第一篇:美国文学读书报告
外国语学院《美国文学》课程
读书报告 beloved 《宠儿》
ⅰ、the thought of
读书报告 the relation between human nature of moby dick 论《白鲸》小说人与自然的关系
学生姓名: 李 丹
班 级:09级英语本科4班
学 号:09280421 完成日期:2012年4月28日 and the relation between human and nature of moby dick i、basic information name of the book: moby dick publishing house: bantam classics publishing time: 1981-02-01 isbn: 0553213113 reading date: winter vacation, 2012 ii、introduction to the author melvilles roving disposition and a desire to support himself independently of family assistance led him to seek work as a surveyor on the erie canal.this effort failed, and his brother helped him get a job as a boy(a green hand)on a new york ship bound for liverpool.he made the voyage, and returned on the same ship.redburn: his first voyage(1849)is partly based on his experiences of this journey.iii、summary of the novel in this book, moby dick is the whale’s name, several conflicts appeared in the story, the main conflict is the one between the captain and the whale called moby dick.the captain made his mind to kill the whale in order to take his revenge, but at last, the big whale was the final winner, he killed all the people almost.besides, another conflict is that exist between the captain and his sailors, they couldn’t work together harmoniously, the captain always got his sailors into embarrassing situation by taking advantage of his authority, which lead sailors to set their duties aside in order to give out their anger, so, they failed to kill moby dick at last.moby-dick has been classified as american romanticism.it was first published by richard bentley in london on october 18, 1851, in an expurgated three-volume edition titled the whale, and weeks later as a single volume, by new york city publisher harper and brothers as moby-dick;or, the whale on november 14, 1851.the book initially received mixed reviews, but moby-dick is now considered part of the western canon,and at the center of the canon of american novels.iv、the relation between human and nature(symbolism)moby dick is a giant albino sperm whale and the main antagonist of the novel.he bit off ahabs leg, leaving ahab to swear revenge.the cetacean also attacked the rachel and killed the captains son.at the end of the story he kills the entire crew of the pequod, with the exception of ishmael.the story does not tell whether or not he survives his own wounds after that.although he is an integral part of the novel, moby dick appears in just three of the 135 chapters and the reader does not have access to his thoughts and motivations.moby dick is considered to be a symbol of a number of things, among them god, nature, fate, the ocean, and the very universe itself.the symbolism of the white whale is deliberately enigmatic, and its inscrutability is a deliberate challenge to the reader.ishmael describes the whale’s forehead as having wrinkles and scars on it that look like hieroglyphics, and recounts: if then, sir william jones, who read in thirty languages, could not read the simplest peasant’s face in its profounder and more subtle meanings, how may unlettered ishmael hope to read the awful chaldee of the sperm whale’s brow? i put that brow before you.read it if you can.—moby-dick, ch.79 all the reader can know is that the white whale symbolizes many things to various characters in the novel.it is their personal interpretations of moby-dick, in addition to their individual ruminations on the gold doubloon ahab has nailed to the mast to motivate his crew, that serve as a further clue to their own inner makeup.篇三:美国文学读书报告 091112班 黄茜茜 美国文学选读 book report ——my view of walden since i have finished reading the unbearable lightness of being last year, i suppose it is the best.but when i get walden, my heart is caught again.to be honest, when i first hear about walden, i have no idea what it is concerned about.after my teacher introduces a bit about it, then i know it is a quiet book.there are many researches on walden, the themes contain ecological significance, aesthetic value, relationship between walden and china, and so on.but, my heart just follow the words.i read it twice.when i think of seclusion, i think of tao yuanming.when i think of prose, i think of zhu ziqing and his moonlight over the lotus pond.it is said that the writing style of wei an ultimately from poetry to prose because of walden.i am indulged in thoreau’s thought and the words of walden.the book is fresh, healthy and inspiring.i love it.i like the second chapter of it most.in this chapter, the author explains why he choses to live alone in a small, simple cabin at walden pond, and why he writes this book.he thinks many of his contemporaries do not understand the real meaning of life.he describes the beauty of nature, some ideas of transcendentalism and his philosophy of life--”simplicity, simplicity, simplicity”.i love these sentences although we can not like thoreau to appreciate the lonely forest life now, walden has never disappeared.nothing can prevent us to have a clear walden in our hearts.it always can let the hearts be elutriated, according to thoreau, to your inner exploration.the book is eternal.i love walden, such a quiet book.篇四:英美文学 读书报告格式
读书报告格式
