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1、BriefIntroductionHi!Boys&Girls.Youareallwarmlywelcometomyclass.Fromnowon,we’lltakeupanewcourse,tobemoreexact,AmericanLiterature.I’minnodoubtthatyouallhavegreatexpectationofthiscourse,right?OK,I’llmakemyuttermosteffortstoguideyouovertheseaofAmericanLiteraturejustasacaptainofashipdoes.Oneth
2、ingI’dliketoremindyou,thatis,aricheducationcanbuyyoualotofwordsthatotherpeoplecannotunderstand.Butfirstofall,pleaseconsiderthesequestions:1.Whatisliterature?2.Whydowelearnliterature?3.Howcanwelearnthiscoursewell?Startyourenginesnowandmakeyourimaginationfly.Warm-up:Enlargingyourvocabulary↙
3、BA(BachelorofArts)文学士writer/manofletters/literati文学家schoolsofliterature文学流派literarycriticism/review文学批评literaryworks文学作品Thewritingmirrorsthewriter.Or:Thestyleistheman.文如其人。ThefunctionofliteratureistoconveytheTao(amoralistviewofliterature,advancedbyConfucianwritersofthepastnotablyHanYu〈韩愈〉
4、,whobytheTaomeantofConfucianphilosophicalandmoralprinciples)文以载道。（道德经：TaoTeChingorDaoDeJing,orTheClassicofVirtueoftheTao〈bytheancientphilosopherLaoZi〉）literature:abodyofwrittenworksrelatedbysubject-matter,bylanguageorplaceoforigin,orbyprevailingculturalstandardsofmerit.Inthislastsense,“li
5、terature”istakentoincludeoral,dramatic,andbroadcastcompositionsthatmaynothavebeenpublishedinwrittenformbutwhichhavebeen(ordeservetobe)preserved.---OxfordConciseDictionaryofLiteraryTerms---literature;artofreflectingtheobjectiverealitythroughimagesbytheuseofwrittenlanguages,includingdrama,p
6、oem,novel,prose,etc.文学：以语言文字为工具形象化地反映客观现实的艺术，包括戏剧、诗歌、小说、散文等---意境：artisticmood;moodofaliteraryworkoraworkofart---典型：representation;model;typicalperson---体裁：genre;formofliteratureclassifiedbydifferentstandardsChapterOneColonialAmericaTranslationPractice:ThefirstAmericanliteraturewasneitherA
7、mericannorreallyliterature.ItwasnotAmericanbecauseitwastheworkmainlyofimmigrantsfromEngland.Itwasnotliteratureasweknowit---intheformofpoetry,essays,orfiction---butratheraninterestingmixtureoftravelaccountsandreligiouswritings.译文参考：1．最初的美国文学既不是美国的，也不是真正的文学。它不是美国文学是因为
