高中英语选修课：英语文学欣赏LangsonHughes《黑人谈河流》教学课件

(1902---1967)African-AmericanpoetLangstonHughesLife

LangstonHugheswasborninJoplin,Missouri,onFebruary1,1902.Hisparentssoonseparated,andHugheswasrearedmainlybyhismother,hismaternalgrandmother.HeattendedpublicschoolsinKansasandIllinois,graduatingfromhighschoolinCleveland,Ohio,in1920.Inhissenioryearhewaschosenclasspoetandyearbookeditor.LifeIn1920,LangstonmovedtoMexicotolivewithhisfather.HisfatherhadtoescaperacisminAmerica.Yet,Langstonturnedthepaincausedbyhisfamilyproblemsintooneofhismostfamouspoems,“TheNegroSpeaksofRivers.”

Inthispoem,hespeaksofthestrengthandprideofblackpeopleinancientAfricancivilizationsandinAmerica.LifeHisfatherdiscouragedhimtowriteandsenthimtoColumbiaUniversitystudyingengineering.Later,Langstondroppedoutandallthewhilehecontinuedwritingpoetry.AmongtheearlyinfluencesonhiswritingwerepoetsWaltWhitman,CarlSandburgandPaulLawrenceDunbar.LifeAttheendofthatfirstyearatColumbia,hebegantraveling.

Hisexperienceswhiletravelinggreatlyinfluencedhiswork.

Hesentafewofhiswritingsbackhome.

Theywerepublished,whichhelpedestablishhimasaprofessionalwriter.

LifeIn1924,LangstonHughesreturnedtotheUnitedStatestolivewithhismotherinWashington,D.C.

There,ThepoetVachelLindsaydiscoveredhistalent.Hughesthenbecameknownasanewblackpoet.In1929,heattendedTheLincolnUniversityandgotMaster'sdegree3yearslater.LifeHealwayscamebacktoNewYork’sHarlem['hɑ:ləm]area,thecenterofblacklifeinNewYorkCity.

Hughes’creativitywasinfluencedbyhislifeinHarlem.LifeLangstonHughesreturnedtoNewYorkduringaperiodcalledtheHarlemRenaissance.IttookplaceduringtheNineteen-TwentiesandThirties.TheHarlemRenaissancewasaperiodofgreatartisticcreativityamongblackpeople.Forthefirsttime,blackartisticexpressionwasbeingwidelyrecognized.

OnMay22,1967,Hughesdiedfromprostatecancer.

SomepoetrycollectionsTheWearyBlues(1926)FineClothestotheJew(1927)TheNegroMotherandOtherDramaticRecitations(1931)DearLovelyDeath(1931)TheDreamKeeperandOtherPoems(1932)ScottsboroLimited(1932)ShakespeareinHarlem(1942)Writingtechniquethemarriageofwidelyvaryingaesthetics(美学)；modernismrepetitionandmusicality[,mju:zi'kæliti]inthebluesRhetoric[ˈretərɪk]

(修辞)Anaphora[əˈnæfərə]

(首语重复法)rhymethesoundandrhythmsfrombluesandjazzmusicusehumor,loneliness,anddespair,toimitatethesoundofbluesandjazzMaincontentsUnlikeothernotableblackpoetsofhistime,Hughesrefusedtodifferentiate[,difə'renʃieit]betweenhispersonalexperienceandthecommonexperienceofblackAmerica.Hewantedtotellthestoriesofhispeopleinwaysthatreflectedtheiractualculture,includingboththeirsufferingandtheirloveofmusic,laughter,andlanguageitself.MaincontentsHughes'poetryhadseriousmessages.Heoftenwroteaboutracialissues,describinghispeopleinarealisticway.Althoughhisstorywasnotoftenpleasant,hetolditwithunderstandingandwithhope.HisPositionThepoetvoiceofAfricanAmericans.Deemedthe"PoetLaureateoftheNegroRace"黑人民族的桂冠诗人

Heispraisedforhisabilitytosaywhatwasimportanttomillionsofblackpeople.OneoftheleadingvoicesoftheHarlemRenaissance.Thefirstpoettousetherhythmsofblackmusic

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