on wordsworth and emerson’s conception of nature(题目字居中,加粗times new roman小三)空一行 yu lianjun, class 2, 2008, foreign languages school(居中,加粗times new roman小四号)空一行 i.introduction in the introduction part, information about the book, the author, and his times should be covered.a brief account of the author’s life should be given together with a description of his times.the latter should include the circumstances that led to the writing of the book under discussion and the historical and social background related to the content of the book.tell the reader the main thesis or argument of the book ii.the story or a summary of the book in this part, the writer expresses his or her own views on the book, names its merits and demerits, and discusses its relevance to the present time.the discussion should of course center on the content of the book, the author’s style and techniques of writing, if interesting, can also be touched upon.书写格式及装订要求 1.论文必须用计算机排版,用a4纸打印,装订好(页面设置为:左2.8,右2.5,上2.5,下2.5,行距1.5,单面打印)。2.页码从正文第一页开始按阿拉伯数字连续编排,位于页面底端居中。附件2.推荐课外阅读书目: 1)一年级学生阅读书目:皆为英文简写本。只要求理解,并能复述故事内容。一般为每本阅读时间为15天左右,依据书的厚薄难易而定。《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》、《傲慢与偏见》、《爱丽丝漫游奇境记》、《苏格兰玛丽女王》、《鲁宾孙漂流记》、《双城记》、《费兰肯斯坦》、《爱情与金
钱》、《野性的乎唤》、《格列佛游记》、《大卫·利波菲尔》、《小妇人》、《远大前程》、《远离尘嚣》、《巴斯克维尔猎犬》、《简爱》、《呼啸山庄》、《苔丝》、《秘密花园》、《爱丽丝镜中世界奇遇记》、《风语河岸柳》、《圣诞欢歌》、《曾达的囚徒》、《诱拐》、《金银岛》、《黑骏马》、《象人》、《歌剧院的幽灵》、《星际动物园》、《化学秘密》、《在月亮下面》、《格林·盖布尔斯来的安妮》、《潘德尔的巫师》、《猴爪》、《世界上最冷的地方》、《一个国王的爱情故事》、《亡灵岛》、《多里安·格雷的画像》、《勃朗特一家的故事》、《神秘幻想故事集》、《牙齿和爪子》、《亚瑟王传奇》 2)二年级学生可适当读原著,一般每本阅读时间为30天左右,依书的厚薄难易而定。要求达到理解并在理解的基础上对书中某些方面进行欣赏、分析。
第二篇:美国文学读书报告
I've read several books this semester, all of them are interesting and amusing.One of them is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it made me laugh while I was reading and left me a very deep impression.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is authored by Mark Twain who is one of the greatest writers in American and is lauded as the “greatest American humorist of his age”.William Faulkner call him “the father of American literature”.Mark Twain wrote many long novel and short stories.His writings are famous for being humorous,resourceful and witty which possess a strong local American flavor and are liked and much appreciated by many people of not only America but also the world over.The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a classical work of Mark Twain, it tells the story of a teenage Huckleberry Finn, who is a misfit and escapes from the civilization society.During his flee, he comes across Jim, an escaping slave, and the two decide to go away together.In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cost of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious.And in the winding and adventurous, Huck and Jim build up a permanent
friendship that breaks down the barrier between the White and the Black.This book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River.The usage of first person makes the readers feel truly about the story and makes the distance between the writer and the
reader shortened.The famous novelist Hemingway summed up the great
importance of this novel “All American literature comes from one book
by Mark Twain called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn[...]the best
book we've had.All American writing comes from that.There was
nothing before.There has been nothing as good since”.The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn is very popular both among children and adults.And it
is not only widely admired in America but also enjoys a huge success all
over the world.The protagonist of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a boy
named Huckleberry Finn.Huck is a teenage with many good qualities.He is a very naughty boy and he dose not like things which is customary
and fixed.He wears old rags and sleeps in sugar-hogshead.Huck does not
like school, when he has to go to school, he feel dull and boring.He likes
to go out with Tom at midnight.When Huck lives with the widow, he
often goes out thought the window.And he also fools Jim with Tom.Huck is very brave and intelligent.When he faces dangers, he does not
escape but confronts them and tries his best to settle them.Huck also
likes to be free.For Huck, society imposes restriction, and civilization is
artificial and colorless.In contrast, the life on the river represents freedom
and the opportunity to observe natural beauty.So when Huck was locked
by his father, he ran away, not only from his father but also from the
widow.Huck is an outcast without education.He comes from the very
lowest level of society.His father is the poor town drunkard who would
willingly commit any crime just for the pure pleasure of it.Huck is a motherless and homeless outcast, sleeping in barrels, eating scraps and leavings and dressed in rags.He dislikes civilized ways because they are personally restrictive and hard.He lives with Widow Douglas who wants to civilize him, but he likes to be free.Thought the widow treats him friendly, he finds it is difficult for him to endure the life style of the widow.When he can not endure any more, he runs away.Huck is a kind boy, thought he sometimes plays jokes on others, he does not mean harm.When he told Jim a lie and fooled him by saying they did not get apart but just Jim dreamed it.He felt sorry and ashamed when he noticed Jim's care and worry.Huck is only a boy, after all, and therefore fallible.Imperfect as he is, Huck represents what anyone is capable of becoming: a thinking, feeling human being rather than a mere cog in the machine of society.Apparently, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn describes a winding and adventurous journey.But in fact, the volume of novel does not only belong to teenagers' story.Huck asserts the values of individualized experience against the threatening incubus of civilization.It is this which makes it so much more than a “kind of companion to Tom Sawyer”, which makes it, in fact, one of the great modern novels.This novel contributes to reflecting the desire of the public to abrogate the bondage of slavery and seek independence and liberty.
