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1、1ThebeginningofAmericanliterature Americanhasalwaysbeenalandofbeginnings.AfterEuropeans“discovered”Americainthefifteenthcentury,themysteriousNewWorldbecameformanypeopleagenuinehopeofanewlife,anescapefrompovertyandpersecution,achancetostartagain.Wecansaythat,asnation,Americabeginswiththat
2、hope.When,however,doesAmericanliteraturebegin? AmericanliteraturebeginswithAmericanexperiences.Longbeforethefirstcolonistsarrived,beforeChristopherColumbus,beforetheNorthmenwhofoundAmericaaboutyear1,000,NativeAmericanslivedhere.Eachtribe'sliteraturewastightlywovenintothefabricofdailylife
3、andreflectedtheunmistakablyAmericanexperienceofliningwiththeland.Anotherkindofexperience,onefilledwithfearandexcitement,founditsexpressioninthereportsthatColumbusandotherexplorerssenthomeinSpain,FrenchandEnglish.Inaddition,thejournalsofthepeoplewholivedanddiedintheNewEnglandwilderness'tel
4、lunforgettabletalesofhardendsometimesheartbreakingexperiencesofthoseearlyyears. Experience,then,isthekeytoearlyAmericanliterature.TheNewWorldprovidedagreatvarietyofexperiences,andexperiencesdemandedawidevarietyofexpressionsbyanevenwidervarietyofearlyAmericanwriters.ThesewritersincludedJo
5、hnSmith,whospentonlytwo-and-a-halfyear:ontheAmerican,continent.TheyincludedJonathanEdwardsandWilliamByrd，whothoughtofthemselvesasBritishsubjects,neversuspectingarevolutionthatwouldcreateaUnitedStatesofAmericawithaliteratureofitsown.AmericanIndians,explorers, Puritanministers,frontierwive
6、s,plantationowner一theyareallthecreatorsofthefirstAmericanliterature. 练习： 1)Whatdoes“thathope”inthefirstparagraphreferto? A)ThehopethatAmericawouldbediscovered. B)Thehopetostartalife. C)ThehopetoseethemysteriesoftheNewWorld. D)Thehopetofindpovertyhere.大家论坛club.topsage.com 2.WhendidA
7、mericanliteraturebegin? A)BeforetheAmericannativeslivedthere. B)WhenColumbusandotherexplorersgentreportsbackhome.. C)WhentireNorthmenfoundAmericainabout1,000. D)Longbeforetheyear1,000. 3.WhatcanwelearnfromtheliteratureofthetribesofthenativeAmericans? A)Aboutth
