Scarlett In My Eyes
《Gone with the wind》is a novel about American civil war and postwar reconstruction. I have read it some times，that gives me different feelings. Especially, I am fond of the main role of Scarlett, I like her beauty、faith、elegance、adamancy. Moreover, her experience has some life lessons for me.
Although I love Scarlett，her life is destined to end in tragedy because of her character. She was born into a wealthy farmer's family and grew up rich, something of person who has everything she wants. What is more, so many boys like her because of her beauty and elegance. It shapes her self-willed and self-righteous character. SO Ashley doesn’t like her and marries with other girl who not outstanding compared with her in every way. That makes her mad and does the first wrong thing to marry to a man who is neither handsome nor good at running a company. The most important thing is she doesn’t love him. What is more，Her husband was dead in the war and she became a widow when she was very young.
The mentality of have a burning desire for what she can't have, go through her life. Because she doesn’t get Ashley, she helps him take care of his wife. And when his wife was dead, when he lose the backbone, like a child, she Inspires、helps him. Moreover, give him a job in her lumber yard, even though he manages it poorly. The same time, the thing that she helps and talks with Ashley is known by her husband Reid who love her and desperate to rescue her when she encounter difficulty. Everything is late, Reid has been completely disappointed in Scarlett, and decided to leave. She doesn’t treasure what they have, but go looking for what she doesn’t have, that cause her to lose everything. Maybe that's true of most people's lives. Her story gives me a great inspiration to cherish what I have now.
In addition to her character, the characteristics of The Times also contribute to her tragic life. During the American civil war, a woman can’t achieve anything in her career and can only take care of her family. Therefore, Scarlett has no other pursuit but love. She also doesn’t learn more cultural knowledge, making her relatively ignorant and unable to analyze and judge things calmly. So when she faces to problem, she can only use her beauty to attract men and achieve something. Even she uses dirty tactics to get her sister's fiancé for some money.
Even if it is a tragic ending, but Scarlett don’t completely give up to make efforts when the war and family changes make her face suffering, just to try to look for the way to solve all the difficulties, to marry a man who is considered a rebel in his day. Even break through the secular, manages own lumber yards, this spirit is worth learning.
美国文学部分(American Literature) 一．独立革命前后的文学（The Literature Around the Revolution of Independence） 1．本章考核知识点和考核要求： 1)．殖民地时期的文学的特点 2)．主要的作家、其概况及其代表作品 2．独立革命前后时期的主要作家 本杰明·富兰克林Benjamin Franklin本杰明·富兰克林，散文家、科学家、社会活动家，曾参与起草―独立宣言。 《穷查理历书》Poor Richard’s Almanack 《致富之道》The Way to Wealth 《自传》The Autobiography 托马斯·潘恩Thomas Paine托马斯·潘恩，散文家、政治家、报刊撰稿人。 《税务员问题》The Case of the Officers of Excise 《常识》Common Sense 《美国危机》American Crisis 《人的权利》Rights of Man 《专制体制的崩溃》Downfall of Despotism 《理性时代》The Age of Reason 菲利普·弗伦诺Philip Freneau菲利普·弗伦诺，著名的―革命诗人‖。 《蒸蒸日上的美洲》―The Rising Glory of America‖