第三篇:美国文学读书报告
091112班 黄茜茜 美国文学选读
Book Report
——My View of Walden
Since I have finished reading The Unbearable Lightness of Being last year, I suppose it is the best.But when I get Walden, my heart is caught again.To be honest, when I first hear about Walden, I have no idea what it is concerned about.After my teacher introduces a bit about it, then I know it is a quiet book.Because of that favor, I have much interest in it and read it immediately.I have to say, I think it talks nonsense in the Economy chapter, and I become confused when I finish it at the first time.I just learn some thing about Thoreau’s more than two years of life and thought at Walden Pond, it is like a journal.For further studying, I read more literature from library and search for more evaluating from the Internet.It is generally believed in literary circles that Walden is such a book, a book is called “overcome all worldly thoughts and enter sainthood“ by Eliot, a book together with Bible and the little prince was named one of the ”twenty-five books for shaping the readers " by America National Library, a book that poets will never abandon.It is very important to know background of a book when you read it.Otherwise,you may not know why the author write it or what the author want to tell readers.In Walden, they are mentioned in chapter two.Just like me, I am not able to understand Walden well at the beginning and think it is nonsense.It is not the simple description of nature and life of Thoreau, it also reveals that the author comes back to the nature and makes an experiment of life to find the true meaning of life.It seems that if one can meet the required for basic life to the world, one can more easily and more calm to enjoy life.There are many researches on Walden, the themes contain ecological significance, aesthetic value, relationship between Walden and China, and so on.But, my heart just follow the words.I read it twice.When I think of seclusion, I think of Tao Yuanming.When I think of prose, I think of Zhu Ziqing and his Moonlight over the Lotus Pond.It is said that the writing style of Wei An ultimately from poetry to prose because of Walden.I am indulged in Thoreau’s thought and the words of Walden.The book is fresh,healthy and inspiring.I love it.I like the second chapter of it most.In this chapter, the author explains why he choses to live alone in a small, simple cabin at Walden Pond, and why he writes this book.He thinks many of his contemporaries do not understand the real meaning of life.He describes the beauty of nature, some ideas of transcendentalism and his philosophy of life--”simplicity, simplicity, simplicity”.I love these sentences
