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●aculturalmovementemergedinthebeginningofthe20thcentury,particularlyintheyearsfollowingworldwarⅡ.●amovementofartistsanddesignerswhorebelledagainstthelate19thcenturyacademicandhistoricaltraditionandembracedtheneweconomic,socialandpoliticalaspectsoftheemergingmodernworld.(说了等于没说,中心思想rebellion)Background::boomingeconomy;developmentofthenewtechnology;:●worldwar;●urbanization(duetothedevelopmentofeconomyandnewinventions,peoplemovedfromcountrytocities);●influenceofmanyscientificandsocialtheories(Darwinism,Nietzche[Godisdead,sendingreadersintodespair,beliefcrisis],Freud[subconsciousurges,desiresandinhibitionsdominatehumanbehavior]);●intoleranceofthesocialatmosphere(notolerancetowardstheminorraces;theSouthwastryingtoregaintheSouthernlifestyleandagainsttheNorth)(总结一下就是,经济发展了,城市化了,但是打仗了,社会上各种种族歧视和性别歧视,没落的南方蠢蠢欲动,人们觉得这个社会无序又碎成了渣渣,很失望)Modernismisthe"dehumanizationofart",-novel,anti-poetryandanti-,precision,economyoflanguage3principles和significance详见大纲,Pound和Eliot的写作风格详见大纲诗人:(1)EzraPound Cathay华夏(庞德所译中国古诗集) Cantos诗章 HughSelwynMauberley休·赛尔温·毛伯利InaStationoftheMetro在巴黎地铁站(2) TheWasteLand(epic)荒原(暗指伦敦) theburialofthedead死者葬仪agameofchess对弈thefiresermon火诫deathbywater水里的死亡whatthethundersaid雷霆的话Hollowman空心人FourQuarters四个四重奏 MurderintheCathedral大教堂凶杀案TheCocktailParty鸡尾酒会(3),LongfellowandWilliamsCarlosWilliams这一部分有点费解哈,Longfellow上学期没讲过但是在考试范围,这学期讲了,还分析了人生礼赞的一部分。Cummings上课讲了,老师即兴分析意象诗(aleavefalls,loneliness)一首Williams从大纲上看不是重点,是有人做了ppt《红色手推车》,于是老师一时兴起让我们分析williams的诗歌特点作为小作业。monmen(grassroot)TheRedWheelbarrow红色手推车(后边有分析),这部分应该在1920s小说后边的,但是先讲了。只分析了JohnSteinbeck的TheGrapesofWrath。看过电影,所以是分析题重点。Background:greatdepression()AbsolutepovertyNightmarishexperienceofastruggleforsurvivalOverallchaoswithlittleornocheer