[专八]专业考试指导：美国文学简史（十）.

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Chapter 6 The Post-War Period: 50s & 60s湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
I.                   Historical Background – multi-faceted湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
1.         Cold War湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
2.         McCarthyism (persecution of communists)湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
3.         Korean War湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
4.         Civil Rights Movement湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
5.         Counter-culture Movement – political, economical and military achievement湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com

II.                Literature in the 1950s湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
1.         Regional literature emerged from the south, etc. Many women writers appeared.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
2.         Dramatists wrote about everyday people, e.g. Arthur Miller.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
3.         Minority literature developed quickly.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
III.             Literature in the 1960s湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
This period is the rising period of post-modern literature. Many forms of post-modern fiction appeared, such as metafiction, surfiction, parafiction, self-reflexive fiction, self-begetting fiction, anti-novel, etc. The literature in this period is considered as “multi-cultural” literature. The same mood in this period is despair, but continuing to search absurdity of modern life; lonely, but searching for the meaning of existence; identity.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
Section 1 Poetry湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
I.                   Features湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
1.         Some poets found inspiration in the past.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
2.         Poetry became more attuned to political and social issues of the period.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
3.         Poets became more visible in American public life.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
4.         There was no prescribed form for poetry.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
5.         Poets became more political. Themes such as homosexuality, racism, etc. are included in the poems. In 1960s, poetry became more and more political.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
II.                Schools of Poetry (time, representatives, major features)湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
1.         Confessional Poets: Robert Lowell湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
The greatness of Lowell lies in the fact that, in talking candidly about himself, he is examining the culture of his nation. The identification of personal experience with that of an age has always ensured greatness and even immortality as it did.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
2.         Black Mountain Poets: Charles Olson湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
There is an emphasis on the importance of the moments of awareness. It portrays a world of “awakened, contemplative awareness”, one in which civilization appears alien, cold, and almost unreal.湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
3.         Beat Generation: Alien Ginsberg湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com
In the fifties, there was a widespread discontentment among the post-war generation, whose voice was one of protest against all the mainstream culture America had come to represent. 湖南校园网 www.sunnyol.com






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