Cooper生平及作品介绍

JamesFenimoreCooper詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀(1789-1851)Content•Hislife•Hisworks•Featuresofwriting•Contributions•ConclusionJamesFenimoreCooper詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库珀(1789-1851)Historicalbackgroundabouttheauthor•borninarichfamilyandgrewupinCooperstown•attendedYalebutexpelledbecauseofmisconduct•fiveyearsatsea•inheritedfortuneandlivedacomfortablelife•Attheageofthirty,hisfirstnovelwaswrittenforadarefromhiswife.•InhislifetimeCooperwrotethirty-twonovels,elevenofwhicharesetinsea.Careerofaauthor•(1)historicalnovel---TheSpy(1821)•(2)socio-politicalnovel---TheHeidenmauer;orTheBenedictines–AStoryoftheRhine•(3)theseaadventuretale---ThePilot(1824)•(4)thefrontiersaga---TheLeatherstockingTales(1823-41)Intheirorderofevents:•TheDeerslayer(1841)(Storydates1740-1755)•TheLastoftheMohicans(1826)(1757)•ThePathfinder(1840)(1750s)•ThePioneers(1823)(1793)•ThePrairie(1827)(1804)ThePioneers•Time:10yearsafterrevolution•Place:inupstateNewyork•Conflict:JudgeTempleVSNuttyBumppo•Historicalimportance:thefirstfrontierfictionTheLastoftheMohicans•TheLastoftheMohicansisanepicnovelbyJamesFenimoreCooper,firstpublishedinJanuary1826.Thefeaturesofhiswork1)Allhisnovelsarefullofmyths.2)Heisgoodatmakingplots.a.therichnessofhisimagination.b.thefirstIndianstoappearinAmericanfictionandprobablythefirstgroupofnoblesavages.c.majesticlandscapesdescriptions3)Hehituponthenativesubjectoffrontierandwilderness,andhelpedtointroducethe“Western”traditionintoAmericanliterature.Contributions•CreatedamythabouttheformativeperiodoftheAmericannation•FindingtheWestandthefrontierlifeasmaterialsforliteraryworks•IntroducingWesterntraditionintoAmericanliterature.conclusion•JamesFenimoreCooperwasgreatlyinfluencedthroughouthislifebyhisnaturalsurrounding.Thisenvironmentimpactedhiswriting,whichcontinuetoinfluenceustoday.Cooper’snovelshelptogiveusasenseofAmericanhistory.