发布时间 : 星期二 文章《美国文学史及选读》考试题型及复习要点2017更新完毕开始阅读be3da90bdcccda38376baf1ffc4ffe473368fddb
? b. stream of consciousness
? c. characterization: he was able to probe into the psychology of characters ? d. violation of chronology
? e. courtroom rhetoric: formal language ? f. multiple points of view, circular form
? Be familiar with ?Barn Burning? and know the conflict in it. Ernest Hemingway
? Remember him as the spokesman of the Lost Generation. ? Memorize Hemingway?s major works.
? Know the theme of the short story A Clean, Well-Lighted Place: The theme of Nada
/nothingness is the keynote of the whole story. Nada means hopelessness, aimlessness and meaninglessness of life. Nearly all the characters live in Nada. Faced with “nothing\ the modern society now and then, man should seek light and order to establish dignity in life. ? Hemingway?s Iceberg principle: His sentences only give one small bit of the meaning.
The rest is implied. One must go very deep beneath the surface to understand the full meaning of his writing. Certainly, there are moments when the reader feels the suggestion of vast meaning beneath Hemingway's few, spare words. ? Hemingway?s Code Hero:
? The “Hemingway Code” of manhood does not involve mere physical strength, sexual
potency, or ability to accumulate (or spend) wealth. ? According to this code, a man is defined by will, pride, and endurance: the endurance to
accept pain, even loss-when the loss cannot be avoided; the pride of knowing that one has done one?s best, with the courage to act truly according to one's own nature; and the will to face defeat or victory without whining on one hand or boasting on the other.
Ezra Pound
? Remember Ezra Pound?s most important work The Cantos.
? Be familiar with In a Station of the Metro and know the images in it.
? Remember the three Imagist poetic principles: direct treatment of the “thing”（no fuss,
frill, or ornament）, exclusion of superfluous words（precision and economy of expression）, the rhythm of the musical phrase rather than the sequence of a metronome（free verse form and music）
Wallace Stephens
Be familiar with his poem ?Anecdote of the Jar?. Remember the symbolic meaning of the jar. William Carlos Williams
Be familiar with his poem ?The Red Wheelbarrow?. Images in ?The Red Wheelbarrow?. Robert Frost
? His four collections of poems that won Pulitzer Prizes. ? Be familiar with the three poems of his in the textbook. ? Symbolic meaning of ?road?.
? Theme in Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Langston Hughes
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Be familiar with his poem ?Me and the Mule?. Images in ?Me and the Mule?
Eugene Gladstone O’Neill
? Remember O?Neill as the father/founder of modern American theatre.
? Remember the four plays which won him Pulitzer Prizes: Beyond the Horizon, Anna
Christie, Strange Interlude, Long Day’s Journey into Night.
? Introduce the play Desire Under the Elms and analyze the tragic elements in it. ? Themes of Desire Under the Elms.
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