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1、......美国文学史及选读复习笔记整理byDaisyPartone.TheliteratureofcolonialAmericaI.IntroductionofAmericanliterature1.DefinitionofAmericanLiteratureLiteratureproducedinAmericanEnglishbyAmericancitizens2.BasicQualitiesofAmericanWriters1)IndependentA.noclosehold;freefromitscontrolB.anindependentactionC.free-lance

2、writer自由作家D.theirindependenceandtheirrighttomakeuptheirownminds2)IndividualisticA.theirowneffortsforsuccessB.theinitiative;notgiveineasilyC.freefrompoliticalprejudiceandideologicalconformityD.theirliterarycareer;successfulthroughtheirindividualeffortsE.therightsofindividuals;theirownrightsandin

3、terestF.ameansofself-expression;awayofexpressingtheirpersonalviewsaboutlifeandsociety,ofadvocatingliberty,democracyandindependentactionoftheindividual.G.adevotiontoself-realization,toprotectionofenvironmentandtosuspicionofamasssocietyandpower专业.专注.......3)CriticalA.notsatisfiedwiththecontempora

4、rysocietyB.questiontheprevailingvaluesC.discernflawsinsocietyD.criticizeAmericansocietyE.aliterarytraditioninAmerica4)InnovativeA.theleastrestraintsandbondagetothepastB.thenewideas,newattitudes,andnewculturalfacesC.experimentsinwritingD.differentfromothersasmuchaspossible;anewtrendalmosteveryte

5、nyearsE.America’schangingvalues5)HumorousA.astrictlynationalcharacteristic;partoftheirlife,theircharacter,andtheirstyleB.theludicrousandmirthfulC.enrichAmericanliteraturewithhumorofallkindsII.NativeAmericanLiterature1.Background1)Arichstoreoforalliterature2)Differentliterarytaste2.Threestagesof

6、development1)TraditionalIndianLiterature专业.专注.......A.thecategoryoforalliteratureB.aregularityofmetricpatternC.anorganicpartofeverydaylifeD.functional2)TransitionalIndianLiteratureA.translationsofthegreatIndianorators;memoirsoftheIndianexperienceB.relatedbyIndianstowhiteaudiences.3)ModernIndian

7、LiteratureA.novels,shortstories,andpoetryB.moregoodIndianpoetsthanfictionwritersC.boththeirrichheritageandtheirtragiclossofidentityIII.LiteratureofColonialSettlements1.Background1)NeitherAmericannorreallyliteraturenotAmerican:thew