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1、2011-2012（2）2011级美国文学史期末考试时间：6月18日（周一）下午7—8节课地点：劝A315考试形式：闭卷考试复习提纲I.ColonialPeriod(1607-1775)AnneBradstreet（安·布莱斯特里特）(1612-1672)TheTenthMuseLatelySprungupinAmerica(1650)《最近在北美出现的第十位缪斯》•InitthepoetceasedbeingaPuritanwholivedtoworkandtoworshipGodbutbecam
2、ealovingwomanandwife.•Itissimpleinlanguageandbeautifulinverse.II.TheRevolutionaryPeriod(1775-1783)--“TheAgeofReason/Rationalism”--“AmericanEnlightenment”TheDeclarationofIndependence--writtenbyThomasJefferson1.BenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)PoorRichard'sAlm
3、anack•Acollectionofproverbs•Temperance,silence,order,resolution•Frugality,industry,sincerity,justice•Moderation,cleanliness,tranquility•chastityandhumility2.PhilipFreneau(1752-1832)Ø“PoetoftheAmericanRevolution”Ø“FatherofAmericanPoetry”Ø“PioneeroftheNe
4、wRomanticism”Ø“Agiftedandversatilelyricpoet”TheWildHoneysuckle•hisdeeplovefornature•life and death are inevitable law of nature.III.AmericanRomanticism(1820-1860)•Fromtheendofthe18thcenturythroughtheoutbreakoftheCivilWar;•ItstartedwiththepublicationofW
5、ashingtonIrving’sTheSketchBookandendedwithWhitman’sLeavesofGrass.Features:•appealtoimagination;•stressonemotionratherthanreason；•optimism,geniality（亲切）;•subjectivityinformandmeaning1.WashingtonIrving(1783--1859)•“FatherofAmericanImaginativeliterature”•
6、“FatheroftheAmericanshortstory”•thefirstAmericanwriterofimaginativeliteraturetogaininternationalfame.2.NathanielHawthorne(1804-1864)TheScarletLetter(1)TheletterA,asthestorydevelops,standsfor:Adultery,Ability,Angel,andAmiable(2)charactersinthenovel:Hate
7、rPrynne,ArthurDimmesdale,RogerChillingworth,andPearl(3)Themes:£alovestoryorastoryofsin£ahighlysymbolicstoryandtheauthorisamasterofsymbolism£mainlyaboutthemoral,emotionalandpsychologicaleffectsofthesinuponthemaincharactersandthepeopleingeneral3.EmilyDic
8、kinson(1830—1886)uTheonlyonefemalepoetduringthe19thcenturyHerpoems:关于死者的诗歌：uIlikealookofAgonyuShelayasifatplayuIheardaflybuzzwhenIdied关于生者的诗歌：uThere'sbeenaDeath,intheOppositeHouseuThelastNightthatSheliveduTheBustleinaHouse死亡拟人化的诗歌，最最著名、
