美国文学的五个时期

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1、美国文学主要分为五个时期TheLiteratureinColonialPeriodTheLiteratureAroundtheRevolutionofIndependenceAmericanRomanticismAmericanRealismAmericanModernismEarlyColonialLiterature.1607-1700TheLiteratureofColonialAmericaPuritanThoughts:(TheMayflowervoyage1620)“Puritans”,n

2、amedafterthosewhowishedto“purify”thechurchofEngland.TheFirstAmericanWriter:CaptainJohnSmithAnneBradstreet:(1612-1672)OneofthemostimportantfiguresinthehistoryofAmericanLiterature.SheisconsideredbymanytobethefirstAmericanpoet.Herfirstcollectionofpoems–The

3、TenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica–ThefirstbookwrittenbyawomantobepublishedintheUnitedStates.EdwardTaylor(1642-1729)?ThebestofthePuritanpoetsTHEEIGHTEENTHCENTURYTheliteratureofReasonAndRevolutionTheAgeofReasoninAmericaTheAgeofEnlightenmentThe18th-centuryA

4、mericanEnlightenmentwasamovementmarkedbyanemphasisonrationalityratherthantradition,scientificinquiryinsteadofunquestioningreligiousdogma,andrepresentativegovernmentinplaceofmonarchy.Enlightenmentthinkersandwritersweredevotedtotheidealsofjustice,liberty,

5、andequalityasthenaturalrightsofman.BenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)America's"firstgreatmanofletters,"HeembodiedtheEnlightenmentidealofhumanerationality.Hewasthefirstgreatself-mademaninAmerica.Franklin'sPoorRichard'sAlmanac,begunin1732andpublishedformanyyears

6、,madeFranklinprosperousandwell-knownthroughoutthecolonies."Godhelpsthemthathelpthemselves.""EarlytoBed,andearlytorise,makesaManhealthy,wealthy,andwise.""OneTo-dayisworthtwotomorrow."TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinisaninspiringaccountofapoorboy’sriset

7、owealthandfameandthefulfillmentoftheAmericandream.Itisabookontheartofself-improvement.ThomasPaine(1737-1809)ThomasPaine'spamphletCommonSense(Jan.10,1776)soldover100,000copiesinthefirstthreemonthsofitspublication.CommonSenseisoftenregardedasthegreatestof

8、theRevolutionarypamphlet.TheAmericanCrisis(1776-1783)ThomasJefferson(1743-1826)TheDeclarationofIndependencePOETOFTHEAMERICANREVOLUTIONPhilipFreneau(1752-1832)“PoetoftheAmericanRevolution”“FatherofAmericanPoetry”Amonghisbestlyrics