美国文学简史（十三）

2016-07-15 双语讯飞

Chapter 5 The Modern Period
The 1920s
I. IntroductionII. BackgroundIII. Features of the literature

Imagism
I. BackgroundII. Development: three stagesIII. What is an “image”?IV. PrinciplesV. SignificanceVI. Ezra PoundVII. T. S. EliotVIII. Robert FrostIX. e. e. cummings

美国文学简史之意象派

Introduction

The 1920s is a flowering period of American literature. It is considered “the second renaissance” of American literature. The nicknames for this period:(1) Roaring 20s – comfort(2) Dollar Decade – rich(3) Jazz Age – Jazz music

Background

1. First World War – “a war to end all wars” ▪ Economically: became rich from WWI. Economic boom: new inventions. Highly-consuming society. ▪ Spiritually: dislocation, fragmentation.
2. Wide-spread contempt for law (looking down upon law)

Features of the literature

Writers: three groups (1) Participants (2) Expatriates (3) Bohemian (unconventional way of life) – on-lookersTwo areas: (1) Failure of communication of Americans (2) Failure of the American society

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