美国文学的介绍Introduction of the American Literature.
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4) Robert Frost’s definition:
➢ performance in words
5) Modern definition:
➢ We can define literature as language artistically used to achieve identifiable literary qualities and to convey meaningful messages. Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by universality intellectual and emotional appeal.
the most controversial & the most misunderstood
Edgar Allen Poe
.
Time:
The age of Realism
the Civil War
1861
the First World War
1914
concern for the common-place offer an objective view
3) It helps you explore the nature of human beings. It gives you spiritual and psychological relief.
.
4. How to define the American literature?
❖American literature mainly refers to literature produced in American English by the people living in the United States.
man of literature or a man of letters = a man of wide reading, “literacy”
2) The definition of 18th century: practice and profession of writing
3) The definition of 19th century: the high skills of writing in the special context of high imagination
its way across the Atlantic in December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
C. Sunflower. B. Armada C. May Flower D. Pequod
.
American Literature Lecture One
By Magua
Part I. Introduction
Part I: answer the questions
1. What is literature?
1) The definition of 14th century: 2) It means polite learning through reading. A
.
The Age of Realism (1861-1914)
Henry James
Mark Twain
.
Naturalism
Stephen Crane
Theodore Dreiser
.
Multiple Choice
1.English literature in the American is only about more than years old. A.500 B. 400 C. 200 D. 100
.
2. Why is it necessary for you to study literature?
1) It improves your language proficiency.
2) It enriches your knowledge about the English culture.
Benjamin Franklin
Jonathan Edwards
.
Romanticism
Time: the Independence War
the Civil War American ideal of democracy & equality, industrialization, westward expansion, foreign influences
.
Colonial period and Revolutionary period
Time: the settlement of North America 1607
the Independence War
1783
Major topic: American Puritanism
.
Colonial period and Revolutionary period
2.The establisher of Jamestown was the famous explorer and Colonist . A. John Winthrop B. John Smith C. William Bradford D. John Goodwin
D. 3.The puritan dominating values were: A. hard work B. thrift C. piety D. sobriety
essay about?”
3) Historical Approach ➢ Aims at illustrating the historical development
of literature. .
Part II Historical background
What do you know about American early history?
.
1783 possible &
1861 inevitable
literary expansion & expression
Romanticism (1783-1861)
Washington Irving James Fenimore Cooper
.
Summit of Romanticism-Transcendentalism (American Renaissance)
.
• Purus • the Bible was God's
true law • Not only did they
argue by quoting the Bible, but they saw their whole situation in Biblical terms, and therefore all events, however small, were created by God, or else the Devil.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
.
Fillip Thoreau
Late Romanticism
not optimistic
Nathaniel Hawthorne
.
Herman Melville
Romantic Poets
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickenson
.
Romanticism
eg: plot, character, setting, point of view, etc; answer some basic questions about the text itself.
2) Thematic Approach ➢ “What is the story, the poem, the play or the
.
Brief Outline of American Literature
1. Colonial period and Revolutionary period
5. After the WWII
2.Romanticism
4. The Modern period
3.The age of Realism
became know as the “
” who appeared in America.
A. Ninth Muse B. Tenth Muse C. Best Muse D. First Muse
B. 6. The Ship “
” carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat
.
5.Basic Qualities of American Writers
1) Independent 2) Individualistic 3) Critical 4) Innovative 5) Humorous
.
6. How to study literature
1) Analytical Approach ➢ Be familiar with the elements of a literary work,
.
3) In 1620, 102 passengers sailed on the ship Mayflower and landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the New World in search of religious freedom.
.
The first Thanksgiving
.
2. People:
native inhabitants: Indians
Immigrants mostly from Europe: Spanish; Dutch; French
English immigrants, Jamestown, Virginia,
.
Doctrines of Puritans
taking religion as the most important thing; living for glorifying God; believing Predestination（命运天定) Original sin(原罪) Total depravity (完全堕落的) Limited atonement(有限救赎)
B. 4. usually was regarded as the first American writer.
C. William Bradford
B. Anne Bradstreet
C. Emily Dickinson
D. Captain John Smith
5. Anna Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she
.
1.Early history:
• 1) In 1542, Christopher Columbus(14511506) found the new continent called America.
.
2) In 1607, Captain John Smith led some Englishmen across the ocean— James Town
1607
Puritans
a group of religious people
advocated religious &moral principles
ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้
.
Puritan
Belief---Puritanism
• Puritans wanted to “purify the church” to its original state, because they thought the church was corrupted and had too many rituals
4) Robert Frost’s definition:
➢ performance in words
5) Modern definition:
➢ We can define literature as language artistically used to achieve identifiable literary qualities and to convey meaningful messages. Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by universality intellectual and emotional appeal.
the most controversial & the most misunderstood
Edgar Allen Poe
.