《英国囚船》―The British Prison Ship‖ 《纪念美国勇士》同类诗中最佳―To the Memory of the Brave Americans‖ 《野生的金银花》―The Wild Honeysuckle‖ 《印第安人殡葬地》―The Indian Burying Ground‖ 1二．美国浪漫主义文学（American Romanticism） 1．本章考核知识点和考核要求： 1)．美国浪漫主义文学产生的社会历史及文化背景 2)．主要作家的创作思想、艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画和语言风格 3)．清教主义、超验主义、象征主义、自由诗等名词的解释 2.美国浪漫主义时期的主要作家 华盛顿·欧文Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文，美国著名小说家，被称为―美国文学之父‖.《瑞普·凡·温可尔》Rip Van Winkle 《纽约外史》A History of New York 《见闻札记》The Sketch Book 《睡谷的传说》The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀James Fenimore Cooper 詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀开创了以《皮裹腿故事集》为代表的边疆传奇小说，其中最为重要的一部是《最后的莫西干人》。 《皮裹腿故事集》Leatherstocking Tales 《间谍》The Spy 《领航者》The Pilot
美国文学史作品作家汇总美国文学 Part 1. Colonial America Thomas Paine托马斯潘恩1737-1809 The Case of the Officers of Excise税务员问题；Common Sense常识；American Crisis美国危机；Rights of Man人的权利：Downfall of Despotism专制体制的崩溃；The Age of Reason理性时代Philip Freneau菲利普弗伦诺1752-1832 The Rising Glory of America蒸蒸日上的美洲；The British Prison Ship英国囚船；To the Memory of the Brave Americans纪念美国勇士-----同类诗中最佳；The Wild Honeysuckle野生的金银花；The Indian Burying Ground印第安人殡葬地 .Jonathan Edwards The Freedom of the Will 论意志自由The Great Doctrine of Original Sin defended论原罪The Nature of True Virtue论真是德行的本原Benjamin Franklin本杰明富兰克林1706-1790 A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Money; Poor Richard’s Almanac穷查理历书；The Way to Wealth致富之道；The Autobiography自传 Part 2. American Romanticism Washington Irving华盛顿欧文1783-1859 A History of New York纽约的历史-----美国人写的第一部诙谐文学杰作；The Sketch Book见闻札记The Legend of Sleepy Hollow睡谷的传说-----使之成为美国第一个获得国际声誉的作家；Brace bridge Hall布雷斯布里奇田庄；Talks of Travelers旅客谈；The Alhambra阿尔罕伯拉
1. The Soul Selects Her Own Society The Soul selects her own Society--- Then---shuts the door--- To her divine Majority--- Present no more--- Unmoved ---she notes the Chariots---pausing--- At her low Gate--- Unmoved---an Emperor be kneeling Upon her Mat--- I’ve known her---from an ample nation--- Choose One--- Then---close the Valves or her attention--- Like Stone--- 1) the soul made its choice and wanted no more. This showed her resolution and determination. 2) Unmoved by any other temptation
3) Since I have made my choice, I will stick to it and will never be tempted by other things. Soul, one: art , poetry, love, ideal 2. Anecdote(奇闻，轶事) 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 round upon the ground And tall and of a port in air It took dominion everywhere. The jar was gray and bare. It did not give of bird or bush Like nothing else in Tennessee.
美国文学史作品作家汇总 美国文学 Part 1. Colonial America Thomas Paine托马斯?潘恩1737-1809 The Case of the Officers of Excise税务员问题；Common Sense常识；American Crisis美国危机；Rights of Man人的权利：Downfall of Despotism专制体制的崩溃；The Age of Reason理性时代 Philip Freneau菲利普?弗伦诺1752-1832 The Rising Glory of America蒸蒸日上的美洲；The British Prison Ship英国囚船；To the Memory of the Brave Americans纪念美国勇士-----同类诗中最佳；The Wild Honeysuckle 野生的金银花；The Indian Burying Ground印第安人殡葬地 .Jonathan Edwards The Freedom of the Will 论意志自由The Great Doctrine of Original Sin defended论原罪The Nature of True Virtue论真是德行的本原 Benjamin Franklin本杰明?