History of American Literature

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1、Lecture1EarlyAmericanLiterature课题：Puritanism目的要求：Afterlearningthispart,theSsshould1.knowthebackgroundofpuritanism;2.knowthemainrepresentativesandworksofpuritanism;3.masterthemainfeaturesofpuritanism.教学重点：1.Mainrepresentativesandtheirworks2.Featuresofpuritanism教学难点：Understandingpuritanism教学课时：2

2、教学方法：AnalyticalandInductiveApproach本次课涉及的学术前沿：PuritanisminAmericanLiterature教学内容与步骤：1.     Self-introduction2.     IntroductiontotheCourse⑴SimilarwithHistoryofEnglishLiterature⑵Coursebook:ASurveyofAmericanLiteraturebyChangYaoxin;goodandauthoritativeone;alittlebitdifficultandlackinorder;prepare

3、anotebookandcopytheoutlineIprovide⑶Especiallyimportanttoyourgraduateentranceexamination⑷Suggestions:胡荫桐，刘树森主编，《美国文学教程》（南开大学出版社，1995，比较有条理）；童明著，《美国文学史(增订版)》，外语教学与研究出版社，2008，（视角较新，注重多元性）；吴定柏编著，美国文学大纲，上海外语教育出版社，1998，（分专题编写，比较简洁易懂）；吴伟仁编，美国文学史及选读(第一、二册)，外语教学与研究出版社，1990，（很多学校考研的指定书目，但过于简单）。⑷Preview;

4、takingnotes;homework(twopapers);attendance32Chapter1ColonialAmerica(USisaquitespecialcountryintheworld.Althoughitonlyhasaveryshorthistory,itisthemostpowerfulcountrytoday.)1.     HistoricalBackground⑴In1942,ChristopherColumbusfoundthenewcontinentcalledAmerica.⑵Immigrants:Spanish(theybuiltthefir

5、sttownonthenewcontinent);Dutch(theybuiltNewYorkcityatthebeginningstage);French(todaystilllotsofpeople’smothertongueisFrenchinNorthAmerica)⑶Englishimmigrants,Jamestown,Virginia,1607  1620“MayFlower”,Plymouth(Imagine:transportationnotconvenient,whysomemanyimmigrantslefttheirhometownandcametosuch

6、aremoteplaceasAmerica?Economicreasons;Religiousreasons)(ReformationandreligiousconflictsinEurope;persecutionofProtestants)2.     AmericanPuritanism（清教主义）⑴Puritans=Calvinists◆   JohnCalvin,atheologian,Puritansbelievedmostdoctrinespreachedbyhim,sotheywerealsocalledCalvinists◆   Puritanswantedto“

7、purifythechurch”toitsoriginalstate,becausetheythoughtthechurchwascorruptedandhadtoomanyrituals◆   TobeaPuritan:takingreligionasthemostimportantthing;livingforglorifyingGod;believingpredestination（命运天定）,originalsin（原罪，人生下来就是有罪的，因为人类的祖先亚当