《英语国家社会与文化入门》课程PPT教学课件（下册）The Society and Culture of Major English Speaking Countries An Introduction Book 2 Unit 07 American Literature

The United States ofAmerica Unit 7 American Literature

The United States of America Unit 7 American Literature

Quiz Give the English and a brief explanation for the following: 1超验主义者 2惠特曼 3马克吐温 4《荒原》 5“迷惘的一代

Quiz Give the English and a brief explanation for the following: 1 超验主义者 2 惠特曼 3 马克吐温 4 《荒原》 5 “迷惘的一代

Focal Points ·Washington Irving ·naturalists James Fenimore Cooper.Sherwood Anderson and 。Transcendentalism Sinclair Lewis ·Henry David Thoreau ·T.S.Eliot ·Nathaniel Hawthorne the "Lost Generation" ·Herman Melville ·William Faulkner ·Walt Whitman ·Eugene ONeill 。Mark Twain ·African-American writers

Focal Points • Washington Irving • James Fenimore Cooper • Transcendentalism • Henry David Thoreau • Nathaniel Hawthorne • Herman Melville • Walt Whitman • Mark Twain • naturalists • Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis • T. S. Eliot • the "Lost Generation" • William Faulkner • Eugene O'Neill • African-American writers

This Unit Is Divided into Five Sections I.Early Fiction II.Major Writers of the 19th Century III.Major Writers at the Turn of the Century IV.Major Writers of the 20th Century V.New American Voices

This Unit Is Divided into Five Sections I. Early Fiction II. Major Writers of the 19th Century III. Major Writers at the Turn of the Century IV.Major Writers of the 20th Century V. New American Voices

I.Early Fiction Washington Irving (1783-1859):His History of New York is supposedly an account of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan Island.With this work Irving furnished America with its first myth-hero,Father Knickerbocker.In "Rip Van Winkle"and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow",Irving focused on America's natural landscape and contributed even more memorable characters to his legendary recreation of the American past. He was among the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe,and was also admired by some European writers, including Walter Scott,Lord Byron,and Charles Dickens. Irving encouraged American authors that followed him

I. Early Fiction • Washington Irving (1783-1859): His History of New York is supposedly an account of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan Island. With this work Irving furnished America with its first myth-hero, Father Knickerbocker. In “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, Irving focused on America’s natural landscape and contributed even more memorable characters to his legendary recreation of the American past. He was among the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and was also admired by some European writers, including Walter Scott, Lord Byron, and Charles Dickens. Irving encouraged American authors that followed him

Washington Irving (1783-1859) The story“Rip Van Winkle”is set before and after the American Revolution.The protagonist falls asleep in the mountain and wakes up to discover shocking changes:the American has taken place

Washington Irving（1783-1859） The story “Rip Van Winkle” is set before and after the American Revolution. The protagonist falls asleep in the mountain and wakes up to discover shocking changes: the American has taken place

I.Early Fiction James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851):Cooper's The Pioneers was the first of the five great romances known as the Leather- Stocking Tales.The author introduced in The Pioneers the fabulous woodsman,Natty Bumppo.He was the forerunner of all heroic forest scouts,bear hunters,and cowboys of later American novels and films.The Last of the Mohicans,The Prairie,The Pathfinder,and The Deerslayer pursued Natty's career both forward and backward in time,from the first flush of manhood to his death as an old man on the western plains. He also imagined a bi-cultural and bi-racial friendship between Natty Bumppo and a Native American warrior, thereby projecting the fulfillment of the democratic dream which persists in American literature

I. Early Fiction • James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851): Cooper’s The Pioneers was the first of the five great romances known as the Leather￾Stocking Tales. The author introduced in The Pioneers the fabulous woodsman, Natty Bumppo. He was the forerunner of all heroic forest scouts, bear hunters, and cowboys of later American novels and films. The Last of the Mohicans , The Prairie, The Pathfinder, and The Deerslayer pursued Natty’s career both forward and backward in time, from the first flush of manhood to his death as an old man on the western plains. He also imagined a bi-cultural and bi-racial friendship between Natty Bumppo and a Native American warrior, thereby projecting the fulfillment of the democratic dream which persists in American literature

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) Natty Bumppo,although the child of white parents,grew up among Delaware Indians and was educated by Moravian Christians,becoming a fearless warrior

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) Natty Bumppo, although the child of white parents, grew up among Delaware Indians and was educated by Moravian Christians, becoming a fearless warrior

II.Major Writers of the 19th Century ·Ralph Waldo Emerson ·Henry David Thoreau ·Nathaniel Hawthorne ·Herman Melville ·Walt Whitman ·Mark Twain ·Emily Dickenson

II. Major Writers of the 19th Century • Ralph Waldo Emerson • Henry David Thoreau • Nathaniel Hawthorne • Herman Melville • Walt Whitman • Mark Twain • Emily Dickenson

II.Major Writers of the 19th Century Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882):In 1836 Emerson published his book Nature.In this work,Emerson claimed that by studying and responding to nature individuals could reach a higher spiritual state without formal religion.He was the representative of a circle of intellectuals who gathered around him,as"the Transcendentalists,based on their acceptance of Emerson's theories about spiritual transcendence.Emerson's other major work includes "The American Scholar"and "Self- Reliance".Emerson wrote on a number of subjects,developing certain ideas such as individuality,freedom,the ability for humankind to realize almost anything,and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world

II. Major Writers of the 19th Century • Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882): In 1836 Emerson published his book Nature. In this work, Emerson claimed that by studying and responding to nature individuals could reach a higher spiritual state without formal religion. He was the representative of a circle of intellectuals who gathered around him, as “the Transcendentalists, based on their acceptance of Emerson’s theories about spiritual transcendence. Emerson’s other major work includes “The American Scholar” and “Self￾Reliance”. Emerson wrote on a number of subjects, developing certain ideas such as individuality, freedom, the ability for humankind to realize almost anything, and the relationship between the soul and the surrounding world