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1、1.AnartisticandintellectualmovementoriginatinginEuropeinthelate18thcenturyandcharacterizedbyaheightenedinterestinnature,emphasisontheindividual’sexpressionofemotionandimagination,departurefromtheattitudesandformsofclassicism,andrebellionagainstestablishedsocialrulesandconventions2.FeaturesofAmerican

2、RomanticismThereisAmericanPuritanismasaculturalheritagetoconsider.AmericanRomanticauthorstendedmoretomoralize,toedifyratherthanentertain.AmericanRomanticismproducedanentirelynewexperiencealientoEuropeanculture.Americanromanticismwasbothimitativeandindependent.3.TheAmericanRenaissanceorNewEnglandRena

3、issanceisaperiodofthegreatfloweringofAmericanliterature,fromthe1830sroughlyuntiltheendoftheAmericanCivilWar.4.ComicfablesofWashingtonIrving;GothictalesofEdgarAllenPoe;ThefrontieradventuresofJamesFennimoreCooper;ThePsychologicalromancesofNathanialHawthorneandHermanMelville5.WilliamCullenBryant,HenryW

4、adsworthLongfellowareFiresidePoetsorSchoolroomPoets.WashingtonIrvingistheFatherofAmericanliterature.JamesFennimoreCooperistheFatheroftheAmericannovel.EdgarAllanPoeistheFatherofmodernshortstory.RalphWaldoEmersonistheFatherofAmericanTranscendentalism.HenryDavidThoreauisafamouspracticaltranscendentalis

5、t.EmilyDickinsonandWaltWhitmanarebridgepoetsbetweenAmericanRomanticismandthe20thcentury.6.WashingtonIrving华盛顿·欧文FatherofAmericanliteraturethefirstprofessionalAmericanwriterthefirstAmericanRomanticwriterthefirstAmericanshortstorywriterthefirstnativeAmericanauthortowinworldwidefameTheSketchBook(见闻札记）•

6、acollectionofessays,sketches,andtales.•TheshortstoryasagenreinAmericanliteratureprobablybeganwithIrving’sTheSketchBook,“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”睡谷传奇“RipVanWinkle”瑞普·凡·温克尔7.(1789—1851)JamesFennimoreCooperFatherofAmericanNovelThefirstimportantAmericannovelistThePioneerofAmericanespionagestory:TheSpy间谍

7、seaadventuretale:ThePilot领航员Frontieradventures:TheLeatherstockingTales皮裹腿故事集1.TheLeatherstockingTales皮裹腿故事集ThePioneers　　拓荒者TheLastoftheMohicans　　最后的莫希干人ThePrairie　草原ThePathfinder　探路者TheDeerslayer　杀鹿人2