富兰克林1706-1790 A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Money; Poor Richard’s Almanac穷查理历书；The Way to Wealth致富之道；The Autobiography自传 Part 2. American Romanticism Washington Irving华盛顿?欧文1783-1859 A History of New York纽约的历史-----美国人写的第一部诙谐文学杰作；The Sketch Book见闻札记The Legend of Sleepy Hollow睡谷的传说-----使之成为美国第一个获得国际声誉的作家；Brace bridge Hall布雷斯布里奇田庄；Talks of Travelers旅客谈；The Alhambra阿尔罕伯拉 Jamie Fennimore Cooper詹姆斯?费尼莫尔?库珀1789-1851 The Spy间谍;The Pilot领航者;The Little page Manuscripts利特佩奇的手稿;Leather stocking Tales皮裹腿故事集:The Pioneer拓荒者；The Last of Mohicans最后的莫希干人;The Prairie大草原;The Pathfinder探路者;The Deer slayer杀鹿者 Part 3.New England Transcendentalism Ralf Waldo Emerson拉尔夫?沃尔多?爱默生1803-1882 Essays散文集:Nature论自然-----新英格兰超验主义者的宣言书;The American Scholar 论美国学者;Divinity; The Over soul论超灵;Self-reliance论自立;The Transcendentalist超验主义者;Representative Men代表人物;English Traits 英国人的特征;School Address神学院演说 Concord Hymn康考德颂;The Rhoda杜鹃花;The Humble Bee野蜂;Days日
一．The Colonial Period （1607-1765） 二．二. The Period of enlightenment and the Independence War (1765-1800) (一) Benjamin Franklin 富兰克林 1，Poor Richard’s Almanac《格言历书》 2，The Autobiography《自传》 （二）Thomas Paine 潘恩 1，Common Sense《常识》 (三) Thomas Jefferson 杰斐逊 1，Declaration of Independence《独立宣言》 （四）Alexander Hamilton汉密尔顿James Madison麦迪逊John Jay 杰伊1, The Federalist Papers《论联邦》（三人联作） (五）William Hill Brown 威廉.希尔.布朗 1，The Power of Sympathy《同情的力量》 三．The Romantic Period （1800-1865） （一）Washington Irving 欧文（Romanticism） 1，The Legend of Sleepy Hollow《睡谷的传说》 2，Rip Van Winkle 《瑞普.凡温.克尔》 3，The Sketch Book 《见闻札记》 （二）James Fenimore Cooper 库伯(Romanticism) 1，The Leather-stocking Tales 《皮袜子故事集》 （三）William Cullen Bryant 布莱恩特（Romanticism）first 1，To a Waterfowl 《致水鸟》 2，The Yellow Violet 《黄色的堇香花》 （四）Ralph Waldo Emerson 爱默生（Transcendentalism） 1，The Dial 《日晷》 2，Nature 《论自然》 3，Self-Reliance 《伦自立》 4，The American Scholar《论美国学者》 （五）Henry David Thoreau 梭罗（Transcendentalism） 1，Walden《沃尔登》 2，On the Duty of Civil Disobedience 《论公民的不服从》 （六）Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 郎费罗 1，The Song of Hiawatha 《海华沙之门》 （七）John Greenleaf Whittier 惠蒂埃 1，Snow-Bound《大雪封门》 （八）Walt Whitman 惠特曼（Romanticism） 1, Leaves of Grass《草叶集》 （九）Emily Dickinson 狄金森 1，The Poetry of Emily Dickinson《狄金森诗集》 （十）Nathaniel Hawthorne 霍桑non-transcendentalism，Gothic novel 1，The Blithedale Romance 《福谷传奇》 2，The Scarlet Letter 《红字》 3, The House of the Seven Gables 《带有七个尖角阁的房子》
作品选读分析: Passage 1 …Suddenly there shot along the path a wild light, and I turned to see whence a gleam so unusual could have issued—for the vast house and its shadows where alone behind me. The radiance was that of the full, setting, and blood-re moon, which now shone vividly through that once barely-discernible fissure, of which I have before spoken, as extending from the roof of the building, in a zigzag direction, to the base. … Questions: 1.From which short story is this passage taken? Who is the author of this short story? 2.what kind of story is it? What’s features of this kind of story? 3.What’s the symbolic meaning of the “House” and the “Fissure”? Passage 2 “Standing on the bare ground, -- my head bathed by the blithe air and uplifted into infinite space, -- all mean egotism vanishes. I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or particle of God.”Questions: 1. Which work is this fragment taken from? Who’s the author? 