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1、20111013Thursday整个文学脉络美国：1.TheliteratureofcolonialAmerica(1590-1750)2.TheliteratureofReasonandRevolution(thewarofIndependence1750-1810)3.Romanticism(1810-1860civilwar)4.Realismandnaturalism(latterhalfof19thcen.)5.20thcenturyliterature1.Literatureinst
2、ageI/IINotwonderful,nospecialfeaturesSimpleliteraryworks:personalletters,historicalrecords,journals,sermons,politicalpamphletsservedforthereligiousandpoliticalpurposeStyle:followedtheexampleofitsEnglishcounterparte.g.FranklinKeypoints:thefirstAmerica
3、nwriter,thefatherofAmericanpoetrythefirstimportantAmericanwriterPuritanism[features/influences]FranklinAutobiographytheAmericandream3.Romanticism(1810-1860civilwar)Fromtheendofthe18thcentury(aftertheWarforIndependence)throughtheoutbreakoftheCivilWar.
4、(1798theprefaceofLyricalBallads-1832thedeathofScott)a.1stphase:EarlyRomanticismnovel----Irving(localevents)Cooper(theWest)poetry---Bryant,Poe(rosetothesamelevelofitsEnglishliteraturetosomedegree)b.2ndphase:NewEnglandRenaissance(summit)developeditsdis
5、tinctstyleandformoptimismTranscendentalism[Emerson/Thoreau;pessimism(Hawthorne,Melville)Irving:position,TheSketchBook[twomasterpieces{mainideas,theme,etc.},hisattitudetowardsthechangeandEuropeanculture]Cooper:ThefrontierSagaCentralfigure[features,spe
6、cialimageofIndians]Permanenttheme:desireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonature=conventionBryant:Title,masterpiecesimilaritywithWordsworthPoe:Writingprinciple:Brevity,beauty;UnityofEffectorAtmosphere[VsOscarWilde’sAestheticmovement]Favoritetopics/to
7、ne:Masterpiece:Poetry:ToHelen,AnnabelLee,TheRavenShortstory:TheCaskofamontillado,thefallofthehouseofusherTranscendentalism:I.Features1.thetranscendenceofoversoul2.divinityofmen,importanceofindividualism3.nature–symbolofspirit/God；restorativeinfluence
8、4.focusinintuition(irrationalismandsubconsciousness)II.Influence1.Itservedasanethicalguidetolifeforayoungnationandbroughtabouttheideathathumancanbeperfectedbynature.Itstressedreligioustolerance,calledtothrowoffshacklesofcustomsandtraditionsandgoforwa
