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1、㈠TheSignificantDifferencesbetweenBritishLiteratureandAmericanLiterature⒈non-existenceoffolkliterature⒉thesubjectofAmericandream⒊strongconceptofdemocracy,freedom,individualism,liberationofpersonality⒋diversityandcomplexity⒌richflavoroflifeandciviliancolor㈡PeriodizationofAmericanLiterature⒈Early

2、AmericanLiterature(17thcenturyand18thcentury)①TheLiterarySceneinColonialAmerica(ab.1607-1765)②LiteratureofEnlightenmentandRevolution(1765-1790s)⒉19th_centuryAmericanLiterature(1stgoldentime)1)Romanticism;2)Realism;3)Naturalism⒊AmericanLiteratureofthe20thcenturyandthepresent1)modernism(2ndgolde

3、ntime);2)postmodernism(3rd)㈢OutlineofAmericanLiterature⒈ColonialPeriod(1607—1765)⒉RevolutionaryPeriod(1765—1790s)⒊TheAgeofRomanticism(1800—1865)⒋TheAgeofRealism(1865—1918)⒌AmericanModernism(1918—1945)⒍ContemporaryLiterature(1945--)█ColonialPeriod(1607-1765)㈠AmericanPuritanism:oneofthemostendur

4、ingshapinginfluencesinAmericanthoughtandAmericanliterature.㈡Majorwriters①CaptainJohnSmith（约翰·史密斯thefirstAmericanwriter②AnneBradstreet(安妮·布拉德斯特里特)thefirstAmericanwomanpoetaPuritanpoet,oncecalled“TenthMuse”●GeneralfeaturesofColonialLiterature(p15-p16)a.Humbleorigins:diaries,histories,lettersetc.

5、b.Incontent:servingeitherGodorcolonialexpansionorbothc.Inform:imitatingEnglishliterarytraditions█LiteratureofReasonandRevolution㈠Background（从标题就可看出）TheEnlightenmentMovementTheWarofIndependence㈡MajorWritersandWorks①BenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)PoorRichard'sAlmanackTheAutobiographyofBenjaminFrankl

6、in②ThomasPaine(1737-1809）CommonSenseTheAmericanCrisis③PhilipFreneau(1752-1832)“FatherofAmericanPoetry”“PioneeroftheNewRomanticism”㈢Naturelyrics:TheWildHoneySuckleTheIndianBuryingGround█Romantism1800---1861/1865㈠ThephaseofNewEnglandTranscendentalismisthesummitofAmericanRomanticism.㈡Classificati

7、onoftheRomanticWriters⒈EarlyRomanticwriters/pioneersWashingtonIrvingJamesFenimoreCooper⒉EdgarAllanPoe⒊TranscendentalistsRalphWaldoEmersonHenryDavidThoreau⒋NovelistsNathanielHawthorneHermanMelvilleHarriteBeecherStowe⒌PoetsHenryWadsworthL