2. What does “Universal Being” refer to? 3. How to appreciate it? Passage 3 The runaway slave came to my house and stopt outside, I heard his motions crackling the twigs of the woodpile, Through the swung half-door of the kitchen I saw him limpsy and weak, And went where he sat on a log and led him in and assured him, And brought water and fill’d a tub for his sweated body and bruis’d feet, And gave him a room that enter’d from my own, and gave him some coarse clean clothes, … Questions: 1. What’s the title of the poem? From which collection of poetry is the poem taken from? 2. What’s the form of the poem? What’s the poet’s writing technique? 3. What’s the symbolic meaning of the title of the collection? What’s the theme of the poem? Passage 4 Because I could not stop for Death— He kindly stopped for me— The Carriage held but just Ourselves— And Immortality. …
美国文学史作品作家汇总【常耀信】 美国文学 Part 1. Colonial America Thomas Paine托马斯?潘恩1737-1809 The Case of the Officers of Excise税务员问题；Common Sense常识；American Crisis美国危机；Rights of Man人的权利：Downfall of Despotism专制体制的崩溃；The Age of Reason理性时代 Philip Freneau菲利普?弗伦诺1752-1832 The Rising Glory of America蒸蒸日上的美洲；The British Prison Ship英国囚船；To the Memory of the Brave Americans纪念美国勇士-----同类诗中最佳；The Wild Honeysuckle野生的金银花；The Indian Burying Ground印第安人殡葬地Jonathan Edwards The Freedom of the Will The Great Doctrine of Original Sin defended The Nature of True Virtue Benjamin Franklin本杰明?富兰克林1706-1790 A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Money;Poor Richard’s Almanack穷查理历书；The Way to Wealth致富之道；The Autobiography自传 Part 2. American Romanticism Washington Irving华盛顿?欧文1783-1859 A History of New York纽约的历史-----美国人写的第一部诙谐文学杰作；The Sketch Book见闻札记The Legend of Sleepy Hollow睡谷的传说-----使之成为美国第一个获得国际声誉的作家；Bracebridge Hall布雷斯布里奇田庄；Talks of Travellers旅客谈；The Alhambra阿尔罕伯拉 James Fenimore Cooper詹姆斯?费尼莫尔?库珀1789-1851 The Spy间谍;The Pilot领航者;The Littlepage Manuscripts利特佩奇的手稿;Leatherstocking Tales皮裹腿故事集:The Pioneer拓荒者；The Last of Mohicans最后的莫希干人;The Prairie大草原;The Pathfinder探路者;The Deerslayer杀鹿者 Part 3.New England Transcendentalism Ralf Waldo Emerson拉尔夫?沃尔多?爱默生1803-1882 Essays散文集:Nature论自然-----新英格兰超验主义者的宣言书;The American Scholar论美国学者;Divinity;The Oversoul论超灵;Self-reliance论自立;The Transcendentalist超验主义者;Representative Men代表人物;English Traits英国人的特征;School Address神学院演说 Concord Hymn康考德颂;The Rhodo杜鹃花;The Humble Bee野蜂;Days日子-首开自由诗之先河 Henry David Threau亨利?大卫?梭罗1817-1862 Wadden,or Life in the Woods华腾湖或林中生活;Resistance to Civil Government/Civil Disobedience抵制公民政府;A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Henry Wadsworth Longfellow亨利?沃兹沃思?朗费罗1807-1882 The Song of Hiawatha海华沙之歌----美国人写的第一部印第安人史诗;V oices of the Night夜吟;Ballads and Other Poens民谣及其他诗;Belfry of Bruges and Other Poems布鲁茨的钟楼及其他诗;Tales of a Wayside Inn 路边客栈的故事---诗集：An April Day四月的一天/A Psalm of Life人生礼物/Paul Revere’s Ride保罗?里维尔的夜奔;Evangeline伊凡吉琳;The Courtship of Miles Standish迈尔斯?斯坦迪什的求婚----叙事长诗；Poems on Slavery奴役篇---反蓄奴组诗 Nathaniel Hawthorne纳撒尼尔?霍桑1804-1864 Twice-told Tales尽人皆知的故事;Mosses from an Old Manse古屋青苔:Young Goodman Brown年轻的古德曼?布朗;The Scarlet Letter红字;The House of the Seven Gables有七个尖角阁的房子--------心理若们罗曼史;The Blithedale Romance福谷传奇;The Marble Faun玉石雕像
