美国文学梅尔维尔解析.pptVIP

葬于纽约布隆克斯木草坪墓园(Woodlawn Cemetery) His friendship with Hawthorne He was a voracious reader.[v?rei??s] Emerson,Hawthorne,Thoms Carlyle,Shelley,Thomas Browne,Lyells Geology,and Shakespear were at the top of his reading list.赖尔的《地质学原理》 Carlyle and Hawthornes symbolism fascinated him.For Emerson,he had mixed feelings of respect and repulsion.[r?p?l?(?)n]反感 Main Thoughts He is not a politician, but he has the innate sensitivity of politics; he admires the rebirth of America but disagrees with the constant territorial [,t?r?t?r??l]expansion(领土扩张). He insists the view of self-reliance affected by Emerson. He believes the universality (普遍性)of evil and objects to the transcendentalist optimism.He is pessimistic [,p?s?m?st?k](悲观的) for the progress of society and injects a tragedy color into American literature. Melville’s works masterpiece (4) The manipulation（操纵）of the whaling chapters for some philosophical speculation（思索）makes the novel more than symbolic. (5) Different levels of language use and styles turn the whole book into a symphony（ [s?mf?n?]序曲）with all the musical instruments going on to form a melody. style of writing 主要写作风格为哥特式的浪漫主义，大量运用讽喻和怀疑论，以现代主义，荒诞主义以及存在主义为先导。 梅尔维尔身前没有引起应有的重视，在20世纪二十年代声名鹊起，被普遍认为是美国文学的巅峰人物之一。 《白鲸》直到出版后七十年，才获得社会大众广泛的重视。 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔是美国最伟大的小说家之一，也是美国象征主义文学大师。他不仅是小说家, 而且还是一位卓越的哲学家和诗人, 他以极其敏锐的目光关注着自己生活的时代及其社会变迁。 英国作家毛姆认为他的《白鲸》是世界十大文学名著之一，其文学史地位更在马克·吐温等人之上。梅尔维尔也被誉为美国的“莎士比亚”。 * Herman Melville 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔 The American Shakespeare Main Points Life Experiences Main Thoughts Major Works Writing Style Life Experiences Herman Melville was a novelist and poet. He was born in a merchant family. His father died when he was eleven years old. He dropped out of school when he was 15. He had been a bank clerk, salesman, a farm - hand and a teacher to make his living. Since 1839, he had been a sailor in a variety of ship. His sailing experience has accumulated a bit thick material for his literature . Form 1866 to 1885, he became a customs officials of N