美国文学简史-序言-introduction

AmericanLiteraturePartI.IntroductionBooks:

ASurveyofAmericanLiterature(goodandauthoritativebook)byChangYaoxinandSelectedReadingsinAmericanLiteraturebyChangYaoxinarecoursebooks.References:

1.常耀信.《漫话英美文学》(南开大学出版社，2004),2.吴伟仁.《美国文学史及选读》(外语教学与研究出版社，1990),3.杨岂深，龙文佩.《美国文学选读》(译文出版社，1985),4.左金梅.《美国文学》(青岛海洋出版社,2000),5.李公昭.《20世纪美国文学导论》(西安交通大学出版社，2000).

Requirement:Gradeofthiscourseincludesthegradeofdailyperformance(30%)andthegradeoffinalexamination(70%).Thegradeofdailyperformancewillbegivenaccordingtothefollowingitems:in-classbehavior(25%),includingquestion-answering,groupdiscussionandroleplay;homeworkandattendance.

(5%).BasicQualitiesofAmericanWritersIndependentIndividualisticCriticalInnovativeHumorousPartII.TheperiodsofAmericanliteratureThecolonialperiod(about1607-1765)PuritanismFeatures:文学体裁：a、narrativesb、journals写作内容：1）theirvoyagetothenewland2)Adaptingthemselvestounfamiliarclimatesandcrops3)AboutdealingwithIndians4)Guidetothenewland,invitationtoboldspirit清教徒的思想：1）puritanwanttomakeuppuretheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices净化信仰和行为方式2)Wish

torestoresimplicitytochurchandtheauthorityoftheBibletothetheology.重建教堂，提供简单服务，建立神圣地位3）lookuponthemselvesaschosenpeople,anditfollowlogicallythatanyonewhochallengedtheirwayoflifeisopposingGod'swillandisnottobeaccepted.认为自己是上帝选民，对他们的生活有异议就是反对上帝4）puritanoppositiontopleasureandtheartssometimeshasbeenexaggerated.反对对快乐和艺术的追求到了十分荒唐的地步5）religiousteachingtendedtoemphasizetheimageofawrathfulGod.强调上帝严厉的一面，忽视上帝仁慈的一面。TheperiodofEnlightenmentandtheIndependenceWar(1765-1800)BenjaminFranklin（1706—1790）

PoorRichard'sAlmanac“TheWaytoWealth

TheAutobiography3.Theromanticperiod(1800-1865)1、Environment:1)shapedbytheirNewWorldenvironment2）arrayofideasinheritedfromtheromantictraditonsofEurope2：features:frequentlysharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics,moralenthusiasm,faithinthevalueofindividualismandintuitiveperception,andapresumptionthatthenaturalworldwasasourceofcorruption.“NewEnglandTranscendentalism”or“AmericanRenaissance(1836-1855)”EmersonThoreauWashingtonIrvingTheearlyromanticism4.Therealisticperiod(1865-1914)

一、Background1）Mechanization机器化2）Urbanization城市化3）Industrialization工业化4）Federalgovernment(race种族平等进入宪法）标志着马克·吐温的《镀金时代》开始5）Railwaysystem工业化的一大标志，电力和石油的应用二、文化