一 I heard the merry grasshopper then sing, The black-clad cricket bear a second part, They kept one tune, and played on the same string, Seeming to glory in their little art、 Shall creatures abject thus their voices raise? And in their kind resound their m aker’s praise, Whilst I, as mute, can warble forth no higher lays? “Under the cooling shadow of a stately Elm, Close state I by a goodly River’s side, Where gliding streams the Rocks did overwhelm; A lonely place with pleasures dignifi’d、 I once that lov’d the shady woods so well, Now thought the rivers did the trees excel, And if the sun would ever shine there would I dwell、“While musing thus with contemplation fed, And thousand fancies buzzing in my brain, The sweet tongu’d Philomel percht o’er my head, And chanted forth a most melodious strain, Which rapt me so with wonder and delight, I judg’d my hearing better than my sight、 题目:the 9th of Contemplations 作者:Anne Bradstreet 赏析: 1、Rhyme royal: sevenline iambic petametre 七行五步抑扬格 2、Rhyme: ababccc 3、Theme: religion 4、象征:black-clad=death; abject=admitting defeat; maker= god 5、A genuine expression of poetic feeling in the presence of nature、 The poem offers the reader an insight into the mentality of the early Puritan pioneering in a new world、The poet heard the grasshopper and the cricket sing, and she searched for her own soul accordingly、 6、She saw sth metaphysical inhering in the physical, a mode of perception which was singularly Puritan 二 It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection、I wished to live without mitting any fault at any time; I would conquer all that either natural inclination, custom, or pany might lead me into、As I knew, or thought I knew, what was right and wrong, I did not see why I might not always do the one and avoid the other、But I soon found I had undertaken a task of more difficulty than I had imagined、While my care was employed in guarding against one fault, I was often surprised by another; habit took the advantage of inattention; inclination was sometimes too strong for reason、I concluded, at length, that the mere speculative conviction that it was our interest to be pletely virtuous was not sufficient to prevent our slipping and that the contrary habits must be broken, and good ones acquired and established, before we can have any dependence on a steady, uniform rectitude of conduct、For this purpose I therefore contrived the following method、 In the various enumerations of the moral virtues I had met with in my reading, I found the catalog more or less numerous, as different writers included more or fewer ideas under the same name、Temperance, for example, was by some confined to eating and drinking, while by others it was extended to mean the moderating every other pleasure, appetite, inclination, or passion bodily or mental, even to our avarice and ambition, I proposed to myself, for the sake of clearness, to use rather more names, with fewer ideas annexed to each, than a few names with more ideas; and I included under thirteen names of virtues all that at that time occurred to me as necessary or desirable, and annexed to each a short precept, which fully expressed the extent I gave to its meaning、 题目:Autobiography 作者:Benjamin Franklin 赏析: 1、One of Benjamin Franklin’s l iterary successes、1771-1788, inplete when he died、 2、Purpose: to make the experience of his own career, the conduct and habit of life which had
