美国文学(自然主义,意象主义作者及其作品)

first becoming a mistress to men that she perceives as superior
later as a famous actress.
《嘉莉妹妹》
《珍妮姑娘
The Trilogy of Dreiser
欲望三部曲 Financier 《金融家》 (1912) The Titan 《巨人》 (1914) The Stoic 《斯多噶》 (1947)
finally murder as the result of jealousy and avarice
Masterpiece
A Story of California is a 1901 novel
The Octopus
the first part of an uncompleted trilogy, The Epic of the Wheat
contents
Naturalism
Stephen Crane
Frank Norris Theodore Dreiser
Jack London
Ezra Pound
Émile Zola
Born
Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola 2 April 1840 Paris, France
McTeague
The Octopus
McTeague
A novel by Frank Norris, first published in 1899.
It tells the story of a couple's courtship and marriage
their subsequent descent into poverty, violence
Early Life
married his cousin Helen Richardson on 13 June 1944. came from a strict Catholic family
He married Sara White on December 1898 His father- John Paul Dreiser
Norris died on October 25, 1902 buried in Mountain View Cemeteryin Oakland, California
Moran of the "Lady Letty"
A Deal in Wheat and Other Stories of the New and Old West
It describes the wheat industry Cali in fornia It also calls A California Story
the conflicts between wheat growers and a railway company
The book emphasized the control of "forces
3. H.L. Mencken, declared ―American writing, before and after his time, differed almost as much as biology before and after Darwin‖.
4. In 2008, the Library of America selected Dreiser’s article ―Dreiser Sees Error in Edwards Defense‖ for inclusion in its twocentury retrospective of American True Crime
Plot summary
The story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming who flees from the field of battle. Overcome with shame, he longs for a wound—a "red badge of courage"—to counteract his cowardice. When his regiment once again faces the enemy, Henry acts as standard-bearer.
29 September 1902) (aged 62) Paris, France Novelist, playwright, journalist
Died Occupation
Nationality
Genres Notable work(s)
French
Naturalism Les Rougon-Macquart, Thérèse Raquin Germinal
1915
1925 1946
The "Genius"《天才》
An American Tragedy《美国的悲剧》代表作 The Bulwark《壁垒》
1947 The Stoic《斯多噶》欲望三部曲第三部 1900 Sister Carrie《嘉丽妹妹》
a novel about a young country girl
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Early Life
Literature来自百度文库Works Writing Style
Political commitment
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legacy
Theodore Dreiser
• (1871 –1945) • The Wheelhouse of American Naturalism
是一位以探索充满磨难的现实生活著称的美国自 然主义作家，他是美国现代小说的先驱和代表作 家，被认为是同海明威、福克纳 并列的美国现 代小说的三巨头之一。
Sister Carrie
It has been called the "greatest of all American urban novels."
who moves to the big city where she starts realizing her own American Dream
Gold Rush
Second marriage in1905
Jack and Charmian London (ca. 1915) at Waikiki
Many older sources describe London’s death as a suicide. This conjecture seems to be a rumor, or speculation based on incidents in his fiction writings. His death certificate gives the cause as uremia, following acute renal colic, a type of pain often described as “the worst pain…ever experienced”, commonly caused by kidney stones. Uremia is also known as uremic poisoning.
The old Winery Cottage, where London died (in the left sleeping porch) on November 22, 1916
Martin Eden
Martin Eden
Main characters A young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in Pacific Monthly magazine from Sept. 1908 to Sept . 1909 and published in book form by Macmillan in Sept. 1909.
Frank Norris
Life
Works
Plot of Reviews
Frank Norris 弗兰克· 诺里斯
( 5, 1870 – 25, 1902)
American novelist
born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1870
In 1900 Frank Norris married Jeanette Black
His style technique
flexible, swift, abrupt and nervous Supple majesty
closed, circumstanti al and 'normal' in feeling and syntax
Theodore Dreiser 西奥多· 德莱塞
FEATURES
REPRESETIVE WRITERS
Crane wrote his first known story, "Uncle Jake and the Bell Handle", when he was 14.
in 1894,he wrote The Red Badge of Courage
January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916
His life story
First marriage (1900– 1904) Early life On July 12, 1897, London (age 21) and his sister's Bessie Maddern London and husband Captain daughters, Joan and Becky Shepard sailed to join the Klondike
in 1893 ,the publication of Maggie: A Girl of the Streets
Stephen Crane was born on November 1, 1871
He died on June 5, 1900, at the age of 28
《街头女郎梅季》
《红色英勇勋章 》 《海上扁舟》
audience, and despite a vigorous defense mounted by two lawyers hired by his uncle, Clyde is convicted, sentenced to death, and executed.
is anxious to achieve better things. Following a sensational trial before an unsympathetic
2. Alfred Kazan characterized Dreiser as "stronger than all the others of his time, and more poignant; greater than the world he has described, but as significant as the people in it. ‖
Writing Style
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without good structure
deficient characterization lack in imagination
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journalistic method 新闻法
techniques in painting
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1. enormous influence on the generation following his.
An American Tragedy
The ambitious but immature Clyde Griffiths, raised
by poor and devoutly religious parents who force him to participate in their street missionary work e ambitious but immature Clyde Griffiths, raised
1889 to 1890 attended Indiana University mother-Sarah
Literature
1911 1912 1914 姊妹篇Jennie Gerhardt《珍妮姑娘》
Works
The Financier 《金融家》欲望三部曲第一步 The Titan《巨人》欲望三部曲第二部