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1、ReviewWhat’sthetimeofromanticperiod?TheRomanticPeriodFromtheendof18cWenttothetopin1840s,knownasNewEnglandTranscendentalismEndwiththeoutbreakofCivilWar(1861~65)WhatisAmericanRomanticism?GreatfloweringofAmericanliteratureRomanticismemphasizedtheindividual,thesubjective,t
2、heirrational,theimaginative,thepersonal,thespontaneous,theemotional,andthevisionary.TheOutlineofAmericanLiteratureIColonialPeriod(1607—1765)IIRevolutionaryPeriod(1765—1800)IIITheAgeofRomanticism(1800—1865)IVTheAgeofRealism(1865—1918)VAmericanModernism(1918—1945)VIConte
3、mporaryLiterature(1945--)GeneralBackgrounds1CivilWar→adeteriorationofAmericanmoralvalues2increasingindustrializationandmechanizationofthecountry→extremesofwealthandpoverty3thefrontierwasclosing→fellingofdisillusionmentWhatisRealism?DefinitionoftermRealismwasamodelofwri
4、tingthatgivestheimpressionofrecordingorreflectingfaithfullyanactualwayoflife.Thetermrefersbothtoaliterarymethodbasedondetailedaccuracyofdescriptionandtoamoregeneralattitudethatrejectsidealization,escapism,andotherextravagantqualitiesofromanceinfavorofrecognizingsoberly
5、theactualproblemsoflife.FeaturesofRealism①Verisimilitudeofdetailderivedfromobservation,theeffortofapproachthenormofexperience;②arelianceontherepresentativeinplot,setting,andcharacter;③andtoofferanobjectiveratherthananidealizedviewofhumannatureandexperience.MoreInformat
6、ionAmericanRealismcameinthelatterhalfofthenineteenthcenturyasareactionagainstRomanticism.Itstressestruthfultreatmentofmaterial.Itfocusesoncommonnessofthelivesofthecommonpeople,andemphasizesobjectivityandoffersanobjectiveratherthananidealisticviewofhumannatureandhumanex
7、perience.ThethreedominantfiguresoftheperiodareWilliamDeanHowells,MarkTwain,andHenryJames.(P490)ComparethosethreedominantfiguresRefertoP490TheAgeofRealism(1865—1918)GeneralBackgroundsBeginningPeriod:Howells;James;LocalColorism:MarkTwainAmericanNaturalism(1908—1918):Cran
8、e;Norris;Dreiser;Robinson;JackLondon;OHenry;LocalcolorTermappliedtofictionorversewhichemphasizesitssetting,beingconce
