UnitoneIdentity1OutlineI’mNobody!Whoareyou?(byEmilyDickinson)ThemeforEnglishB(byLangstonHughes)LiteraryFocus2WhereDoWeComeFrom?WhatAreWe?WhereAreWeGoing?,PaulGauguin(高更）.1897.3EmilyDickinson(1830-1886)4arecluseinAmherst“美國隱士女詩人”shewasdelightedinsolitude.(孤獨是迷人的．）Natureisthepermanentmotifforherpoems.oneofthemostinnovativepoetsof19th-centuryAmericanliterature(frequentuseofdashes,sporadiccapitalizationofnouns,off-rhymes,brokenmetre,unconventionalmetaphors)5I’mNobody!Whoareyou?I’mNobody!Whoareyou?Areyou—Nobody—Too?Thenthere’sapairofus!Don’ttell!They’dbanishus(advertise)—youknow!6Howdreary—tobe—Somebody!Howpublic—likeaFrog—Totellone’sname—thelivelongJune—ToanadmiringBog!7我是無名人物！你是誰？你也是無名人物？那么我們倆就是一雙！－－但別聲張！你知道嗎，他們容不下我們倆！做個名人多么無聊！像只招搖的青蛙－－向著仰慕它的池沼－－在漫長的六月里自吹自擂．我是無名人物！你是誰？

迪金森8Questions1.Whatdoes“I”referto?2.Whoarethe“pairofus”and“they”?3.Inwhatwayis“somebody”comparablewith“afrog”?4.Whatdoes“thelivelongJune”referto?95.Whatdoes“anadmiringbog”referto?Howtounderstandtheword“admiring”?6.Whatisliketobe“somebody”?Doyouwanttobe“nobody”or“somebody”?Explain.7.Whatisthefunctionofdashes?10Termsin“ThemeforEnglishB”Harlem美國紐約市的黑人居住區Bessie黑人女歌手;布魯斯Bop(bebop)博普爵士樂Bach巴赫11Questions1.Whodoes“I”referto?2.Whatisspecialofthisspeakerinhisclass?Whatdoesitimply?3.Whytothespeaker“It’snoteasytoknowwhatistrueforyouorme”?4.Howdoyouunderstandthesentences“SowillmypagebecoloredthatIwrite?/Beingmeitwillnotbewhite.”?125.Whydoesthespeakersay“Youarewhite--/yetapartofme,asIamapartofyou.That’sAmerican.”?6.Whatquestionsdoesthepoetposeinthepoem?13I,

I,too,singAmerica.

Iamthedarkerbrother.

Theysendmetoeatinthekitchen

Whencompanycomes,

ButIlaugh,

Andeatwell,

Andgrowstrong.

I,Too,SingAmericaLangstonHughes14Tomorrow,

I'llbeatthetable

Whencompanycomes.

Nobody'lldare

Saytome,

"Eatinthekitchen,"

Then.

Besides,

They'llseehowbeautifulIam

Andbeashamed--

I,too,amAmerica.

15/yingyu/24/n-73324.html16LiteraryFocus(Page6)TheSpeakerandthePoetorAuthor“I”-thespeaker;thevoice,ormaskorpersona(角色)thatspeaksthepoem.17LiteraryFocus(Page15)Image(意象)-itisaconcreterepresentationofanobjectorsensoryexperience./itiswhateverappealstoanyofoursenses(includingsenseofhearingaswellasofsight,smell,taste,touchandsound).AliteralimageAfigurativeimage(“Frog”;“Bog”)18LiteraryFocus(Page13)WhatisPoetry?Poetrymightbedefined,initially,asakindoflanguagethatsaysmoreandsaysitmoreintenselythandoesordinarylanguage.“thespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeeling,recollectedintranquility”(byWilliamWordsworth)19LiteratureFocusReadingthePoem1.Readapoemmorethanonce.2.Keepadictionarybyyouanduseit.3.Readsoastohearthesoundsofthewordsinyourmind.4.Alwayspaycarefulattentiontowhatthepoemissaying.5.Practicereadingpoemsaloud.20Writingassignment“WhoAmI?