美国文学Introduction

1、湖北第二师范学院美国文学 洪琪Introduction to the CourseI. Modes of teaching and learningLecturespreview and reviewPreview Read the selected reading (TEM8 reading comprehensionReview answer pre-reading and after-reading questionsStudy groups: Production-oriented approach?12 Study groups, 2-3 students/ 1 group, eac

2、h group is responsible for one writer? Set TEM-8 questions a passage from a novel? Introduction to the story or termsAfter-reading questions and students questions;II. Grade determinantIn-class performance Attendance 40%? Attendance ( Absent -5, late and ill -3)? Reading and writing (TEM-8 Reading a

3、nd Pre-and after-reading questions)? Study groups workOral presentationsAnswers to the questions;Set TEM-8 questions to a passage from a novel)? QuizMid-term test 20%? Essay:? Write an essay as your mid-term exam (one student, one essay ) ( 500-800 words =2 pages)Final exam: Close-book test 40%? Rea

4、ding comprehension, analysis of selected readings, literary knowledgeiii. Reference book? 1. Course Book:吴伟仁美国文学史及选读（很多学校考研的指定书目，但过于简单） 2. Reference Books:1991.1990.1998? 常耀信.美国文学选读Z.天津：南开大学出版社,? 常耀信.美国文学简史Z.天津：南开大学出版社,? 吴定柏.美国文学大纲Z.上海：上海教育出版社, ? 左金梅美国文学青岛海洋出版社（条理较好）；? 李公昭20世纪美国文学导论（可以帮助理解 20世纪美国文学）

5、；? 童明.美国文学史. Journals:?外国文学评论?当代外国文学.其他外语类核心期刊外研社（不同视角）外国文学研究国外文学 HYPERLINK 外国文学Introduction to American literatureHistorical Approach? Aims at 川ustrating the historical development of literature.? The classification of different periods (also see appendix 1)Colonial PeriodPuritans; Practical? The w

6、ar of independence1776-1783Revolutionary periodThe Romantic Age? The civil war:1861-1865Confident; divineThe Age of Realism? WW? 1914-1918Realistic, mirror the lifeWW :1939-1945The Modern AgeDisappointed; innerThematic Approach?“What is the story, the poem, the play or the essay about?”? Theme: the

7、topic recurring in a number of works?上帝形象，政治讥讽，美国幽默，侦探故事，身份危机，冒险精神，自然情结，成长烦恼黑人问题? 美国梦： Franklin s Aiotoraphy, Declaration of Independence? Mark Twain s The Gilded AgD,reiser s Sister Carrie? Fitzgerald s Great Gatsfeyqk London, The Death of a SalesmanAnalytical Approachthe elements of a literary wor

8、k? Plot: Plot is pattern of carefully selected, causally related events that contains conflict? Characterization: Flat (simple) and round (complex) characters ; Authors reveal characters: directly or indirectly. Static and dynamic characters? Setting: physical world, the time, social environment, at

9、mosphere? writing style: diction, tone, sentence? point of view : Point of view is the position from which the story is told, like omniscient point of view, limited omniscient point of view, first person point of view, objective (dramatic) point of view? Subject matter: the thing that is being writt

10、en about, discussed, or shown.Personal reaction to the workLiterary theoriesNew criticism 新批评，Structuralism 结构主义批评,Psychoanalytic criticism 精神分析批评, Feministic criticism 女性批评，Deconstruction 解构主义批评Appendix 1.学习内容：American Literature OutlineColonial Period (1620-1800)殖民地时期文学Revolutionary Period (1765 1

11、800)独立革命时期文学? Benjamin Franklin富兰克林AutobiographyThe Age of Romanticism (1800 1865)浪漫主义文学The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Annabel Lee Tell Tale HeartWaldenScarlet LetterEarly Romanticism早期浪漫主义文学?Washington Irving欧文?Edgar Allan Poe坡Transcendentalism 超验主义?Henry David Thoreau梭罗?Nathanial Hawthorne霍桑Transitio

12、nal period浪漫主义和现实主义转型时期Song of MyselfAnnabel LeeThe Adventures of Tom SawyerThe Portrait of a LadySister Carrie?Walt Whitman惠特曼?Emily Dickinson狄金森The Age of Realism (1865 1918)现实 主义文学? Local Colorism 乡土文学?Mark Twain马克.吐温? International novel国际题材小说?Henry James亨利.詹姆斯? Naturalism 自然主义?Theodore Dreiser德

13、莱塞V.?Ezra Pound庞德?Robert Frost弗罗斯特the Jazz Age爵士乐时代? Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald The Lost Generation 迷惘的一代 ? Ernest Hemingway Southern literature? William Faulkner 福克纳 American Drama? Eugene O Neill Black HumorAmerican Modernism (1918 1945)现代主 义文学In a Station of the MetroStopping by Woods on a Snow

