Topic Discussion:Write no less than 150 words on each of the fol

Topic Discussion:Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English in the corresponding space on the answer sheet.Please discuss Henry James’ contribution to American literature in regard to his representative works, themes, writing techniques and language.
【正确答案】:

A. INTERNATIONAL THEMES: IN ALMOST ALL THE STORIES AND NOVELS HE WROTE DURING THIS PERIOD, JAMES TREATED WITH GREAT CARE THE CLASHES BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT CULTURES AND THE EMOTIONAL AND MORAL PROBLEMS OF AMERICANS IN EUROPE, OR EUROPEANS IN AMERICA. NEARLY EVERY WORK IS IMPORTANT IN ITS OWN WAY IN TERMS OF JAMES'S CULTIVATION OF THE THEME.
B. REPRESENTATIVE WORKS:DAISY MILLER (1878), A NOVELLA ABOUT A YOUNG AMERICAN GIRL WHO GETS "KILLED" BY THE WINTER IN ROME, BROUGHT JAMES INTERNATIONAL FAME FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY (1881) IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE HIS MASTERPIECE, WHICH INCARNATES THE CLASH BETWEEN THE OLD WORLD AND THE NEW IN THE LIFE JOURNEY OF AN AMERICAN GIRL IN A EUROPEAN CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT.
C. LANGUAGE: AS TO HIS LANGUAGE, JAMES IS NOT SO EASY TO UNDERSTAND. HE IS OFTEN HIGHLY REFINED AND INSIGHTFUL. WITH A LARGE VOCABULARY, HE IS ALWAYS ACCURATE IN WORD SELECTION, TRYING TO FIND THE BEST EXPRESSION FOR HIS LITERARY IMAGINATION.
D. STYLE:MOREOVER, JAMES'S REALISM IS CHARACTERIZED BY HIS PSYCHOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HIS SUBJECT MATTER. ONE OF THE JAMES'S LITERARY TECHNIQUES INNOVATED TO CATER FOR THIS PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPHASIS IS HIS NARRATIVE "POINT OF VIEW."
E. SUMMARY:THAT IS WHY JAMES IS GENERALLY REGARDED AS THE FORERUNNER OF THE 20TH-CENTURY "STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS" NOVELS AND THE FOUNDER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL REALISM.


【题目解析】:国际主题:在这一时期詹姆斯几乎所有的故事和小说中,他都非常关注两种不同文化之间的冲突,以及在欧洲的美国人或在美国的欧洲人的情感和道德问题。就詹姆斯对主题的培养而言,几乎每一部作品都有其独特的重要性。代表作品:《黛西·米勒》(1878),中篇小说,是一部关于一个年轻的美国女孩在罗马被冬天“杀死”的中篇小说。第一次为詹姆斯带来了国际声誉。《贵妇画像》(1881)被普遍认为是他的代表作,体现了一个美国女孩在欧洲文化环境下的人生旅程中,新旧世界的冲突。语言:詹姆斯的语言不那么容易被理解。他常常很有修养和洞察力。他词汇量大,选词准确,努力为自己的文学想象找到最佳的表达方式。风格:此外,詹姆斯的现实主义的特点是他的心理方法的主题。詹姆斯为迎合这种心理强调而创新的文学技巧之一是他的叙事“观点”。总结:这就是为什么詹姆斯通常被认为是二十世纪意识流小说的先驱和心理现实主义的奠基者。