美国文学选读期末复习资料

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1、美国文学选读期末复习资料TheColonialPeriodorTheEnlightenmentandRevolutionPeriodAmericanPuritanism(roughlyfromthesettlementofAmericaintheearly17thcenturythroughtheendofthe18th)一、BenjaminFranklin本杰明·富兰克林作品：1、PoorRichard'sAlmanac《格言历书》---ACollectionofmaxims,orproverbs,onthevalueofworkandsavingsforsuccess.

2、2、TheAutobiography《自传》---“美国梦”的根源3、参与起草《独立宣言》AmericanRomanticismTheRomanticPeriodstretchesfromtheendofthe18thcenturytotheoutbreakoftheCivilWar.ItisaperiodofthegreatfloweringofAmericanliterature.浪漫主义两大主题：爱和大自然的力量ThesocialandculturalbackgroundofRomanticism：---TheyoungRepublicwasflourishingin

3、toapolitically,economicallyandculturallyindependentcountry.---TheRomanticwritingsrevealeduniquecharacteristicsoftheirownintheirworksandtheygrewonthenativelands.---ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature.---TheAmericanPuritanismasacult

4、uralheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanmoralvalues.Romanticsfrequentlysharedcertaingeneralcharacteristics:moralenthusiasm,faithinvalueofindividualismandintuitiveperception,andapresumptionthatthenaturalworldwasasourceofgoodnessandman’ssocietiesasasourceofcorruption.二、EdgarAllanPoe埃德加

5、·爱伦·坡---poet,shortstorywriterandliterarycritic(48poems,70shortstories)Hegreatlyinfluencedthedevoteesof“Artforart’ssake.”Hewasfatherofpsychoanalyticcriticism(心理分析批评),andthedetectivestory.诗歌的精髓就是追求美小说的主题常常是恐怖和死亡，其中还运用了象征手法。ThePoeticPrinciple:1.Thepoem,shouldbeshort,readableatonesitting;2.Bea

6、uty(therhythmicalcreationofbeauty);3.Melancholy忧伤(especiallythedeathofabeautifulwoman).代表作：TheFalloftheHouseofUsher《厄舍大厦的倒塌》Ligeia《莉盖亚》AnnabelLee《安娜贝尔·李》TheRaven《乌鸦》TheCaskofAmontillado《阿芒提拉多的酒桶》---gothicnovel人物：蒙特利瑟Montresor,弗图纳多Fortunato，筵席上男人将喝醉的死对头哄骗至地窖并砌墙活埋的故事。三、RalphWaldoEmerson拉尔夫·华

7、尔多·爱默生---ThechiefspokesmanofNewEnglandTranscendentalism（超验主义）Hewasadescendent（后裔）ofalonglineofNewEnglandclergymen（牧师）.散文家、诗人、超验主义的哲学的主要倡导者。 AmericanTranscendentalismAsaphilosophicalandliterarymovement,AmericanTranscendentalism(alsoknownas“AmericanRenaissance”)