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1、ASurveyof AmericanLiteratureBooks:ASurveyofAmericanLiterature(goodandauthoritativebook)byChangYaoxinandSelectedReadingsinAmericanLiteraturebyChangYaoxinarecoursebooks.References:1.常耀信.《漫话英美文学》(南开大学出版社，2004),2.吴伟仁.《美国文学史及选读》(外语教学与研究出版社，1990),3.杨岂深，龙文佩.《
2、美国文学选读》(译文出版社，1985),4.左金梅.《美国文学》(青岛海洋出版社,2000),5.李公昭.《20世纪美国文学导论》(西安交通大学出版社，2000).Requirement:Gradeofthiscourseincludesthegradeofdailyperformance(10%),gradeoftests(50%)andthegradeoffinalexamination(40%).PartI.IntroductionIntroductionWhatisliterature?Wr
3、itingsthatarevaluedasworksofart,esp.fiction,dramaandpoetry.Languageartisticallyusedtoachieveidentifiableliteraryqualitiesandtoconveymeaningfulmessages.Literatureischaracterizedbybeautyofexpressionandformandbyuniversalityofintellectualandemotionalappeal
4、.Forms(genres)ofliterature?Poetry,novel(fiction),drama,prose,essay,epic,elegy,shortstory,journalism,sermon,(auto)biography,travelaccounts,novelette,etc.Itcontainsfiction&non-fiction.Fiction:(4genres)PoetrynoveldramashortstoryNon-fiction:Essay(4categori
5、es)descriptionnarrationexpositionargumentationAnalyticalApproachBefamiliarwiththeelementsofaliterarywork,eg:plot,character,setting,pointofview,etc;answersomebasicquestionsaboutthetextitself.ThematicApproach“Whatisthestory,thepoem,theplayortheessayabout
6、?”HistoricalApproachAimsatillustratingthehistoricaldevelopmentofliterature.HowtostudyAmericanliteratureBasicQualitiesofAmericanWritersIndependentIndividualisticCriticalInnovativeHumorousPartII.TheperiodsofAmericanliterature★TheLiteratureoftheColonialAm
7、ericaandofReasonandRevolution★AmericanRomanticismandNewEnglandLiterature★TheAgeofRealismandNaturalism★TheAgeofModernism:Literatureinthe1920s★TheAgeofModernism:Literatureinthe1930s★AmericanDrama:EugeneO’NeillandArthurMiller★MultiethnicLiterature:RalphEl
8、lison,ToniMorrisonandSaulBellowThecolonialperiod(about1607-1765)ThemainfeaturesPuritanismTheperiodofEnlightenmentandtheIndependenceWar(1765-1800)BenjaminFranklin3.Theromanticperiod(1800-1865)TheearlyromanticismWashingtonIrving“NewEnglan