美国文学 Part 1. Colonial America 1、Thomas Paine托马斯·潘恩1737-1809 The Case of the Officers of Excise税务员问题；Common Sense常识；American Crisis美国危机；Rights of Man人的权利；Downfall of Despotism专制体制的崩溃；The Age of Reason理性时代 2、Philip Freneau菲利普·弗伦诺1752-1832 The Rising Glory of America蒸蒸日上的美洲；The British Prison Ship英国囚船；To the Memory of the Brave Americans纪念美国勇士-----同类诗中最佳；The Wild Honeysuckle野生的金银花；The Indian Burying Ground 印第安人殡葬地 3、Jonathan Edwards乔纳森爱德华 The Freedom of the Will The Great Doctrine of Original Sin defended The Nature of True Virtue 4、Benjamin Franklin本杰明·富兰克林1706-1790 A Modest Inquiry into the Nature and Necessity of a Paper Money；Poor Richard’s Almanack穷查理历书；The Way to Wealth致富之道；The Autobiography自传 Part 2. American Romanticism 1、Washington Irving华盛顿·欧文1783-1859 A History of New York纽约的历史-----美国人写的第一部诙谐文学杰作；The Sketch Book见闻札记The Legend of Sleepy Hollow睡谷的传说-----使之成为美国第一个获得国际声誉的作家；Bracebridge Hall布雷斯布里奇田庄；Talks of Travellers旅客谈；The Alhambra阿尔罕伯拉 2、James Fenimore Cooper詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀1789-1851 The Spy间谍；The Pilot领航者；The Littlepage Manuscripts利特佩奇的手稿；Leatherstocking Tales皮裹腿故事集；The Pioneer拓荒者；The Last of Mohicans最后的莫希干人；The Prairie大草原；The Pathfinder探路者；The Deerslayer杀鹿者 Part 3.New England Transcendentalism 1、Ralf Waldo Emerson拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生1803-1882 Essays散文集；Nature论自然-----新英格兰超验主义者的宣言书；The American Scholar论美国学者；Divinity;The Oversoul论超灵；Self-reliance论自立；The Transcendentalist超验主义者；Representative Men代表人物；English Traits英国人的特征；School Address神学院演说；Concord Hymn康考德颂；The Rhodo杜鹃花；The Humble Bee野蜂；Days日子-首开自由诗之先河
英国文学名家名著 《贝奥武甫》（Beowulf）是英国盎格鲁?撒克逊时期的一首英雄史诗，古英语文学的最高成就，同时标志着英国文学的开始。史诗的第一部分讲述瑞典青年王子贝奥武甫来到丹麦，帮助丹麦国王赫罗斯加杀死了12年来常来进行夜袭的巨妖格伦德尔及他的母亲；第二部分简述了贝奥武甫继承王位，平安统治50年。后来，他的国土被一条喷火巨龙蹂躏，老当益壮的贝奥武甫与火龙交战，杀死火龙，自己也受了致命伤。 杰弗里?乔叟(Geoffrey Chaucer ，1340-1400)是英国文学之父亲和前最杰出的作家。主要作品有《坎特伯雷故事集》等。作品的主要特点是主题、题材、风格、笔调的多样性及描写人对生活的追求的复杂性。他的代表作品是《坎特伯雷故事集》（The Canterbury Tales）不仅描绘了31位朝圣者的各个社会阶层，而且也反映了他们各自叙述故事的不同风格，读者广泛，对后世影响很大。 威廉?莎士比亚(William Shakespeare ，1564-1616)是文艺复兴时期英国著名的剧作家和诗人。他创作了大量的作品，其中包括喜剧、悲剧和历史剧。他的剧本至今仍在许多国家上演，并为人们所普遍阅读。莎上比亚的作品文才横溢，创造的喜、怒、哀、乐场面使人印象深刻，历久难忘。主要作品有四大悲剧：《奥赛罗》(Othello)、《哈姆雷特》（Hamlet）、《麦克白》(Macbeth),《李尔王》(King Lear)；
四大喜剧：《仲夏夜之梦》(A Midsummer Night’s Dream)、《威尼斯商人》(The Merchant of Venice)、《无事生非》(Much Ado about Nothing)和《皆大欢喜》(As You Like It)等。此外，历史剧《亨利六世》(Henry VI)三部曲，爱情悲剧《罗密欧与朱丽叶》（Romeo and Juliet）也都很受欢迎。《哈姆雷特》叙述了丹麦王子哈姆雷特替父报仇，杀死篡夺王位的叔父的故事。《哈姆雷特》里“to be or not to be, that is the question”的成为经典台词。《罗密欧与朱丽叶》描写了一对青年男女因家族间的世仇而不能联姻结果自杀的故事，揭露了封建制度的残酷无情，同时，歌颂了青年男女纯洁坚贞的爱情。 济慈（Keats, 1795一1821）是英国浪漫主义诗人。他出身贫苦，作过医生的学徒，后来才以写诗为业。他对当时英国社会的现实不满，希望在一个“永恒的美的世界”中寻找安身立命之处。他的诗歌以文辞声调之美著称，在艺术上对后代的英国诗人影响很大。主要作品有《伊沙贝拉》(Isabella)、《夜莺颂》(Ode to a Nightingale)和《秋颂》(To Autumn)等。 雪莱（Shelley ，1792一 1822）是英国浪漫主义的重要诗人。他生于贵族家庭。他既创作了富于政治思想性的诗，也写了很多优美的抒情诗，特别是爱情诗，显示了不羁的想象，瑰丽的色彩和动人的音韵，这些使他成为英国文学史上最有才华的抒情诗人之一。他的主要作品有《麦布女王》(Queen Mab)、《致英国人民之歌》(Song to the