especially, “Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.I drink at it;but while I drink I see the sandy bottom and detect how shallow it is.Its thin current slides away, but eternity remains.” There is a metaphor, stream is used to be compared to time.Although we can not like Thoreau to appreciate the lonely forest life now, Walden has never disappeared.Nothing can prevent us to have a clear Walden in our hearts.It
always can let the hearts be elutriated, according to Thoreau, to your inner exploration.The book is eternal.I love Walden, such a quiet book.
第四篇:法国文学读书报告
中国地质大学江城学院
法国文学 课程(论文)
读《Le château de ma mère》有感
姓 名: 张艳霞
专 业: 英语(英法双语方向)
班 级: 41401101
学 号: 4140110103
评阅教师: 吕敏
摘要
《母亲的城堡》是法国小说家和剧作家马塞尔·帕尼奥尔的童年回忆录中的一部代表作品,讲述了身为裁缝的母亲所给予三个孩子无私的关怀与真挚的爱,虽然她傲人的财富,也没有厚实的肩膀,但是她却用清贫维持着整个家庭,用她纤细的胳膊托着孩子们一步步健康成长。她的温柔与坚强,苍白与柔弱带给孩子们无尽的童年欢乐和乡村回忆,也让作者感动怀念一生。
关键词: 爱
童年
乡村生活
回忆
Résumé
Le château de ma mère était mémoires d'enfance de Marcel Pagnol qui étai le romancier et le dramaturge français ,racontent la mère qu’ était une couturière donnait l'entraide désintéressée et sincère amour à ses trois enfants.Même si elle est fière de la richesse, ni les épaules épaisses, mais elle maintenais toute la famille avec les pauvres, avec ses bras minces grâce à la croissance saine des enfants étape par étape.Sa doux et fort, pâle et faible,elle a apporté aux enfants de joie de l'enfance et des souvenirs rurales,touchent et eu la nostalgie de tout la vie d’auteur.Mots-clés:l’amour l’enfance la vie rural souvenir
引言
《母亲的城堡》又名《再度艳阳天》,本书由法国小说家、剧作家——马塞尔·帕尼奥尔(Marcel Pagnol,1895—1974)于1960年发表,是《父亲的荣耀》即《初度艳阳天》的姊妹篇。这部作品是帕尼奥尔六十岁后发表的总题为“童年回忆录”自传体小说“童年四部曲”之一,他以幽默逗趣的笔调叙述小马塞尔的童年生活和少年时光,为他赢得文学上的巨大声誉,出版后好评如潮,成为法国教育部指定的学生必读书。作品从小马塞尔的出生一直写到中学毕业,分别是《父亲的荣耀》《母亲的城堡》《秘密时光》《爱恋时光》,他细数生活中点点滴滴的幸福,这些小幸福丰满、饱涨了他的记忆,而面对那些失去的、悔憾的、悲伤的,他微笑着耸耸肩,像所有法国人一样感叹“这就是生活!”。帕尼奥尔在电影方面受到电影大蛹罗塞里尼等人的推崇。他擅长描写法国南方的风土人情,尤其是普罗旺斯的诗情画意和对家庭的眷念之情。帕尼奥尔笔下的人物都给人好感,他成功的表达了家庭的意义、追求完美的敬业态度和纯朴的生活乐趣。他曾说“在这些回忆录里,我只想讲自己的故事,非褒亦非贬,其实我谈的不是现在的自己,而是早已不再的童年的我,这个我熟悉的孩子淹没在时间的洪流里,就像飞走的鸟儿,没留下任何的痕迹,再者,这个孩子并非本书的主角,而是书中故事的见证人。”在序言中,马瑟·巴纽这样写道:隔了时间的重重纱幕回望童年,有些人和事渐渐模糊,而有些东西却被岁月打磨得愈发明净、清晰,还有些记忆则被重新拆借、组合变成了另一副模样„„从书中,我能深切地感受到一个老人对逝去岁月的那种淡淡的缅怀和哀愁,当然这泪水里仍交织着欢笑和甜蜜。因为有缅怀,我们学着成长,也因为有昔时的回忆,我们懂得了珍惜。
