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1、Puritanism(Calvinism),Transcendentalism,Symbolism,Individualism(Am.)TheRomanticPeriodHermanMelville(1819-1891)HermanMelville(1819-1891)1)Novelist2)Symbolism+allegory3)Moby-Dick(awhitewhale):Hisbestworkandmasterpiece;thefirstAmericanproseepic.（散文體史詩）Melville’smajorworks1)Earlywor
2、ks:Mardi;Redburn;WhiteJacketMoby-Dick2)Lateworks:Pierre;BillyBuddMelville’sviewpoints1.ApartfromHawthorne,whoseblackvisionregardingtheevilofhumanbeingshadinsomewaychangedMelville’soutlookonlifeandwhoseallegoricalwayofexpositionhadaffectedhiswritingtechniques,Shakespeareantragicv
3、isionandEmersionianTranscendentalismalsoproducedsomepositiveeffectofhiswriting.Melville’sviewpoints2.Intheearlyones,Melvilleismoreenthusiasticaboutsettingoutonaquestforthemeaningoftheuniverse,hencetheyaremoremetaphysical形而上學(xué)的,超自然的andthemaincharactersareardent激烈的andself-dramatizi
4、ng自我中心的“I”,defyingGod,asbestreflectedonMoby-Dick;whileinthelateworks,Melvillebecomesmorereconciledwiththeworldofman,inwhich,headmits,onemustlivebyrules.2001.429.MostofHermanMelville’snovelsarebasedonseavoyagesandseaadventures.Whichofthefollowingisnotthecase? A.Typee. B.Moby-Dick
5、. C.Omoo.D.TheConfidence-ManMoby-DickisregardedasthefirstAmericanproseepic.AnalysisofMoby-Dick1.Thestory2.Theme:surfaceanddeepinterpretations3.Structure:acombinationofromanticismandrealism4.Symbolismandallegory5.Artisticfeatures:1)Languagestyle;2)writingstyle6.Theexcerpt1.Thesto
6、ryThestorygoesroughlyasfollows.TheoutcastyouthIshmael,feelingdepressed,seeksescapebygoingouttoseaonthewhalingship,Pequod.ThecaptainisAhab,themanwithoneleg.Moby-Dick,thewhitewhale,hadshearedoff折斷hislegonapreviousvoyage,andAhabresolvestohunthimtothekill.Hehangsadoubloon（古金幣）onthem
7、astasrewardforanyonewhosightsthewhalefirst.ThepequodmakesagoodcatchofwhalesbutAhabrefusestoturnbackuntilhehaskilledhisenemy.1.ThestoryEventuallythewhaleappears,thePequodbeginsitsdoomedfightwithit.Onthefirstday,thewhaleoverturnsaboat;ontheseconditswampsanother.Ehenthethirddaycome
8、s,Ahabandhiscrewmanagetoplunge使插入aharpoonintoit
