Unit Nine Beginning of American Literature and Edgar Allan Poe

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1、UnitNineBeginningofAmericanLiteratureandEdgarAllanPoeWarming-up常识预习1.WhowasthefirstAmericantoachieveaninternationalliteraryreputationaftertheRevolutionaryWar?2.Intheearly19thcentury,WashingtonIrvingwrotetheSketchBookwhichbecamethefirstworkbyanAmericanwritertowinfinan

2、cialsuccessonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.Whatarethemostfamousandanthologizedshortstoriesinthisbook?3.WhatdoyouknowaboutUnitedStatesDeclarationofIndependence?4.WhatearlyAmericanwriter’sthrillingworkisconsideredthemasterpieceofGothicliterature?5.DeCoteauisanAmericanfilmprod

3、ucerknownfordirectinglowbudgethorrormovies.HaveyouseenhisHouseofUsher(2008)?6.Besidesmacabrestories,whatelsedidEdgarAllanPoewrite?Lecturette专题讲座BeginningofAmericanLiteratureandEdgarAllanPoeAmerica,duringitsearlyhistory,wasaseriesofBritishcoloniesontheeasterncoastofth

4、epresent-dayUnitedStates.Therefore,itsliterarytraditionbeginsaslinkedtothebroadertraditionofEnglishliterature.However,uniqueAmericancharacteristicsandthebreadthofitsproductionusuallynowcauseittobeconsideredaseparatepathandtradition.SomeoftheearliestformsofAmericanlit

5、eraturewerepamphletsandwritingsextollingthebenefitsofthecoloniestobothaEuropeanandcolonistaudience.AndthereligiousdisputesthatpromptedsettlementinAmericawerealsotopicsofearlywriting.Duringtherevolutionitself,poemsandsongssuchas“YankeeDoodle”and“NathanHale”werepopular

6、.Inthepost-warperiod,ThomasJefferson'sUnitedStatesDeclarationofIndependence,hisinfluenceontheAmericanConstitution,hisautobiography,theNotesontheStateofVirginia,andhismanyletterssolidifyhisspotasoneofthemosttalentedearlyAmericanwriters.Muchoftheearlyliteratureofthenew

7、nationstruggledtofindauniquelyAmericanvoiceinexistingliterarygenre,andthistendencywasalsoreflectedinnovels.Europeanformsandstyleswereoftentransferredtonewlocalesandcriticsoftensawthemasinferior.WiththeWarof1812andanincreasingdesiretoproduceuniquelyAmericanliteraturea

8、ndculture,anumberofkeynewliteraryfiguresemerged,perhapsmostprominentlyWashingtonIrving(oftenconsideredthefirstwritertodevelopauniqu