《母亲的城堡》中的主人公——小马塞尔虽然长在马塞城里,但他的心却是最亲近乡间、田野的,他是一个奔跑在普罗旺斯山区里的孩子。所以在书页间始终闪烁着碎金子般灿烂的阳光,埋下头就能嗅到百里香和薰衣草浓烈的气息。马瑟和在乡下认识的好朋友力力一起设陷阱捕鹌鹑,学习碾黑麦,拍打干鹰嘴豆,到井里挑水灌溉“爱情的苹果”,跟着朱尔姨夫和爸爸擦亮猎枪、拎着猎袋去狩猎,直到夕阳西下才满载而归„„他用大段大段温情满溢的文字来表达自己对乡村生活的挚爱—“倚坐在一株巨大而倾斜的老松下,好长时间我凝望四周的风景。远方,遥遥的远方,在手边那几座较低矮的山陵后面,早晨的海面闪耀着金光,正前方,从马塞绵延至维荷的山脉,雪白、裸秃,有如长年积雪的高山峻岭,山脚处晨雾轻轻地漂浮在源远流长的于佛尼河谷上„„一阵微风轻吹,刹那,空气中弥漫着薰衣草的香气,我背起手,鼓起胸膛,上半身向后仰,闭上双眼,深深地呼吸着这属于我的国度的炽热气味。”还是在这里,淳朴的普罗旺斯的乡间,他还经历了生命中第一次的蜕变,遭遇初恋并为爱疯狂,也因为懵懂的纯纯爱恋而伤害了朋友,舍弃了自我。虽然父亲、母亲和姨妈、姨夫这些大人们对他坠入爱河不以为然,甚至觉得可笑;虽然他回想起自己那些疯狂的举止也颇有点羞涩;虽然这次爱情仓促地结束了,但没有经历稚气而又狂热的初恋又怎么会成长呢?我们讳忌莫深的少年的爱情,其实很美丽,女孩儿或者男孩儿都是映照自己的另一面镜子,会让人发现自己的虚荣、懦弱、善良和对爱的渴望。少年的爱其实也只是青涩岁月中一段美好的回忆——“我并没有忘却我的恋情,但我的忧伤也染上了当季的色彩:一种悲情悔憾,一种淡淡的哀怨,重组了我的回忆,我已将那些丢人现眼的考验,四脚爬地的诗人和卡西纽家庭最后那杀伤力强大的犯人现形记全部抹灭。我只看见,鸢尾花束后面那对紫色的眼睛,两片微启的嘴唇前那一串葡萄,唱着歌的秋千上,一个女孩用白色凉鞋的鞋尖触碰橄榄树颤抖的枝叶和她棕色的后颈背„„然后,在夜梦中,我听见远方传来音乐,一身红衣的小王后,带着无尽的哀怨和寂寞,在夕阳下,朝一座往日时光的拱形森林,渐渐远去„„”。
后来,小马塞尔进入了中学,赫然发现自己进入了一个新世界,曾经亲密的家人不再是自己生活的重心,而生活仅仅浓缩于课堂、导师、同龄朋友之间。当父亲和弟弟询问他有关学校的问题时,他说:“我不会告诉他们所有的细节,而且当我在跟他们说这些事情时,心情就好象是一个旅人般,对折从未到过巴西或加拿大的人,诉说着这些陌生国度的故事,而他们当然也不能完全明白。我拥有属于自己的秘密,活在另一个新的世界里,在这个新世界里我扮演着一个截然不同的角色,一个我的家人绝不会认得我的角色。”他絮絮地说着在这个新世界里发生的重要事件,无数个课堂上的恶作剧,孩子之间无数次小小的战役,怎样巧妙地与导师周旋取得好一点的成绩,他还是一个秘密组织的首领,这个组织有自己的徽章还创设了自己的秘密文字来传达口信。这个世界没有成人眼中的好坏之分,马塞尔印象中的好学生都是面白如纸,为着争夺第一名寝食难安的呆子,他关心的是如何战胜自己的怯懦,在维护名誉之战中打赢高年级的胖子,从而建立自己“无畏的战士”的威信,他发明出“代人受过”的办法使所有被惩罚的孩子得以解脱,他帮自己的好朋友写十四行情诗„„在这个小世界中生存法则是:宁可用拳头和恶作剧受人瞩目,也不在暗淡的阴影中平庸度日。所有调皮、热衷于在课堂上树立自己形象的“坏”男孩们,读到这本书恐怕都会绽放会心地一笑。
当我看到瘦小而害羞的母亲为了孩子每个星期周末都在山岗度过,无数次远远致意和殷勤地“偶遇“校长夫人,并最终如愿以偿时,我的心愉悦的反复吟唱着一曲欢乐颂。当我读到在他父亲曾经一位学生布奇格的帮助下,为了节省来回的路程,他们无数次选择捷径——沿着长长的河岸,胆战心惊地穿过贵族们的城堡回到心爱的乡下房子里,我的心也跟着无比激动,为他们的忧愁而忧愁,为他们的欢乐而欢乐。我的童年虽然也是在乡间度过,但缺少父母的陪伴和无微不至的关爱,现在能够回忆起来的零星片段也乏善可陈。但这部作品中母亲的形象深深的触动了我的心灵,是母亲宽容无私的爱呵护马塞尔和弟弟妹妹一起健康成长,是母亲单薄但深切的怀抱包容了小马塞尔童年的幼稚与纯真,是母亲温柔的双手捧起那个小男孩将所有的爱与感动深深地埋入他的心底。
《母亲的城堡》的笔调并不像《父亲的荣耀》那么轻快欢乐,甚至在情节的逐渐发展中感到一种淡淡的无奈与忧伤在蔓延,连自己的心也随着深陷那莫名的哀伤中无法自拔。时间飞逝,它转动生命之轮,如同水流推动水车那般。无情的岁月带走了母亲。帕尼奥尔在书中这样描述:“我走在一架黑色马车后面,它的轮子高高的,高到我能看见马蹄,我一袭黑衣,小保尔用尽全力攥住我的手,时间永远带走了母亲。”寥寥数语,可是悲痛无限,我似乎看见两个身着悲伤织成黑衣的小男孩,跟着轱辘作响的马车后,走在长长的乡村道路上,路是那么长,可是却没有了母亲那纤弱的身影。甚至在多年后,谁也没有勇气再提起她。母亲的与世长辞、弟弟的英年早逝和好朋友的不幸离世给他带来巨大的伤痛,他发出无可奈何的感叹:“人的一生,大概就是如此吧,仅有的那点快乐匆匆逝去,取而代之的是无法忘怀的痛苦。”成年后事业成功的马塞尔想在家乡普罗旺斯建一座影视城,冥冥之中,像是命中注定一般,他又回到那让母亲心生恐惧的那座城堡。他在书中写道:“我重新漫步在儿时假期走过的路,过去的阴影就走在我的身边,在城墙一角运河的近旁,我又找到了那扇黑色的门,那扇在那一年怎么也打不开的门,那扇代表着我父亲耻辱的门,现在我似乎能更自如的呼吸了,缠绕我的心魔已散去,但在时间的另一端,曾有一位年轻的棕发女子,一直紧攥着她那颗脆弱的心,还有那束红色的玫瑰,她听到看门人的训斥 狗的狂吠,她还不知道——这城堡现在属于她的儿子,她苍白、颤栗、永远那样不安。”多么深重的怀念就裹在这悲伤而又无奈的话语里。
结束语
