美国文学史及选读 ppt课件
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2. character of colonial literature a. content: religious, political b. form: diary, journal, letters, travel books,
sermons, history (personal literature) c. style: simple. direct, concise d. out of humble origins
With regard to technique one naturally thinks of the simplicity which characterizes the Puritan style of writing.
John Cotton and Roger Williams Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor 小虫小物尚扬声，难道吾便如哑子。
2. John Calvin a. predestination b. original sin and totated few
3. practical , optimistic， idealistic 4. a doctrinaire opportunist
The American Puritan’s metaphorical mode of perception was chiefly important in calling into being a literary symbolism which is distinctly American.
The Literature of Colonial America
Historical Introduction
1. colonial settlement(1607-1776) In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered
America and he mistook the native people on the new continent for Indians.
造物主颂扬长空，不能唱得更动听？
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Man of Action
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Choose the best answer.(2*20=40)
Match the author and the work. (1*10=10)
Explain the literary terms. (2*5=10)
Puritanism; transcendentalism; internal rhyme; assonance; free verse; oxymoron; anaphora; American naturalism; imagism; lost generation; local colorism; O. Henry ending; international theme; American realism; Social Darwinism; iceberg theory; flashback; foreshadowing; Harlem Renaissance; jazz age
7. Jonathan Edwards , Benjamin Franklin
the Influence of Puritanism to
American Literature
The optimistic Puritan has exerted a great influence on American literature.
2.William Bradford
The History of Plymouth Plantation
John Winthrop
The History of New England
Puritan Thoughts
1.God’s chosen people They were meant to reestablish a commonwealth, based on the teachings of the Bible, restore the lost paradise and build the wilderness into a new Garden of Eden.
The first American writer
Captain John Smith
The General History of Virginia
Early New England Literature
1. New England: six states in North-east of America: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
5. American Puritans came under violent attacks for their killjoy way of life, religious intolerance , bigotry and austerity.
6. American Puritanism and Chinese Confucianism
Choose one author from three and make comment on the author. (1*10=10)
Choose three passages from six and write down the name of the author and the work, and make comment on the whole work. (3*10=30)
sermons, history (personal literature) c. style: simple. direct, concise d. out of humble origins
With regard to technique one naturally thinks of the simplicity which characterizes the Puritan style of writing.
John Cotton and Roger Williams Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor 小虫小物尚扬声，难道吾便如哑子。
2. John Calvin a. predestination b. original sin and totated few
3. practical , optimistic， idealistic 4. a doctrinaire opportunist
The American Puritan’s metaphorical mode of perception was chiefly important in calling into being a literary symbolism which is distinctly American.
The Literature of Colonial America
Historical Introduction
1. colonial settlement(1607-1776) In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered
America and he mistook the native people on the new continent for Indians.
造物主颂扬长空，不能唱得更动听？
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Man of Action
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Choose the best answer.(2*20=40)
Match the author and the work. (1*10=10)
Explain the literary terms. (2*5=10)
Puritanism; transcendentalism; internal rhyme; assonance; free verse; oxymoron; anaphora; American naturalism; imagism; lost generation; local colorism; O. Henry ending; international theme; American realism; Social Darwinism; iceberg theory; flashback; foreshadowing; Harlem Renaissance; jazz age
7. Jonathan Edwards , Benjamin Franklin
the Influence of Puritanism to
American Literature
The optimistic Puritan has exerted a great influence on American literature.
2.William Bradford
The History of Plymouth Plantation
John Winthrop
The History of New England
Puritan Thoughts
1.God’s chosen people They were meant to reestablish a commonwealth, based on the teachings of the Bible, restore the lost paradise and build the wilderness into a new Garden of Eden.
The first American writer
Captain John Smith
The General History of Virginia
Early New England Literature
1. New England: six states in North-east of America: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut.
5. American Puritans came under violent attacks for their killjoy way of life, religious intolerance , bigotry and austerity.
6. American Puritanism and Chinese Confucianism
Choose one author from three and make comment on the author. (1*10=10)
Choose three passages from six and write down the name of the author and the work, and make comment on the whole work. (3*10=30)