Sister Carrie 1. The themes 1) the social Darwinism:the fittest can survive in a competitive, amoral society 2) American Dream:Each of Dreiser’s characters in Sister Carrie search for their own “American Dreams” 2. The character analysis of Carrie She follows the right direction to a pursuit of the American dream.She desires for a better life direct to the successful goal.But she is not contented, because with wealth and fame, she still finds herself lonely.( In essence, she is a product of the society.Sister Carrie best embodies Dreiser’s naturalistic belief that men are controlled and conditioned by heredity, instinct and chance. )To Sister Carrie, the world is cold and harsh. She is alone and helpless.She moves along like a mechanism driven by desire.She catches blindly at any opportunities for a better existence, opportunities .She makes use of first Droust, and then of Hurstwood.She has no control, no freedom of will.Then there is the tragedy of Hurstwood. Here Spenser’s influence is seen at its most powerful. 3. The character analysis of Hurstwood He is a negative evidence of the theory of the survival of the fittest:He is still conventional.\He can not throw away the social morals.\He is not fitted to live in New York. In this novel, Dreiser expressed his naturalistic pursuit by expounding the purposelessness of life and attacking the conventional moral standards. Hurstwood can not help himself in his relationship with Sister Carrie.He hovers between being a man and a beast in his behavior. Carl Sandburg Evaluation评价 He played a significant role in the development in American poetry that took place during the first two decades of the 20th century.His emphasis on the tradition of American experience associate him with Hart Crane. His free verse, reflecting industrial America, gained wide popularity during the Depression years, although his use of everyday language at first shocked readers. The People, Yes:probably Sandburg’s most popular single book.From his very first volumes Sandburg was interested in the speech of Midwesterners, spoken by the working class of the industrial cities. his interest in folk speech and folk expression became a clear feature of his poetry. It also gave evidence of the author’s epigrammatic skill and felicitous phrasing Chicago:The poem presents a striking and impressive description of the vigor and vitality of Chicago primarily by means of personification, images and metaphor. By using metaphor, the vigor of Chicago is highlighted. 1.In the first 5 lines, Chicago is compared to those whom are powerful and vigorous. “hog butcher”“tool maker”“stacker of wheat”“Players with railroads”“the National Freight Handler”“the Big Shoulders” 2.In the next 13 lines, the poet agrees that Chicago is wicked, crooked and brutal in a straightforward way by assuming a talk between the poet and the personified city, but he goes on to develop the theme of the poem by stating that Chicago is “alive and coarse and strong and cunning”. 3.Then in the last 21 lines, the poet delineates th e images of “a tall bold slugger”, “a dog lapping for actions” and “a savage pitted against the wilderness”.