Cooper生平及作品介绍ppt课件.ppt

James Fenimore Cooper 詹姆斯费尼莫尔库珀 (1789-1851),Content,His lifeHis worksFeatures of writingContributionsConclusion,James Fenimore Cooper 詹姆斯费尼莫尔库珀 (1789-1851),Historical background about the author,1Life,born in a rich family and grew up in Cooperstownattended Yale but expelled because of misconductfive years at seainherited fortune and lived a comfortable life,At the age of thirty, his first novel was written for a dare from his wife. In his lifetime Cooper wrote thirty-two novels, eleven of which are set in sea.,Career of a author,His novels fall into 4 categories:,(1) historical novel-The Spy (1821)(2) socio-political novel -The Heidenmauer; or The Benedictines A Story of the Rhine (3) the sea adventure tale-The Pilot (1824)(4) the frontier saga- The Leatherstocking Tales (1823 - 41),In their order of events:The Deerslayer (1841) (Story dates1740-1755)The Last of the Mohicans (1826) (1757)The Pathfinder (1840) (1750s)The Pioneers (1823) (1793)The Prairie (1827) (1804),The Pioneers,Time:10 years after revolutionPlace :in upstate New york Conflict: Judge Temple VS Nutty Bumppo Historical importance: the first frontier fiction,The Last of the Mohicans,The Last of the Mohicans is an epic novel by James Fenimore Cooper, first published in January 1826.,The features of his work All his novels are full of myths.He is good at making plots. a. the richness of his imagination. b. the first Indians to appear in American fiction and probably the first group of noble savages. c. majestic landscapes descriptions 3)He hit upon the native subject of frontier and wilderness, and helped to introduce the “Western” tradition into American literature.,Contributions,Created a myth about the formative period of the American nationFinding the West and the frontier life as materials for literary worksIntroducing Western tradition into American literature.,conclusion,James Fenimore Cooper was greatly influenced throughout his life by his natural surrounding. This environment impacted his writing, which continue to influence us today. Coopers novels help to give us a sense of American history.,