The-Leatherstocking-Tales-(1823---41)

TheLeatherstockingTales(1823-41)皮袜子故事集•091胡俊秀PublicationDateStoryDatesTitle18411740-1755TheDeerslayer《杀鹿者》18261757TheLastoftheMohicans《最后的莫西干人》18401750sThePathfinder《探路人》18231793ThePioneers《拓荒者》18271804ThePrairie《大草原》TheLeatherstockingTales•InhisLeatherstockingTales,JamesFennimoreCooper,forthefirsttime,createsaWesternherowholivesinamysteriouswildcountryandhasalegendarycareer.•TheTalescontainafivevolumebiographyoftheirprotagonistNattyBumppo.Introduction•《杀鹿者》（TheDeerslayer）•Mainplot:•theyoungNattyBumppohelpedtheMohicanChief-Chingachgookretakehisfiancee.Introduction•《最后的莫希干人》(TheLastoftheMohicans)•Mainplot:•theMohicantribewasdestroyedheavilyduringcolonialwar(殖民战争）betweenBritainandFrance.•ThestoryissetintheBritishprovinceofNewYorkduringtheFrenchandIndianWar,andconcernsamassacre大屠杀ofacolonialgarrisonandafictionalkidnapping诱拐绑架oftwosisters,whowerethedaughtersofthecommanderofFortWilliamHenry.•ItisthemostfamousoftheLeatherstockingTales.ItwasoneofthemostpopularEnglish-languagenovelsofitstime,andhelpedestablishCooperasoneofthefirstworld-famousAmericanwriters.Introduction•《探路人》(ThePathfinder)•Mainplot:•NattyBumppobecameold,butfellinlovewithawoman.Hewasrefusedatlast.–hisselfsacrificeinlove.Introduction•《拓荒者》(ThePioneer)•ShowthatNattyBumppocollidedwith(抵触)civilizationsocietyandtriedtoescapereality•《大草原》(ThePrairie)•DescribehisdeathCharacter•NattyBumppo:•severalnamesforthesamecharacter:Hawk-eye,thePathfinder,theDeerslayerLeatherstocking•atypicalfrontierman:honest,simple,innocent,generous;•representsbrotherhoodofman,natureandfreedom;anidealAmerican,oraperfectexample/fatherimageofthefrontiermanTheme•Theme:moderncivilizationadvancingonthewildernessandtheconflictsbetweenthemFeatures•1)Goodatinventingplots(Cooperhadneverbeentothefrontierareapersonally.)•2)Style:powerful,yetclumsy笨拙的anddreadful•3)WoodenCharacters4)Useofdialect方言,butnotauthenticInfluence•Contemporary同时代的readersfoundintheLeatherstockingTalesbothreassurancethatAmericanwriterscouldproducesignificantliteraryworkandaninspiringpatriotic爱国的portrayal描写oftheUnitedStates.Influence•CooperromanticizedthefrontierasaplaceofwildadventurewhereAmericanslivedbeyondthereachofcorrupt,restrictivesocietyandtestedthemselvesagainstnature.Bywritingonsuchthemes,hehelpedovercomeanearlierAmericanbias偏见againstnovelsasfeminineandtrivial.