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1、L/O/G/OLangston Hughes (1902-1967)123Contents Langston HughesHis worksAnalysis of Two Poems Langston Hughes was of African American, European American and Native American descendant. Ethnicity Langston HughesEducationLangston Hughes In 1921,he studied in Columbia University majoring in engineering w
2、ith his fathers financial support but quitted one year later. Hughes earned a B.A. degree from Lincoln University in 1929. Hughes worked various odd jobs ,like crewman,busboy, cook,journalist,etc. Hughes had traveled to West Africa ,Europe, the Soviet Union，China and parts of the Caribbean(加勒比海）Lang
3、ston HughesExperiences After1929, Hughes traveled to During the Spanish Civil War,Hughes worked as journalist with Heimingway. Some academics believe that Hughes was homosexual and included homosexual codes in many of his poems.Langston HughesExperiences His works Poetry collections (17) Masterpiece
4、:The Negro Speaks of Rivers Novels and short story collections(11) First novel:Not Without Laughter Plays(20)His works Non-fiction books(6) Works for children(7) Autobiographies(2) The Big Sea I Wonder as I WanderLiterary styles Views of the working class lives of blacks in America Pride in the Afri
5、can American identity and its diverse culture Emphasis on folk and jazz rhythms as the basis of his poetry of racial prideAnalysis of Dreams Dreams 梦想 Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That can not fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren(贫瘠的) fie
6、ld Frozen only with snow.Analysis of Dreams Hold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想， For if dreams die 梦想若是消亡 Life is a broken-winged bird 生命就 象鸟儿折了翅膀 That can never fly. 再也不能飞翔 Hold fast to dreams 紧紧抓住梦想， For when dreams go 梦想若是消丧 Life is a barren field 生命就象贫瘠的 荒野， Frozen only with snow 雪覆冰封， 万物不再生长 This is a v
7、ery brief poem, just two stanzas, eight lines long. Structurally, the poem has a simple rhyme scheme of A,B,C,B. Its theme is to never give up; its moral is that giving up is equal to death.Analysis of Dreams Hughes uses two metaphors to help the dream stay alive. He compares the death of a dream to
8、 a living a life like “a broken winged bird,“ that is, useless and without spirit or reason for living. Life without dreams is also compared to a barren field, lifeless, without fruit. From the poem, we can get the idea that if the black people have no dreams, their life is meaningless. There is no
9、hope for the rising and liberation of the race. The poet encourages the black people to have confidence and never to give up hope for total liberation and a better life. L/O/G/OThe Negro Speaks of RiversLangston Hughes2011.12.19Authoring EnvironmentLangston Hughes wrote “The Negro Speaks of Rivers“
10、while on a train ride to Mexico, where he would live with his father for one year. He had just graduated from high school in Cleveland, Ohio, making him a mere eighteen years old. When his train crossed the Mississippi River, Hughes was inspired by its beauty and was also reminded of its role in sus
11、taining slavery in America. The sun was setting, and Hughes had a long journey ahead of him. He took out a letter his father had written him and wrote this poem on the back of its pages. A lyric Poem Written from the first-person perspective Consists of a mere thirteen lines of free verse Does not e
12、mploy a set rhyme scheme or stanza pattern Feature parallel structure within several lines as well as two simple phrases that actas a refrain, or a repeated section similar toa chorus in a songL/O/G/OThe Negro Speaks of RiversHughes uses third-person point of view in the title and first-person point
13、 of view in the poem. In the title, Hughes announces the speaker and topic of the poem. Then he assumes the persona of the speaker (representing the Negroid race) in presenting the words of the poem. Ive known rivers:Ive known rivers ancient as the world and older than theflow of human blood in huma
14、n veins.A simple declaration implies the narrators experience and wisdom.This comparison ties humanity to the oldest parts of nature and suggests that the flow human life force is much like the flow of a river. The river symbolizes the linkage of all human life from the earliest time to the present.
15、 Hughes assumes the persona of the Negroid race, as if the speaker is a chorus of all blacks since the beginning of human life on earth. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.Again the narrator compares a human attributethe soul to a river. This image, however, contrasts with the description of a m
16、oving river. At its deepest points, the flow of a river seems to almost cease; as it becomes shallower, the water flows more quickly. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were youngI built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.I heard the singing of the Mississ
