UNIT 11 AMERICAN IMAGISM.ppt
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OutlineImagism:backgroundImagismasamovementlastsonly10years;however,itsinfluenceisfar-reachingandcanbefelteventoday.ImagismwasthebeginningofmodernisminEnglishandAmericanliterature.Theterm“imagism”wascoinedbyEzraPound.TheImagistpoemwastheinventionofasmallgroupofEnglishandAmericanpoetswhocametogetherinthefirstyearsofthiscenturytoworkoutsomenewwayofwritingpoetry.Theyareanearlygroupofmodernists.ThreePhasesofImagism1)Direct(nofuss,frill,orornament)treatmentofthe“thing,”whethersubjectiveorobjective;2)Touseabsolutelynowordthatdoesnotcontributetothepresentation(economyofexpression);3)Asregardingrhythm,tocomposeinthesequenceofthemusicalphrase,notinthesequenceofametronome(freedominverse,musicandpoetry).Imagism:itssourcesConnectionswithChineseandJapanesepoemsImagism:itsrepresentativesExtraordinary,politicallycontroversialRepresentativework:Cathay:Chinesetranslations,amilestoneHughSelwynMauberley:probablythebestpoemthatPoundeverwrote.Cantos:notoriouslydifficultinsomesections,butdelightfullybeautifulinothers;onthewhole,noteasilyapproachable.OneofthefourorfivebestEnglishpoetsinthe20thcentury;oneoftheleadingimagistsbutlaterwentfarbeyondimagism;Hewasalsoapediatricianandgeneralpractitionerofmedicine.Williamsexcelledbothasapoetandaphysician.Paterson,5volumes:PresentsalldetailsofAmericanlife,comprehensivepictureofAmerica;includinglyrics,descriptions,images,paperclippingsandletters,historicalrecordsinprose;intheWhitmaniantradition"ThisIsJusttoSay"Hisslogan:“noideabutinthings”TheRedWheelbarrowWilliamCarlosWilliamsQuestion(p.191)1Howdoesthefirsttwolinesdifferfromtheotherpairsoflines?2Whatisthemostvisuallycompellingwordineachofthelastthreepairsoflines?3Whatisthemeaningof“dependsupon”inthefirstpairoflines?2.Red,whiteandglazedrainwaterarethemostvisuallycompellingwords.Thecolorsstandoutbecauseoftheircontrastwitheachother:thewhitechickenscontrastwiththeredwheelbarrow;thestaticcontrastwiththedynamic;livingthingcontrastswithobjectwithoutlife;naturalobjectcontrastswith