14、y Evening菲茨杰拉德 The Great Gatsby海明威 A Farewell to ArmsA Rose for EmilyCatch-22The Hairy ApeJoseph Heller2.学习方法Literary history: Historical background and Literary movement 文学时期 Historical background 历史背景, time range , Sources 思想来源,Artistic features 艺术特点,representatives 代表人物II .The analysis of the sel

15、ected readings ： Writer 作家： works 作品 artistic features 艺术特点, style 风格， language 语言风格，tone 基调，setting 场景，subject matter 题材,characterization 人物刻画，theme 主题 Appendix 21. Washington IrvingAmerican Literature Study GroupsThe Legend of Sleepy HollowJocular HumorThe Portrait of a Lady; Periodic SentencePoeT

16、ell Tale HeartRyhme and RyhthemTheodore Dreiser Sister Carrie Naturalism3. ThoreauWalden； TranscendenatlismFrancis FitzgeraldThe Great Gatsby The Jazz AgeNathaniel HawthorneThe Scarlet Letter Salem Witchcraft Trial10. Ernest Hemingway A Farewell to Arms Iceberg Theory11. W川iam FaulknerA Rose for Emi

17、ly;Southern RenaissanceWhitman and Dickinson Free VerseDickinson s life experienceMark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawye r Local Colorism12. Eugene O NeillThe Hairy ApeElements of a dramaHenry JamesAppendix 3:Requirements for American Literature mid-term paperGrading standardContent 80Originality + l

18、ogic + languageForm 20Word number: about500-800words(2page no more and no less). 10 Typography 10 PerspectivesWriter 作家Life (education, marriage, family) and his writing styleWorks 作品Theme, subject matter, point ofview, language, characterization, styleLiterary Movement 流派Romanticism in Poe s Novels

19、ComparisonandContrastX寸比 影响Chinese and American works of one writer ； InfluenceLiterary Criticism 文学批评New Criticism, Feminism, Structuralism, Psychoanalytic analysis论文写作要求论文： 论点 statement= topic + main point正确标题：vAn Analysis of the Language in The Portrait of a LadyVThe Binary Opposition in Walden/

20、Scarlet Letter“Romanticism in Irving s The Legend of Sleepy HollowVA Comparative Study of Annabel Lee and Jiangchengzi vAnalysis of the Symobic Meaning of The Sea in Annabel Lee VA Brief Analysis on the Influences of Scarlet Letter A vOn the Analysis of Great “ in The Great Gatsby vOn Pearls Functio

21、ns in Scarlet LetterVAnalysis of Tom Sawyer s Inner StruggleVA Causal Analysis of Hester s Two Silence错误题目：? Book Report in Little Women论文和读书报告不同读书报告比较浅，目的是为了介绍作家作品和一些自己读后感论文是深层次的研究，发现问题 一分析问题一解决问题，论点论证论据? Washington Irving只有 topic 没有 Main point? Communication Ability只有 Main point 没有 topic二、论文框架The

22、Analysis of Carrie s Character in Sister CarrieIntroductionCarrie s CharacterCarries Positive CharacterCarrie s innocence and simplicityCarrie s independenceCarries negative characterCarrie s vanityCarrie s endless desireConclusionA Brief Analysis on the Influences of Scarlet Letter AIntroductionThe

23、 Influences of the Scarlet Letter AA Chance for Hesters RedemptionA Critical Strike for DimmesdaleConclusionOn the Analysis of Great in The Great GatsbyIntroductionThe implications of GreatGreat love for DaisyGreat InitiationGreat persistence and optimismConclusion三、论文层次Analysis of Huck Finn s Inner

24、 StruggleIntroduction（简述作家作品的地位，选题的意义， 论文的内容）Huck s Inner Struggle（Body对论文的main point进行分解展开，如对Huck Finn内心挣扎的两方面细分为外部压 力和内在动力，然后把外部压力再细分为道德和宗教的影响，内部动力分为良知和感情。每 部分都按“分论点+论据+小总结”的顺序来写。每个小点都最终回到论文的 main point。这样论文有层次，有逻辑，切题且不松散。）Outer forcesForces of social moralityForces of religious beliefInner forces

25、Forces of humanity and conscienceForces of affectionConclusion（总结论文的结论）Bibliography四、论文语言客观，不用第一人称，以 The paper explores或者it五、论文格式Name, Student No.Class, Studygroup No: Score:Analysis of Huck Finns Inner StruggleIntroduction（简述作家作品的地位，选题的意义，论文的内容）（Body） Huck s Inner StruggleOuter forcesForces of social moralityForces of religious beliefInner forcesForces of humanity and conscienceForces of affectionConclusion（总结论文的结论）Bibliography附录：Typography 排版要求：.英语字体一律用Times New