《大学英语》课程PPT教学课件（英美文化基础）American literature（2）

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Book I American Literature

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American Literature ▪ The main theme of American literature ▪ The story of quest

Brief Outeine of American Citerature.Colonial period(1607-1775)5.Realism (1861-1914)AnneBradstreetMarkTwainEdward TaylorDLHenry James2Revolutionary periodNaturalism（1775-1783BenjaminFranklinStephenCranePhilipFreneauTheodoreDreiser3DemocraticPeriod(17831802)The 1920sRomanticism（1820-1861)T.S.EliotWashington IrvingWilliam FaulknerEdgarAllanPoeErnestHemingwayNathanielHowthorne(LostGeneration)WilliamWhitmanTranscendentalismImagism:(NewEnglandRenaissance)Ezra PoundRalphWaldoEmersonFillip Thoreau

Brief Outline of American literature 1. Colonial period (1607-1775) Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor 2. Revolutionary period (1775-1783) Benjamin Franklin Philip Freneau 3. Democratic Period (1783- 1802) 4. Romanticism (1820-1861) Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe Nathaniel Howthorne William Whitman * Transcendentalism * (New England Renaissance) Ralph Waldo Emerson Fillip Thoreau 5. Realism (1861-1914) Mark Twain Henry James Naturalism: Stephen Crane Theodore Dreiser 6. The 1920s T.S. Eliot William Faulkner Ernest Hemingway (Lost Generation) Imagism: Ezra Pound

Chapter oneColonial Period (1607-1775)P

Colonial Period (1607-1775) Chapter One

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Three major poets in colonial period: 1. Anne Bradstreet 2. Michael Wigglesworth 3. Edward Taylor 泰勒

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1. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) the first noted poetess in colonial period 1. Anne Bradstreet’s Works “Some verses on the Burning of Our House” “The Spirit and the Flesh” The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America 2. Anne Bradstreet’s Life * She was born and educated in England. * At the age of 18, she came to America in 1630 with her father and husband. * She had 8 children. * She became known as the “Tenth Muse” who appeared in America. the first collection published by English colonists living in America

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2. Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705) the most popular poet in American Colonial Period Work: “The Day of Doom” (1662)判决日 3. Edward Taylor (1642?-1729) the finest poet in colonial period Work: Preparatory Meditation

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Features of Colonial Poets 1. They were servants of God. 2. They faithfully imitated and transplanted English literary traditions. In English style Puritan poets

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Chapter Two Revolutionary Period (1775-1783) “The Age of Reason” “American Enlightenment

In the 18th century, people believed in man'sown nature and the power of human reason.With Franklin as its spokesman, the 18th centuryAmerica experienced an age of reason.Words had never been so useful and soimportant in human history. People wrote a lot ofpolitical writings. Numerous pamphlets andprintings were published. These works agitatedrevolutionary people not only in America but alsoaround the world.11New-YorkHistorical-SocietyRevolutionmerican

▪ In the 18th century, people believed in man’s own nature and the power of human reason. With Franklin as its spokesman, the 18th century America experienced an age of reason. ▪ Words had never been so useful and so important in human history. People wrote a lot of political writings. Numerous pamphlets and printings were published. These works agitated revolutionary people not only in America but also around the world