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1、AmericanLiteraturePartThreeTheLiteratureofRomanticismIEarlyromanticism(1780-1860)3.1.HistoricalBackgroundEnglishRomanticism:PublicationofLyricalBalladsin1798---DeathofWalterScottin1832Characteristics:ImaginationIdealizationofNatureIndividualismGlorificationofthecommonplaceThelureoftheexotic

2、(gothicromanticism)AmericanRomanticismTheRomanticperiodstretchesfromtheendofthe18thcenturythroughtheoutbreakoftheCivilWar.(1800-1860)Anationburstingintonewlifecriedforliteraryexpression.rapideconomic,politicalandculturaldevelopment,swiftexpansion,greatimmigration,burgeoningindustrialization

3、EuropeaninfluencesofRomanticismcounter-Enlightenment:emphasisonintuition,imagination,andfeeling.Nature:aplacefreefromsociety'sjudgementandrestrictions.strivemadebyAmericans---culturalindependenceFeaturesofAmericanRomanticismPuritaninfluence:tendingtomoralize,toedifyratherthantoentertainAfee

4、lingofnewness:uniquesubjectofTheNewWorldThediversityofAmericanromanticism:conventionalyetpopularpoetryofTheFiresidePoets(Longfellow朗费罗，withthethemesof“home,familyandchildren,natureandidealizedlove”)comicfablesofWashingtonIrving;gothictalesofEdgarAllenPoe,thefrontieradventuresofJamesFenimore

5、Cooper;thepsychologicalromancesofNathanialHawthorne…3.2WashingtonIrving欧文(1783-1859)FatherofAmericanliteraturefirstprofessionalAmericanwriterfirstAmericanRomanticwriterfirstAmericanshortstorywriterfirstnativeAmericanauthortowinworldwidefame.LifeBornintoawealthyNewYorkmerchantfamilyReadwidel

6、yfromveryearlyage---studiedlawCaredforhisfamilybusinessinEnglandWentbankrupt–wrotetosupporthimselfLiteraryWorksAHistoryofNewYorkfromtheBeginningoftheWorldtotheEndoftheDutchDynasty《纽约外史》(1809)TheSketchBook/TheSketchBookofGeoffreyCrayon,Gent.《见闻札记》(1819—1820)“RipWanWinkle”《瑞普.凡.温克尔》“TheLegend

7、ofSleepyHollow”《睡谷的传说》TheHistoryoftheLifeandVoyagesofChristopherColumbus《哥仑布传》(1828)TheLifeofGeorgeWashington《华盛顿传》(1855—1859)Irving’scareercanberoughlydividedintotwoimportantphases,theEnglishperiodwhichspanfromhisfirstbookupto1832&theAmericanperiodstret