History and Anthology of American Literature美国文学历史

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1、HistoryandAnthologyofAmericanLiteratureAmericanNobelPrizeforLiteratureWinners:1.SinclairLewis1930MainStreetBabbit2.EugeneO’neil1936BeyondtheHorizon3.PearlS.Buck1938TheGoodEarth4.W.Faulkner1949TheSoundandtheFury5.E.Hemingway1954TheOldManandtheSea6.JohnSteinbeck19

2、62TheWrathofGrape7.SaulBellow1976Herzog8.IsaacBashevisSinger1980TheKingoftheFields9.CzeslawMilosz(Poland/USA)1980Poetry10.ToniMorrison1993TheSongofSolomanABriefOutlineofAmericanLiteraturePartI:TheLiteratureofColonialAmericaPartII:TheLiteratureofReasonandRevoluti

3、onPartIII:TheLiteratureofRomanticismPartIV:TheliteratureofRealism(1865-1918)PartV:20thCenturyLiterature(Theimportantauthors:Cf.textbook)Lecture1:ColonialAmericaTeachingtargetandfocus:HistoricalbackgroundofColonialAmericaEarlyAmericanwritersandPoetsPuritanismandi

4、tsinfluenceonAmericanliteratureHistoricalBackground:p.2WhodiscoveredAmerica?WhoweretheearliestsettlersofAmerica?WhatisthefirstpermanentsettlementinNorthAmerica?⑴ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredtheAmericancontinentin1451.⑵TheearliestsettlersincludedSpanish(theybuilt

5、thefirsttownonthenewcontinent);Dutch(theybuiltNewYorkcityatthebeginningstage);French(todaystilllotsofpeople’smothertongueisFrenchinNorthAmerica);Swedes,Germans,Italians,andPortuguese.⑶ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedatJamestown,Virg

6、iniain1607.(Imagine:transportationnotconvenient,whymanyimmigrantslefttheirhometownandcametosucharemoteplaceasAmerica?Economicreasons;Religiousreasons)(ReformationandreligiousconflictsinEurope;persecutionofProtestants)FeaturesofLiteratureofthisPeriod:1.Narrativea

7、ndjournalsofthesesettlement2.Religiousmatters:PraiseGodforaNewIsrael(apromisedland)3.Puritanthoughts*EarlyAmericanWritersandPoetsSouth,Jamestown,Virginia:CaptainJohnSmith---firstAmericanwriter(p.3&p.6)Contributions:hisdescriptionofAmericawerefilledwiththemes,myt

8、hs,images,scenes,charactersandeventsthatwereafoundationforthenation’sliterature.HeluredthePilgrimsintofleeinghereandcreatingaNewland(p.3).North,NewEngland,PuritanWrit