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language, which begins in the American colonies in the 17th century and continues to the present.
Divisions of American Literature
Ⅰ.The Literature of Colonial America
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American English Literature Literature
E N G L I S H
To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep— No more; and by a sleep to say we end The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks That flesh is heir to: 'tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep—
Reconstructing A. L.
American Literature
• What does the phrase ―American Literature‖ suggest to you? Can you give a brief definition about it?
• What facts do you know about it? (Its tradition & customs, famous writers, important works, etc.)
English Literature
English Literature, literature produced in England,
from the introduction of Old English by the AngloSaxons in the 5th century to the present. The works of those Irish and Scottish authors who are closely identified with English life and letters are also considered part of English literature.
English or American ?
The Scarlet Letter Thomas Jefferson William Butler Yeats Song of Myself A Rose for Emily Charles Lamb e. e. cummings Twelfth Night The Great Gatsby Emily Bronte Jonathan Swift Essays Dombey and Son Sir Walter Scott I Felt a Funeral, in my Brain Edgar Allan Poe The Portrait of a Lady
English
introduction of Old English by the Anglo-Saxons in
the 5th century to the present. The works of those Irish and Scottish authors who are closely identified with English life and letters are also considered part of English literature.
- William Shakespeare from Hamlet
Go, and catch a falling star,
Get with child a mandrake root,
Tell me, where all's foot.
• How many ―segments‖ could we divide the continuity of A. L. into? And what are they?
aMeRiCaN LitErAtUrE
English literature produced in England, from the introduction of Old English by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century to the present. The works of those Irish and Scottish authors who are closely identified with English life and letters are also considered part of English literature.
• English Literature Literature = Who + What + When + Where • English Literature = Creators + Product + Time + Place (Countries) Thus, • English literature produced in England, from the
II. The Literature of Reason and Revolution III. The Literature of Romanticism IV. The Literature of Realism Ⅴ. The Twentieth-Century Literature
One: The Colonial Period (1607-1775)
the founding of the 1st settlement at Jamestown the outbreak of the American Revolution Two: The Revolutionary Age (1765-1790) the Stamp Act of 1765 1790 Three: The Romantic Period (1828-1865) from the Jacksonian era to the Civil War
- Charles Dickens from A Tale of Two Cities
“Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!--I have as much soul as you,--and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;--it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God's feet, equal,--as we are!‖
- John Donne from Song
• I wandered lonely as a cloud
• That floats on high o'er vales and hills, • When all at once I saw a crowd, • A host, of golden daffodils.
American literature: A.Literature in English that originates from the
territory now known as the United States.
B.Literature written by Americans in the English
- William Wordsworth from "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way.