瓦尔登湖Thoreau梭罗.pptx

Henry David Thoreau ;Henry David Thoreau (July 12, 1817?– May 6,1862) ; Contents;Biographical Introduction; Thoreau was a protester as well. Disapproved of the government’s conduct of the Mexican War by refusing to pay his poll tax（人头税. (was sent to jail 1 night). In 1835, he contracted Tuberculosis and suffered from it afterwards. He died in 1862 and was buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.; That man is the richest whose pleasure is the cheapest. —Henry David Thoreau The lesson he taught himself, and which he tried to teach others, was summed in the one word “simplify” (simplify the outward circumstances of your life, simplify your needs and your ambitions, learn to delight in the simple pleasures which the world of nature affords. And unlike most who advocate such attitudes, he put them into practice.);Major Works;Civil Disobedience (1849);His other works; His writing style;Throeau’s Influence in the World;Critical Responses ;From Mr Lin Yutang;The beautiful Walden (Picture 1);Walden (Picture 2);The beautiful Walden (Picture 3);Walden (Picture 4);Walden;.;Introduction to Walden ;内容提要;他努力发掘美国自然环境在人类教养、心灵塑造等方面的潜能，强调所有人都应该有充分的自由来选择独一无二的生活方式，将自己的生活做成诗、当作艺术。他向人们展示出闲暇、沉思、与大自然和谐共处等的种种益处，为美国自然作家的写作开了先河。在《沃尔登》的数篇文章中，梭罗对工作和闲暇的意义进行了颇有独创性的思考，并描述了自己在尽可能简朴地、自给自足地生活方面所做的实验，强调这项简朴生活的试验绝不是无所事事地与世隔绝。在这些文章中，梭罗描述了林中生活的细节：他与各种各样的小动物的接触；不同季节中树木与水的不同声音、气味和颜色；大风吹动电报线以及远方的火车汽笛所奏出的旋律等。梭罗在沃尔登湖畔日复一日的切身经历使该书有极大的真实感，而文章清晰、直截了当，但又不失文雅的风格，使《沃尔登》达到了文学经典作品的水平。;赏析;Narrative Point of View;Staying at Walden Pond— an experiment with a threefold purpose;Thoreau’s ideas embodied in his Walden;2.Thoreau has faith in the inner virtue and inward, spiritual grace of man. He holds that the most important thing for men to do with their lives is to be self-sufficient and strive to achieve personal spiritual perfection. So he has been regarded as a prophet of individualism in American literature. 3.Thoreau was very critical of modern civilization. It was, i