Time:
The age of Realism
the Civil War
1861
the First World War
1914
concern for the common-place offer an objective view
3) It helps you explore the nature of human beings. It gives you spiritual and psychological relief.
.
4. How to define the American literature?
❖American literature mainly refers to literature produced in American English by the people living in the United States.
man of literature or a man of letters = a man of wide reading, “literacy”
2) The definition of 18th century: practice and profession of writing
3) The definition of 19th century: the high skills of writing in the special context of high imagination
its way across the Atlantic in December of 1620, it put the Pilgrims ashore at
Plymouth, Massachusetts.
C. Sunflower. B. Armada C. May Flower D. Pequod
.
American Literature Lecture One
By Magua
Part I. Introduction
Part I: answer the questions
1. What is literature?
1) The definition of 14th century: 2) It means polite learning through reading. A
.
The Age of Realism (1861-1914)
Henry James
Mark Twain
.
Naturalism
Stephen Crane
Theodore Dreiser
.
Multiple Choice
1.English literature in the American is only about more than years old. A.500 B. 400 C. 200 D. 100
.
2. Why is it necessary for you to study literature?
1) It improves your language proficiency.
2) It enriches your knowledge about the English culture.
Benjamin Franklin
Jonathan Edwards
.
Romanticism
Time: the Independence War
the Civil War American ideal of democracy & equality, industrialization, westward expansion, foreign influences
.
Colonial period and Revolutionary period
Time: the settlement of North America 1607
the Independence War
1783
Major topic: American Puritanism
.
Colonial period and Revolutionary period
2.The establisher of Jamestown was the famous explorer and Colonist . A. John Winthrop B. John Smith C. William Bradford D. John Goodwin
D. 3.The puritan dominating values were: A. hard work B. thrift C. piety D. sobriety
essay about?”
3) Historical Approach ➢ Aims at illustrating the historical development
of literature. .
Part II Historical background
What do you know about American early history?
.
1783 possible &
1861 inevitable
literary expansion & expression
Romanticism (1783-1861)
Washington Irving James Fenimore Cooper
.
Summit of Romanticism-Transcendentalism (American Renaissance)
.
• Purus • the Bible was God's
true law • Not only did they
argue by quoting the Bible, but they saw their whole situation in Biblical terms, and therefore all events, however small, were created by God, or else the Devil.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
.
Fillip Thoreau
Late Romanticism
not optimistic
Nathaniel Hawthorne
.
Herman Melville
Romantic Poets
Walt Whitman
Emily Dickenson
.
Romanticism
eg: plot, character, setting, point of view, etc; answer some basic questions about the text itself.
2) Thematic Approach ➢ “What is the story, the poem, the play or the
.
Brief Outline of American Literature
1. Colonial period and Revolutionary period
5. After the WWII
2.Romanticism
4. The Modern period
3.The age of Realism
became know as the “
” who appeared in America.
A. Ninth Muse B. Tenth Muse C. Best Muse D. First Muse
B. 6. The Ship “
” carried about one hundred Pilgrims and took 66 days to beat
.
5.Basic Qualities of American Writers
1) Independent 2) Individualistic 3) Critical 4) Innovative 5) Humorous
.
6. How to study literature
1) Analytical Approach ➢ Be familiar with the elements of a literary work,
.
3) In 1620, 102 passengers sailed on the ship Mayflower and landed in what is now Massachusetts. In England the pilgrims had not been allowed to freely practice their religion. So they went to the New World in search of religious freedom.
.
The first Thanksgiving
.
2. People:
native inhabitants: Indians
Immigrants mostly from Europe: Spanish; Dutch; French
English immigrants, Jamestown, Virginia,
.
Doctrines of Puritans
taking religion as the most important thing; living for glorifying God; believing Predestination（命运天定) Original sin(原罪) Total depravity (完全堕落的) Limited atonement(有限救赎)
B. 4. usually was regarded as the first American writer.
C. William Bradford
B. Anne Bradstreet
C. Emily Dickinson
D. Captain John Smith
5. Anna Bradstreet was a Puritan poet. Her poems made such a stir in England that she
.
1.Early history:
• 1) In 1542, Christopher Columbus(14511506) found the new continent called America.
.
2) In 1607, Captain John Smith led some Englishmen across the ocean— James Town
1607
Puritans
a group of religious people
advocated religious &moral principles
ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้
.
Puritan
Belief---Puritanism
• Puritans wanted to “purify the church” to its original state, because they thought the church was corrupted and had too many rituals