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historical background major writers and selected readings (main concern)
Textbook Assessment
Class performance (attendance, presentations and tests) 40% A final exam 60%
五经：The Five Classics: The Book of Songs 《诗经》 The Book of History 《书经》 The Book of Changes 《易经》 The Book of Rites 《礼记》 The Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋》
protestant reformer) Emphasis of Predestination “预定论”
Total depravity (Original Sin) 彻底的堕落 (因原罪而起）
Unconditional election Limited atonement 有限的赎罪
Note: If the student is five times absent from class, no grade will be submitted to him.
Major stages of American Literature
1. The Colonial and Revolutionary Period: 1607 --1800
Historical Background : The ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱolonization of North America
Indians of North America 1492, Christopher Columbus Migration from Europe 1607, more than 120 British men founded the first
English Colony, Jamestown in Virginia 1620, “May Flower”, Puritans, Plymouth colony in New
England 1630, Massachusetts Bay colony
Thirteen English colonies (1607-1733)
The style
Diction: simple and concise Syntax: simple and short sentence Parallel The use of “and”
What are the Classics of Chinese culture Si Shu (四书) The Great Learning 《大学》 The Doctrine of the Mean 《中庸》 The Analects of Confucius 《论语》 Mencius 《孟子》
Week 8: American Naturalism: General Survey
Week 9: American Naturalism: Theodore Dreiser
Week 10: General Survey, Modernism in 20th
Century: Imagism, Ezra Pound
13 English Colonies
Mayflower (imitation), 27 meters long
102 people aboard
66 days at sea
Features of Puritanism
Purification of the church Calvinism (John Calvin, 1509-1564, French
The ancient Greek culture Hebrew culture
Greek Culture:
1.Greek and Roman Mythology 2.Epic: a poem that celebrates in the form of a
continuous narrative the achievements of one or more heroic personages of history or tradition. Homer epics: Iliad Odyssey 3.Drama (tragedy and comedy), 4.Oral tradition—story-telling
Week 14: Modernism: Novel—the thirties: Dos Passos
& Steinbeck
Week 15: American Drama: Eugene O’Neill
Week 16: Multiethnic Literature: Black Literature—Ralph
Ellison
Week 17: Multiethnic Literature: Jewish Literature—Soul
Bellow
Week 18: General Review
Question
What is the origin of Western culture and literature?
2. The Romantic Period: 1800 --- 1860 3. The Realistic Period: 1860 --- 1910 4. The Modern Period: 1914 --- 1945 5. The Period of Pluralism:1945 --- the present
notesonthestateofvirginia弗吉尼亚笔记back?托马斯潘恩17371809mostinfluentialthinkerandwriterinthewarofindependence?majorworks?commonsense常识?theamericancrisis美洲危机thetimesthattrymenssouls考验人的灵魂的时代?therightsofman17911792人的权利?theageofreason理性的时代backbenjaminfranklin17061790?statesmanessayistoratorphilosopherambassadorscientistinventorpublisher?masterofeachandmasteredbynonehermanmelville?oneofthefoundingfathersofamerica?symbolofamericaintheageofenlightenment?theonlyamericantosignthefourdocumentsthatcreatedtheunitedstates
Progression of the course
Week 1: Orientation and The Colonial Period
Week 2: American Romanticism: General Survey (Poe)
Week 3: American Romanticism: Hawthorne & Melville
Week 4: American Romanticism: Whitman &Emily Dickinson
Week 5 National Day
Week 6: American Realism: General Survey, Howells &
Henry James
Week 7: American Realism: Local colorism, Mark Twain
The philosophical foundation: Confucianism Buddhism Taoism
The Colonial and Revolutionary Period: 1608 --1800
1. The Colonial Period : 1608 --- 1750 2. The Revolutionary Period: 1750 --- 1800
Hebrew culture: The Holy Bible
Influence: Themes: the Garden of Eden, Original Sin and salvation Allusions: Judah’s Kiss, Noah’s Ark, the last supper Story Patterns: the flood, the Exodus Images: fire, water Style:
And now the great owner and the companies invented a new method. A great owner bought a cannery. And when the peaches and the pear were ripe he cut the price of the fruit below the cost of raising it. And as cannery owner he paid himself a low price for the fruit and kept the price of canned goods up and took his profit. And the little farmers who owned no canneries lost their farms, and they were taken by the great owners, the banks, and the companies who also owned canneries. As times went on, there were fewer farms. The little farmers moved into town for a while and exhausted their credit, exhausted their friends, their relatives. And then they too went on the highways. And the roads were crowded with men ravenous for work, murderous for work. (The Grapes of Wrath)
Week 11: Modernism: Poetry, T. S. Eliot
Week 12: Modernism: Novel—the Lost Generation: Francis
Scott Fitzgerald & Earnest Hemingway
Week 13: Modernism: Novel—William Faulkner
A History of American Literature
Lecturer: English Department Beijing International Studies University
Course Orientation
A general inquiry: what do you know about American lit.? Contents of lectures
Compare the following paragraphs:
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived,and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto to Abel and to his offering; But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.` (Genesis)
Textbook Assessment
Class performance (attendance, presentations and tests) 40% A final exam 60%
五经：The Five Classics: The Book of Songs 《诗经》 The Book of History 《书经》 The Book of Changes 《易经》 The Book of Rites 《礼记》 The Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋》
protestant reformer) Emphasis of Predestination “预定论”
Total depravity (Original Sin) 彻底的堕落 (因原罪而起）
Unconditional election Limited atonement 有限的赎罪
Note: If the student is five times absent from class, no grade will be submitted to him.