最后,引用译者陈曦琳的话来说就是:这书太可爱了,翻译它是一种享受。到最后一次存盘时,当然也伴随着大大松了一口气的感觉,终于可以阶段性地把显示屏和键盘这两件假设从身上卸下来。可又多么失落,从心底里,我是巴不得每天去那岭子里消磨我的时光的。对于我来说,阅读它也是一种享受,那清新动人的语句让人流连不绝,感叹不已。而法国《文学文献》也曾评论帕尼奥尔是一个极会卖弄关子的说书人。他友善的笑容里透着几分狡黠聪慧,就像阿尔封斯·都德一样,在普罗旺斯灿烂的阳光下溅射出耀眼夺目的才华。而这部作品如此感人肺腑、触动心灵不仅仅是是因为帕尼奥尔自然且略带戏谑的语调,还有字里行间流露出一种对过去岁月的淡淡哀愁。生活如此,岁月无情,人生短暂,生命中有欢笑又有泪水,有爱有恨,有得到有失去,珍惜现在,活在当下。但愿在我们老去时,心中仍存留着童年那份纯真与美好。我们不仅要对生活感恩,还要对爱我们的亲人朋友心存感恩之情。
参考文献
1.马塞尔·帕尼奥尔,陈曦琳,2009,《母亲的城堡》,浙江,浙江文艺出版社 2.马塞尔·帕尼奥尔,施康强,2009,《父亲的荣耀》,浙江,浙江文艺出版社 3.[法]普洛坎,钱培鑫,陈伟,2002,《法国文学大手笔》,上海,上海译文出版社
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第五篇:美国文学教案
Lecture 1
The American Literature
I.Teaching Aim: through introduction, the students should get an idea about the history and development of American nation and how did the American literature came into being and what is the characteristic of its early literature.II.Teaching method: Teacher’s Presentation.III.Teaching Tool: multi-medium.Key points: the characteristics of literature.一、基本概况
国名
美利坚合众国(United States of America),简称美国(U.S.A.),旧称花旗国。【面积】9629091平方公里(其中陆地面积915.8960万平方公里),本土东西长4500公里,南北宽2700公里,海岸线长22680公里。
【人口】2.96亿(2005年7月)。白人占75%,拉美裔占12.5%,黑人占12.3%,亚裔占3.6%,华人约243万,占0.9%,多已入美国籍(2000年美人口普查数据)。通用英语。56%的居民信奉基督教新教,28%信奉天主教,2%信奉犹太教,信奉其他宗教的占4%,不属于任何教派的占10%。
【首都】 华盛顿哥伦比亚特区(Washington D.C.),人口约55.4万(2004年)。
【国庆日】7月4日(美国独立日,1776年)。美国文学的历史不长,它几乎是和美国自由资本主义同时出现,较少受到封建贵族文化的束缚。美国早期人口稀少,有大片未开发的土地,为个人理想的实现提供了很大的可能性。
美国人民富于民主自由精神,个人主义、个性解放的观念较为强烈,这在文学中有突出的反映。美国又是一个多民族的国家,移民不断涌入,各自带来了本民族的文化,这决定了美国文学风格的多样性和庞杂性。美国文学发展的过程就是不断吸取、融化各民族文学特点的过程。许多美国作家来自社会下层,这使得美国文学生活气息和平民色彩都比较浓厚,总的特点是开朗、豪放。内容庞杂与色彩鲜明是美国文学的另一特点。个性自由与自我克制、清教主义与实用主义、激进与反动、反叛和顺从、高雅与庸俗、高级趣味与低级趣味、深刻与肤浅、积极进取与玩世不恭、明快与晦涩、犀利的讽刺与阴郁的幽默、精心雕琢与粗制滥造、对人类命运的思考和探索等倾向,不仅可以同时并存,而且形成强烈的对照。
美国文学表现为平民化,多元化,富于阳刚之气,热爱自由,追求以个人幸福为中心的美国梦。美国文学大致出现过3次繁荣:19世纪前期形成民族文学,第一和第二次世界大战后,美国文学两度繁荣,并产生世界影响,已有近10位作家获得诺贝尔文学奖。
从来没有一种潮流或倾向能够在一个时期内一统美国文学的天下。美国作家敏感、好奇,往往是一个浪潮未落,另一浪潮又起。作家们永远处在探索和试验的过程之中。20世纪以来,许多文**流起源于美国,给世界文学同时带来积极的与消极的影响。
Lecture 2
The American Literature
IV.Teaching Aim: through introduction, the students should get an idea about the history and development of American nation and how did the American literature came into being and what is the characteristic of its early literature.V.Teaching method: Teacher’s Presentation.VI.Teaching Tool: multi-medium.Key points: the characteristics of literature.按照体裁分类:
一、自传
二、诗歌
三、戏剧
四、小说
最初的美国文学既不是美国的,也不是真正的文学。它不是美国文学是因为它主要是从英格兰来的移民的作品。它不是文学是因为正如我们知道的—不是以诗歌、散文或小说的形式出现的—而是些颇有情趣的旅行记载和宗教作品。
