，万物不再生长雪覆冰封，万物不再生长My old mule,Hes got a grin on his face.Hes been a mule so longHes forgot about his race.Im like that old muleBlackand dont give a damn!You got to take meLike I