Major stages of American Literature
1. The Colonial and Revolutionary Period: 1607 --1800
Historical Background : The ቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱolonization of North America
Indians of North America 1492, Christopher Columbus Migration from Europe 1607, more than 120 British men founded the first
English Colony, Jamestown in Virginia 1620, “May Flower”, Puritans, Plymouth colony in New
England 1630, Massachusetts Bay colony
Thirteen English colonies (1607-1733)
The style
Diction: simple and concise Syntax: simple and short sentence Parallel The use of “and”
What are the Classics of Chinese culture Si Shu (四书) The Great Learning 《大学》 The Doctrine of the Mean 《中庸》 The Analects of Confucius 《论语》 Mencius 《孟子》
Week 8: American Naturalism: General Survey
Week 9: American Naturalism: Theodore Dreiser
Week 10: General Survey, Modernism in 20th
Century: Imagism, Ezra Pound
13 English Colonies
Mayflower (imitation), 27 meters long
102 people aboard
66 days at sea
Features of Puritanism
Purification of the church Calvinism (John Calvin, 1509-1564, French
The ancient Greek culture Hebrew culture
Greek Culture:
1.Greek and Roman Mythology 2.Epic: a poem that celebrates in the form of a
continuous narrative the achievements of one or more heroic personages of history or tradition. Homer epics: Iliad Odyssey 3.Drama (tragedy and comedy), 4.Oral tradition—story-telling
Week 14: Modernism: Novel—the thirties: Dos Passos
& Steinbeck
Week 15: American Drama: Eugene O’Neill
Week 16: Multiethnic Literature: Black Literature—Ralph
Ellison
Week 17: Multiethnic Literature: Jewish Literature—Soul
Bellow
Week 18: General Review
Question
What is the origin of Western culture and literature?
2. The Romantic Period: 1800 --- 1860 3. The Realistic Period: 1860 --- 1910 4. The Modern Period: 1914 --- 1945 5. The Period of Pluralism:1945 --- the present
notesonthestateofvirginia弗吉尼亚笔记back?托马斯潘恩17371809mostinfluentialthinkerandwriterinthewarofindependence?majorworks?commonsense常识?theamericancrisis美洲危机thetimesthattrymenssouls考验人的灵魂的时代?therightsofman17911792人的权利?theageofreason理性的时代backbenjaminfranklin17061790?statesmanessayistoratorphilosopherambassadorscientistinventorpublisher?masterofeachandmasteredbynonehermanmelville?oneofthefoundingfathersofamerica?symbolofamericaintheageofenlightenment?theonlyamericantosignthefourdocumentsthatcreatedtheunitedstates
Progression of the course
Week 1: Orientation and The Colonial Period
Week 2: American Romanticism: General Survey (Poe)
Week 3: American Romanticism: Hawthorne & Melville
Week 4: American Romanticism: Whitman &Emily Dickinson
Week 5 National Day
Week 6: American Realism: General Survey, Howells &
Henry James
Week 7: American Realism: Local colorism, Mark Twain
The philosophical foundation: Confucianism Buddhism Taoism
The Colonial and Revolutionary Period: 1608 --1800
1. The Colonial Period : 1608 --- 1750 2. The Revolutionary Period: 1750 --- 1800
Hebrew culture: The Holy Bible
Influence: Themes: the Garden of Eden, Original Sin and salvation Allusions: Judah’s Kiss, Noah’s Ark, the last supper Story Patterns: the flood, the Exodus Images: fire, water Style:
And now the great owner and the companies invented a new method. A great owner bought a cannery. And when the peaches and the pear were ripe he cut the price of the fruit below the cost of raising it. And as cannery owner he paid himself a low price for the fruit and kept the price of canned goods up and took his profit. And the little farmers who owned no canneries lost their farms, and they were taken by the great owners, the banks, and the companies who also owned canneries. As times went on, there were fewer farms. The little farmers moved into town for a while and exhausted their credit, exhausted their friends, their relatives. And then they too went on the highways. And the roads were crowded with men ravenous for work, murderous for work. (The Grapes of Wrath)
Week 11: Modernism: Poetry, T. S. Eliot
Week 12: Modernism: Novel—the Lost Generation: Francis
Scott Fitzgerald & Earnest Hemingway
Week 13: Modernism: Novel—William Faulkner
A History of American Literature
Lecturer: English Department Beijing International Studies University
Course Orientation
A general inquiry: what do you know about American lit.? Contents of lectures
Compare the following paragraphs:
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived,and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto to Abel and to his offering; But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.` (Genesis)