the-last-of-the-mohicans

JamesFenimoreCooperJamesFenimoreCooper(1789-1851)I.LifeII.WorksIII.Legacy1.Lifestory1)Borninarichfamily2)AttendedYalebutexpelledbecauseofmisconduct3)Fiveyearsatsea4)Inheritedfortuneandlivedacomfortablelife5)Onedaughterwasalsoawriter.firstnovelwaswrittenforadarefromhiswife.TheSpybest-knowntalesoffrontieradventureandseaadventuretalesthirty-twonovelsIntheirorderofevents:TheDeerslayer(1841)杀鹿者(Storydates1740-1755)TheLastoftheMohicans(1826)最后的莫希干人(1757)ThePathfinder(1840)探路者(1750s)ThePioneer(1823)拓荒者(1793)ThePrairie(1827)大草原(1804)3.LegacyoneofthemostpopularthroughouttheworldAfrican,African-AmericanandNativeAmericancharacterslastingreputationrestslargelyuponthefiveLeatherstockingtalescreatedauniqueformofAmericanliteratureTheLastoftheMohicansMohican/Mahican•AnEasternAlgonquianNativeAmericantribe•OriginallysettledintheHudsonRiverValleyandwesternNewEngland•TheMohawk/Mohicanhairstyle•UniquecultureandparticularwayoflifeBasicInformationTime:thelate1750ofthe18thcenturyLocation:sourceofHudsonriverandGeorgelakeareaBackground:thethirdyearoftheSevenYears’WarPlotsummaryHawkeye,ChingachgookandUncasescortingtheMunrosisters,CoraandAlicethroughthewoodsofNewYorktoFortWilliamHenryHeywardandDavidarealsointhepartydeadlyfightsalongthewayagainstHuronsledbyMaguaendsintragedyWritingStyle①Goodatinventingplots②Powerful,yetclumsyanddreadful③Landscapesdescriptions④Stiffcharacters⑤UseofdialectThemes:•Heroism（Hawkeye）•Thepainofcivilizationconflict（atotaltragedy）•Interracialloveandfriendship（romanticlovestory）War,Adventure,Danger,RomanceAsadelegytotheIndiancivilizationTheepicoftheNorthAmericancoloniesThedevelopmenthistoryofNorthAmericancoloniesis,infact,agrievedhistoryoftheIndians.AchievementsItisthemostfamousoftheLeatherstockingTales.ItwasoneofthemostpopularEnglish-languagenovelsofitstime.IthelpedestablishCooperasoneofthefirstworld-famousAmericanwriters.Q&ATimeThankyou!