殖民时期文学:这一时期的文学并不发达,主要以模仿为主,没有自己的鲜明特点,但那时的政治,经济和社会发展对美国文学的形成还是有很大的影响。例如:当年来美洲大陆移民的人基本上属于两种人,一类是为逃避国内政治迫害,追求宗教自由的英国清教徒,他们来到新英格兰地区,扎根发展;另一类是谋求发财致富的欧洲平民百姓,包括野心勃勃的冒险家。不论是哪一种人都相信在新大陆都可以得到自由平等的待遇,都有机会实现自己的理想。这种观点是“美国梦”成为日后美国文学的永恒主题。清教主义有关人生来有罪及上帝主宰一切等思想也影响了美国作家不断思考人性与原罪、人与上帝的关系。由于这一时期文学不很发达,主要文学形式多为讲经布道之作,也有游记、书信等其他文学作品。
这一时期大约从1607年约翰·史密斯船长领导第一批移民在北美大陆建立第一个英国殖民地詹姆斯敦到1765年殖民地人民愤怒抗议英国政府颁布的印花税法。总的来说,殖民时期人们忙于生存,无暇吟诗作曲,清教主义反对虚构的小说戏剧,因此文学不很发达。当时的宗教领袖和殖民区领导人物如布雷福德(William Bradford,1590-1657)、温思罗普(John Winthrop,1588-1649)等人撰写的书籍多半是讲道布经等有关神学的材料或日记。此外还有一些为欧洲读者或亲人撰写的介绍新大陆的山水风貌和日常生活的小册子或游记书信,最著名的作者是为英国人在北美建立第一个永久性殖民地的工作起重要作用的约翰.史密斯船长(Captain John Smith,1580-1631).即便是诗歌也拜托不了宗教内容。比较出色的诗人有安妮.布雷特兹里特(Anne Bradstreet,约1612-1672)和爱德华.泰勒(Edward Taylor, 约1642-1729)。前者是北美第一位女诗人,她的诗歌虽然宗教气息较浓,但她描写夫妻恩爱,家庭美满等日常生活题材的诗歌感情真挚,富有感染力。泰勒是位牧师,虔诚的情教徒,诗歌创作也是为上帝服务,有些跟他的讲道有密切关系。他的作品在生前并未发表,直到20世纪30年代才被发现并整理出版。两位诗人的一个共同特点是都受英国玄学派诗人的影响,诗歌有较大的模仿性。
二、启蒙时期与独立革命(1765-18世纪末)这是北美人民争取独立、建立美利坚合众国的时期。17世纪末18世纪初,由于经济的发展,殖民者的注意力开始转向世俗生活,在欧洲启蒙主义和自然神论等哲学思潮的影响下,上帝的作用大大削弱,清教主义的统治逐渐衰落。18世纪美国启蒙运动的代表人物富兰克林(Benjamin Frankin,1706-1790)。富兰克林是个人文主义者,相信人性善良、主张人权天赋、政治平等,认为行善是忠于上帝的最好表示。他出身贫苦,但意志坚定,顽强奋斗,从商、参政,写文章、研究科学,终于成为文学家、科学家和在美国立国过程中起重大作用的政治家。他的《格言历书》(Poor Richard's Almanac)通过大量的格言警句宣传创业持家、待人处世的道德原则和勤奋致富的生活道路。他在独立革命期间撰写的《自传》(Autobiography)以亲身经历再次说明,美国有的是机会,只要勤奋便能成功。富兰克林的成功经验对美国人的人生观、事业观和道德观产生过深远的影响。他的《自传》还开创了美国名人写传记的风气,建立了传记文学的传统。
从1765年英国殖民者第一次反对英国政府的印花税到1789年美国联邦政府成立的20多年里,北美大陆的政治形势发展很快,1775年独立战争爆发,1776年宣布独立,1783年对英战争胜利,1789年新宪法生效,华盛顿当选第一任总统。独立革命时期文学的主要形式跟殖民时期一样以理性的敬文为主。主要是各派政治力量对于革命的必要性、革命的前途与方向、政府的形式与性质等重大问题展开激烈争论时所产生的大批论点鲜明、充满战斗力和说服力的杂文、政论文和演讲辞,如潘恩(Thomas Paine,1737-1809)的《常识》(Common Sense)、杰弗逊(Thomas Jefferson,1743-1826)的《独立宣言》(The Declaration of Independence)
三、浪漫主义时期(1800-1865)19世纪初,美国完全摆脱了对英国的依赖,以独立国家的身份进入世界政治舞台。民族文学开始全面繁荣,逐渐打破英国文学在美国的垄断局面。这时期作家们跟英国浪漫主义作家一样,强调文学的想象力和感情色彩,反对古典主义的形式与观点,歌颂大自然,崇尚个人和普通人的思想感情,并且寻根问祖发幽古之思情。但他们虽然模仿美国作家,素材却完全取自美国现实,如西部开发与拓荒经历。他们赞美美国山水,讴歌美国生活,反映美国人民的乐观与热情。
早期浪漫主义的主要代表作家是欧文(Washington Irving,1783-1859)、库柏(James Fenimore Cooper,1789-1851)和布赖恩特(William Cullen Bryant,1794-1878)。欧文以短篇小说见长,他的《见闻札记》(The Sketch Book)开创了美国短篇小说的传统,使他成为第一个享有国际声誉的美国作家。库柏主要写长篇小说,而且有三种不同类型的小说:历史小说、细节准确详尽的冒险小说和对后来西部文学影响甚大的边疆小说--《皮袜子故事集》(The Leather Stocking Tales)五部曲。布赖恩特是美国第一个浪漫主义诗人,也是第一个受到英国诗坛赞赏的美国诗人。《致水鸟》(To a Waterfowl)
19世纪的浪漫主义运动的中心在新英格兰地区,主要表现形式为超验主义(Transcendentalism)。超验主义理论崇尚直觉,反对理性和权威,强调人有能力凭直觉直接认识真理,人能超越感觉获得知识,因此,人的存在就是神的存在的一部分,人在一定范围内就是上帝,自然界是神对人的启示,人可以从自然界认识真理,了解物质发展规律,得到精神道德原则方面的启示。超验主义理论的奠基人是爱默生(Ralph Waldo Emerson,1803-1882)。爱默生的《论自然》(Nature)、《论自立》(Self-Reliance)等著作对打破神学统治,摒弃以神为中心的清教教义,强调人在宇宙万物中的地位,确立民主思想和发展民族文化起了极大的作用。《论自然》曾被称为超验主义理论的“圣经”。
