英美国家概况_Chapter_13

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1、TheUnitedStatesofAmerica英语国家概况英语国家概况Chapter13LiteratureTheUnitedStatesofAmerica英语国家概况TheColonialandRevolutionaryPeriodsITheRomanticPeriodIITheRealisticPeriodIIITheNaturalisticPeriodIVTheModernPeriodVCONTENTTheContemporaryPeriodVITheColonialandRevolutionaryPeriodsI1.2

2、FeatureintheRevolutionaryPeriod1.3Representativefiguresandworks1.1FeatureintheColonialPeriod1.1TheColonialPeriod(1607-1775)Q1:WhowerethefirstAmericans?HowdidtheycometoAmerica?Q2:WhatistheinfluenceofpluralismonAmericanliterature?1.1TheColonialPeriod(1607-1775)(cont.)C

3、haracterofWritings—religious,practical,orhistorical.AmericanPuritanism—majortopicstressespredestination(预言)originalsintotaldepravity(堕落)limitedatonement(赎罪)orthesalvation(拯救)ofaselectedfewwhowouldreceiveGod’sgrace.Discussion:ComparetheAmericanPuritanismwithChineseCon

4、fucianism.1.2TheRevolutionaryPeriodrepresentativework—ThomasJefferson’sDeclarationofIndependence.CharacterofDeclarationofIndependencerhetorical(带修辞色彩的)vigorrefineddiction(措辞)polishedstyleardentlongingforfreedomQ:HowwasAmericanliteratureforwardedintheRevolutionaryPeri

5、od?1.3RepresentativeFigures1.3.2BenjaminFranklin1.3.1JonathanEdwards1.3.1JonathanEdwardsreligiousidealismpowerfulsermons(布道)—preachingthepuritanideasandcondemningpeople’sdepravity.best-knownwork—“SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGod”(1741).initiatingtheGreatAwakeningMovemen

6、ttorevivePuritanism.Almanac—publishedcontinuouslyforalmostaquarterofacentury.adages(格言)andsayings“Apennysavedisapennyearned.”“Earlytobed,andearlytorise,makesamanhealthy,wealthy,andwise.”1.3.1JonathanEdwards(cont.)1.3.2BenjaminFranklinlevelheaded(头脑冷静的)commonsenseacom

7、pletelyworldlyman;astatesman,ambassador,scientist,essayistaswell.PoorRichard’sAlmanac—bothaliteraryachievementandaprofitablebusiness.1.3.2BenjaminFranklin(cont.)Autobiography—mostfamouswork.“thefaithfulaccountofthecolorfulcareerofAmerica’sfirstself-mademan”—risingfro

8、mpovertyandobscurity(身份低微)towealthandfame.Autobiography—arecordofspiritualgrowthinadditiontoself-examinationandself-improvement.The