文档介绍：草叶诗人述草叶之事草叶诗人诉草叶之情小组成员:次卓嘎、李永巧、卢璐、靳潇、扎西美多、王光美革命诗人民主斗士美国歌手 Walt Whiteman ( 1819---1892 ) Time background 时代背景 1)海外扩张;西进运动[Westward Movement](1820 ~1849) 2)南北冲突(1850 ~1869): 废奴运动;南北战争[Civil War] (1961-1965 ) 3)工业化与改革(1870 ~1916): 第二次工业革命[Second Industrial Revolution] 19C 的美国文学--- ““美国梦美国梦””的幻灭与美国文学的奇迹的幻灭与美国文学的奇迹 1 1)从独立战争( )从独立战争( 1775-1783 1775-1783 )到南北战争( )到南北战争( 1861-1865 1861-1865 )期间, )期间, 浪漫主义浪漫主义是美国文学的主流,惠特曼的诗歌是浪漫主义文学的是美国文学的主流,惠特曼的诗歌是浪漫主义文学的代表作。代表作。 2 2)从南北战争结束( )从南北战争结束( 1865 1865 )到第一次世界大战爆发)到第一次世界大战爆发(1914), (1914), 现现实主义文学实主义文学兴起,并取代浪漫主义文学而成为文坛主流。兴起,并取代浪漫主义文学而成为文坛主流。 Walt Whiteman ( 1819-1892 ) Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist , he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism , incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass , which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality. Born on Long Island , Whitman worked as a journalist, a teacher, a government clerk, and – in addition to publishing his poetry – was a volunteer nurse during the American Civil War . Early in his career, he also produced a temperance novel, Franklin Evans (“富兰克林·埃文斯”) (1842). Whitman ‘ s major work, Leaves of Grass , was first published in 1855 with his own money. The work was an attempt at reaching out to mon person with an American epic . He continued expanding and revising it until his death in 1892. After a stroke towards the end of his life, he moved to Camden (卡姆登), New Jersey, where his health further declined. He died at age 72 and his funeral became a public spectacle. Chronicle of events 大事记 1841 年搬到纽约。 1855 年父亲去世,《草叶集》(Leaves of Grass) 第一版。 1862 年探望在腓烈德利斯堡战役中受伤的兄弟。 1865 年林肯被暗杀,惠特曼的战时诗集《鼓专用集》(Drum-Taps) (后来放到《草叶集》中)出版。 1871 年母亲路易莎去世。 1882 年会见奥斯卡·王尔德,出版《典型的日子