棱罗(Henry David Thoreau,1817-1862)是爱默生的朋友和门徒。他接受爱默生关于认识自我和研究自然的思想,并且身体力行,独自在家乡森林沃尔登湖畔生活了两年,把超验主义的原则和自己的哲理信念付诸实践。《沃尔登湖》(Walden)详细描写他在湖畔的生活,宣传自然的美好,批判资本主义文明的消极影响,呼吁人们返朴归真,到自然中去寻找生活的意义和丰富的精神世界。梭罗富有正义感,反对美国对墨西哥的战争,谴责蓄奴制。他的《论公民的不服从》(Civil Disobedience)主张用和平斗争的方式反对战争和奴隶制,对印度的甘地、60年代的美国黑人领袖马丁·路德·金等人起过积极的影响。
在诗歌方面,新英格兰地区比较出名的诗人有朗费罗(Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,1807-1882),霍姆斯(Oliver Wendell Holmes,1809-1894)和洛威尔(James Russell Lowell, 1810-1891)等。他们大都出身世家,有地位有名望,文化修养比较高,但又都比较守旧,缺乏创新精神,对社会问题虽有批评却比较温和。因此他们常被称为波士顿的婆罗门(Brahmins)。19世纪美国最伟大的浪漫主义诗人是惠特曼(Walt Whitman,1819-1892),1855年出版的《草叶集》(Leaves of Grass)标志着美国文学进入了一个崭新的时代。另一位革新诗歌的诗人是狄金森(Emily Dickinson,1830-1886)。1955年出版的《艾米莉·狄金森诗集》》确立了狄金森在美国文学史上的重要地位。
浪漫主义时期两位重要的小说家是霍桑和梅尔维尔。霍桑(Nathaniel Hawthorne,1804- 1864)不赞成超验主义,尤其是“人即是神”的说法。《红字》(The Scarlet Letter)描写罪恶对人的精神面貌作用;《带有七个尖角阁的房子》》(The House of the Seven Gables)表现祖上的罪孽对后代的报应。梅尔维尔(Herman Melville, 1819-1891)深受霍桑的影响,关心人类命运,相认邪恶的普遍性,怀疑超验主义的乐观主义理论,对社会进步持悲观态度。他们两人给美国文学带来了戏剧色彩。但是梅尔维尔不像霍桑那样安于命运、按受现实。他进行更为深刻的钻研,探讨上帝的本质、人类的天性和邪恶战胜一切的原因。代表作《白鲸》(Moby Dick)对此作了深刻的反映。
四、现实主义时期(186-1918)南北战争(1861-1865)以后到第一次世界人战爆发,美国完成了从农业社会到工业社会的转化,社会面貌和经济生活开始发生急剧的变化。
现实主义文学时期三位最重要的作家是豪威尔斯(William Dean Howells,1837-1920)马克吐温(Mark Twain,1835-1910)和詹姆斯(Henry James 1843-1916)。
五、现代主义时期(1918-1945)自20世纪开始,美国文学进入新的时代。第一次世界大战对美国人的思想和精神面貌产生极大的影响。人们对自由民主的信念开始动摇,普遍感到迷惘,甚至绝望。
现代主义文学是从诗歌开始的。当时的诗人大致可分为三类:
(l)芝加哥诗人。他们无论在诗歌形式上还是题材上都坚持惠特曼的传统,反映劳动人民的思想感情。(2)以庞德(Ezra Pound,1885-1972)和当时在伦敦居住尚未加入英国籍的艾略特(T.S.Eliot,1888-1965)为首的身居海外的诗人。(3)新英格兰诗人弗洛斯特(Robert Frost,1874-1963)和罗宾逊(Edward Arlington Robinson,1869-1935)属于第三类诗人,介乎上述两派之间,受到新诗歌运动的感染,但并不全盘接受它的原则和主张。
很多在20年代发表作品的年轻作家往往被称为“迷惘的一代”(the lost generation)。他们曾怀着自由民主的幻想参加过第一次世界大战。然而,残酷的战争、无谓的牺牲使他们的理想幻灭了。
菲茨杰拉德(F Scott Fitzgerald,1896-1940)虽然没有去过前线,却是典型的“迷惘的一代的作家。第一部长篇小说《人间天堂》和100多篇短篇小说真实地反映爵士时代人们醉生梦死的空虚的精神面貌,生动地再现了20年代美国青年认为”一切上帝都死亡了,一切战争都打完了和一切对人的信念都动摇了“的绝望心理。《了不起的盖茨比》》和《夜色温柔》(Tender is the Night)从内容到技巧都更为成熟,进一步揭露”美国梦“和”美国精神“的迷惑性和空虚。菲茨杰拉德是继德莱塞以后又一个抨击腐蚀人们灵魂的美国梦的作家。
海明威(Ernest Hemingway,1899-1961)是”迷惆的一代“作家的主要人物。《太阳照样升起》》(The Sun Also Rises)反映大战后在欧洲彷徨游荡的美国青年绝望和幻灭的情绪。《永别了,武器》(A Farewell to Arms)表现战争如何粉碎人们的理想和生活目的。《丧钟为谁而鸣》(For Whom the Bell Tolls)描写西班牙的内战。海明威小说的主人公常常是位心灵受过创伤、敏感而玩世不恭的年轻人,但他作品里往往又有一位勇敢正直的英雄。海明威笔下的英雄可能是不见经传的猎人、士兵、斗中土、拳击家,但他们都具有”硬汉“性格,曲折不挠,视死如归。他们给海明威的主人公以启示,教育他们在困难前面不低头、在压力下面不弯腰的处世原则。《老人与海》(The Old Man and the Sea)中的老渔民集中体现了海明威大力推崇的在失败中保持尊严从而取得精神胜利的生活原则。海明威不仅为美国文学创造了”硬汉"形象;他那含蓄简练,清新有力的文体对美国文学也产生了极大的影响。