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1、OUTLINEColonialPeriod(1620--1781)ThePostRevolutionaryPeriod(1781--1815)TheRomanticAge(1815--1865):WashingtonIrving,NathanielHawthorne,WaltWhitman,EmilyDickinsonTheRiseofRealism(1865-1914):MarkTwain,O.Henry,SherwoodAnderson(realism&modernism)——Naturalism:TheodoreDreiserTheMode
2、rnAge(1914-):ErnestHemingway,RobertFrostWashingtonIrving(1783to1859)1.WashingtonIrving:fatherofAmericanliteraturethefirstAmericanmanofletterstosupporthimselfasaprofessionalwriter.thefirstAmericanauthorwhoexplorednativethemes.thefirstAmericanwritertowininternationalrecognition
3、,andwasextremelypopularinEurope.2.MajorworksHistoryofNewYork(1809),hisfirstofimportantsuccessTheSketchBook(1820),whichcontainstwofamousfolktales,“RipVanWinkle”and“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”.(thefirstbookbyanAmericanwritertoachieveinternationalsuccess)TalesofTraveler(1824)ATouro
4、nthePrairies(1835)Andotherworkshistoriesandbiographies3.RipVanWinkleNarrativeelements:3-partstructure&plotBeginning–Ripasahen-peckedhusband;Middle–hisventureintoCatskills;End–hisreturnCharacterRipVanWinkle:Hen-pecked,good-tempered,well-oiled,warm-hearted,lazy,care-free,simple
5、-minded,obedient,irresponsible,alittlefoolish,etc.Hiswife:nagging,sharp-tongued,hard-working,uneducatedcountrywomanTheme:lAstoryofmanwhohasdifficultyinfacinghisagelCriticismofsometeachingsofPuritanism:Unceasinglabor,noplay,allkindsofpleasuresarecondemned,greedyforwealthExpres
6、sastrongdesireforleisurelThethemeofescapefromone’sresponsibilityandevenone’shistorylThelossofidentity4.WritingstylelTheuseofhumorJocularhumor—Irving(forfun,foramusement)Hecreateshumorbythefollowingways:a.Hedelightsinmakingironic,tongue-in-checkremarkswhichsayjusttheoppositeof
7、whathemeans.b.HeusesdignifiedwordsforunimportantthingsC.Heisfondofexaggeratingtheseriousnessofsituation.limitative,buthighlyskillful;lnevershockingandabitsentimentalattimes;lavoidmoralizingasmuchaspossible;wrotetoamuseandentertain;lgoodatenvelopinghisstoriesinanatmosphere;Nat
8、hanielHawthorne(1804—1864)1.thegreatromanticnovelistinthenineteenthc
