Red-skins(1846) Cooper depicts the greed of the"common man"in a democracy;regrets the passing of America's landowning aristocracy and the rise of a new class,the "money- grabbers” VI.William Cullen Bryant(1794-1878) 1.the poet with a third important voices in the era of Irving and Cooper 2.hsphiosophy:democraticandliberal disliked the old neoclassical style -agreed with the Romantic poets of Europe The new poetry"should not simply copy the forms and ideas of the ancient classics. Rather,it should break away fro old pattem *The new kind of poetry should help the reader to understand the world through his emotions. For Bryant,like other Romantics,"the great spring of poetry is emotion",and its aim is to find a new,"higher"kind of knowledge. 4.analysis of Bryant's representative poems (I)Thanatopsis (1817) his first great poem. -shows the deep Romantic spirit of Bryant in his youth -Nature and death are described with a gentle sadness. -The life of man is part of the wonderful life of nature as a whole: The individual so is not alone but part of"the soul of this wide universe"(A Forest Hymn,1825) Almost all of his poetry expresses his excitement at the idea of being part of something so vast. (2)The Prairies (1832) ription of the huge flatlandsofthe American Mid West (③)The Flood ofY and The Lapse of Tim -Bryant's response to the hugeness of time with similar emotions (4)The Indian Girl's Lament and The African Chief -praises the qualities that unite all people (5)his nature poetry way for theTan cendentalist writers who would soon bring American S.a writer with a deep social conscience 2.基本概念和知识点 es Fe nimore Cooper called"the American Walter Scott" What are the three different points of view about how American literature should grow? (四)教学方法与手段 99 Red-skins (1846) * Cooper depicts the greed of the “common man” in a democracy; regrets the passing of America's landowning aristocracy and the rise of a new class, the “money￾grabbers”. VI. William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) 1. the poet with a third important voices in the era of Irving and Cooper 2. his philosophy: democratic and liberal 3. his ideas about poetry: - disliked the old neoclassical style - agreed with the Romantic poets of Europe * The new poetry “should not simply copy the forms and ideas of the ancient classics. * Rather, it should break away from the old patterns. * The new kind of poetry should help the reader to understand the world through his emotions. * For Bryant, like other Romantics, “the great spring of poetry is emotion”, and its aim is to find a new, “higher” kind of knowledge. 4. analysis of Bryant's representative poems (I) Thanatopsis (1817) -his first great poem. -shows the deep Romantic spirit of Bryant in his youth -Nature and death are described with a gentle sadness. -The life of man is part of the wonderful life of nature as a whole: * The individual soul is not alone but part of “the soul of this wide universe” (A Forest Hymn, 1825). * Almost all of his poetry expresses his excitement at the idea of being part of something so vast. (2) The Prairies (1832) -an emotional description of the huge flatlands of the American Mid West (3) The Flood of Years and The Lapse of Time -Bryant's response to the hugeness of time with similar emotions (4) The Indian Girl's Lament and The African Chief -praises the qualities that unite all people (5) his nature poetry -prepared the way for the Transcendentalist writers who would soon bring American literature to the attention of the world 5. a writer with a deep social conscience 2. 基本概念和知识点 Washington Irving; James Fenimore Cooper; William Cullen Bryant 3.问题与应用 Why is James Fenimore Cooper called “the American Walter Scott”? （三）思考与实践 What are the three different points of view about how American literature should grow? （四）教学方法与手段