英美文学Chapter 9.ppt

Chapter 9 Local Colorism Mark Twain Local Colorism √ p130-2 Hamlin garland, in his Crumbling Idols, defines local colorism as having “such quality of texture? and background? that it could not have been written in any other place or by anyone else than a native.” p130 The stimulating milieu The social climate: The USA had not had time to solidify itself into a cohesive whole; Marked differences existed between different parts of the country; The rest of the country felt the psychological need to assert their cultural identity, seeking understanding and recognition by showing their local character. p130para3 The stimulating milieu The intellectual climate: The frontier humorists flourished several decades before the Civil War; in the humorous “tall tales” of the writers, there was an obvious emphasis on local peculiarities of speech, dress and habits of thought and the presentation of native character types A good number of periodicals accept and pay well for local color short stories. p130-1 Local Colorism As a trend it first made its presence felt in the late 1860s and early 70s. Not until the turn of the 20th C did local colorism cease to be a dominant fashion. P131para2 Local colorists tended to idealize and glorify, but they never forget to keep an eye on the truthful color of local life. p131para3 Local Colorists Bret Harte: “The Luck of Roaring Camp” 1868 Harriet Beecher Stowe: Oldtown Folks Edward Eggleston: The Hoosier Schoolmaster p131para2 Hamlin Garland: Main-Traveled Roads Other local colorists, such as Kate Chopin… p132 Mark Twin Local Colorism Although local colorism lost its momentum toward the end of the 19th century, the local spirit continued to inspire and fertilize the imagination of authors such as Willa Cather, John Steinbeck and William Faulkner. Mark Twain 1835-1910 Samuel Langhorne Clemens, was brought