美国文学(1)殖民地时期文学.ppt

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1、美国文学史及选读HistoryAndAnthologyofAmericanLiterature主讲教师：吴静副教授TableofContentsTableofContentsIntroductionBriefOutlineofAmericanLiteratureChapterIColonialPeriodIntroductionAmericanLiteratureAmericanliteratureistheliteratureproducedinAmericanEnglishbyAmericanc

2、itizens.Canonofliteratureconcurrenceofciritcspersistentinfluencefrequentreferencetoanauthororworkwildspreadassignmentideology,politicalinterestandvalueofeliteclassHistoricalOverviewColonialPeriod(1607-1765)殖民时期Enlightenment&theWarofIndependence(1765-18

3、00)启蒙时期RomanticPeriod（1800-1865）浪漫主义时期RealisticPeriod(1865-1918)现实主义时期Modernism(1918-1945)现代主义时期ContemporaryLiterature(1945-)当代文学ColonialPeriod(1607-1775)ChapterOne主要内容:Generalbackground,majorwritersandtheirworks重点难点:AmericanPuritanismanditsinfluenceon

4、AmericanLiteratureI.HistoricalIntroduction1earlyhistory:1)AmericawasfirstdiscoveredbyColumbusattheendofthe15thcentury.2)In1607,CaptainJohnSmithledsomeEnglishmenacrosstheocean(Jamestown,Virginia)3)In1620,102passengerssailedontheshipMayfloweracrossthesea

5、andsettledonthenewcontinent“NewEngland”.(Plymouth,Massachusetts)2.people:Indianswerenativeinhabitants.NowAmericansaremainlyimmigrantsmostlyfromEurope,esp.fromEngland.TheColonizationTheGreatDiscoveryoftheNewLandin1492byColumbusHenryVII,KingofEngland,est

6、ablishedin1497aclaimtothecontinentaldomain.QueenElizabethcametothethroneofEnglandin1558,begantotakeaseriousinterestintherealestateintheNewWorld.Underherencouragement,manymerchantsandsailorshadbeguntheirexploringjourneysintotheNewLand.Amongthem,therewas

7、apersonnamedCaptainJohnSmith.thefoundingofJamestowninVirginiain1607.3.WhatisthePuritan?(p7-9)PuritanisEnglishprotestant.TheyregardedthereformationoftheChurchunderElizabethasincomplete,andcalledforitsfurther“purification”fromwhattheyconsideredtobeunscri

8、pturalandcorruptformsandceremoniesretainedfromtheunreformedchurch.3.WhatisthePuritanism?(p7-9)PuritanismisareligiousandpoliticalmovementthatdevelopedinEnglandaboutthemiddleofthe16thcenturyandlaterspreadinfluenceintotheNewEnglandinAmeric