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1、AGeneralIntroductiontoAmericanLiteratureDiscussionsChina,expertsagree,isthenationofthefuture[…]ThecommercialandintellectualsuccessitsemigrantshaveenjoyedinnationsfromMalaysiatotheUnitedStatesallaugur(预示)impendingglobaldominance.Inliterature,however,theChinesemainland,asfa
2、rasWesternearsgo,isprettyquiet.[…]Bookstores,theTimesreports,arebustling,butnearlyhalfthepurchasesconsistoftextbooksandhalfthetranslationsareofAmericanbooks.—JohnUpdike:“BitterBamboo”WhatistheimplicationofUpdike’scomment?Doyouagreewithhim?What’syourunderstandingaboutAmeri
3、canliteratureandcultureatpresent?Doyouknowthereasonfortheyearof1620tobeanimportantmarkinAmericanhistory?WhyistheUnitedStatesalsocalledtheNewWorldbysomepeople?CoreDoctrinesofPuritanism1.AbsolutewillofGod(Bible)2.OriginalSin(totaldepravity)3.Predestinationandlimitedatonemen
4、t(theelect)AmericanPuritansAmericanPuritansbelievedtheywerechosenbyGodtobuildanidealcommunityinAmericabyleadingamoral,simpleandhardworkinglife.Theywereintolerantandstrictlypunisheddrunks,adulterers,violatorsoftheSabbathandotherreligiousbelieversdifferentfromthemselves.Inf
5、luenceofAmericanPuritanismuponAmericanliterature1.TwomajorundercurrentsinAmericanliterature:moodsofoptimismandfrustration2.writingstyle:A)distinctivelyAmericansymbolism:inrelationtothePuritan’smetaphoricalmodeofperceptionabouttheworld—thephenomenalworldisnothingbutasymbol
6、ofGod.B)Simple,fresh,direct,plain,atouchofnobilityPeriodizationofAmericanLiteratureKeyThemesinAmericanLiteraturePeriodizationofAmericanLiterature1.EarlyAmericanLiterature(17thcenturyand18thcentury)TheLiterarySceneinColonialAmerica(ab.1607-1765)LiteratureofEnlightenmentand
7、Revolution(1765-1790s)2.19th_centuryAmericanLiterature1)Romanticism;2)Realism;3)Naturalism3.AmericanLiteratureofthe20thcenturyandthepresent1)modernism;2)postmodernismTheLiterarySceneinColonialAmerica(ab.1607-1765)Humbleorigins:diaries,histories,journals,letters,travelbook
8、s,sermons.Characteristics:incontent—ponderouslyreligiousorservingcolonialexpansionorboth;inform—
