《美国文学》课程PPT教学课件（American Literature）Colonial Period（1607-1750）

American Literature Colonial Period (1607-1750)

American Literature Colonial Period(1607-1750)

Class arrangement o Lead-in o Course Requirements iNtroduction to american literature o Chapter 1: Colonial Literature o Model test

Class Arrangement ⚫Lead-in ⚫Course Requirements ⚫Introduction to American Literature ⚫Chapter 1: Colonial Literature ⚫Model Test

Objectives o Enable the Ss to get a general knowedge about the history and religion of America o Enable the Ss to know the six literary periods in American literary history Enable the ss to know the background representative writers and their works of the colonial period in American literary history

Objectives ⚫Enable the Ss to get a general knowledge about the history and religion of America; ⚫Enable the Ss to know the six literary periods in American literary history; ⚫Enable the Ss to know the background, representative writers and their works of the colonial period in American literary history

Major points ● Puritanism ● Anne bradstreet Edward Taylor

Major Points ⚫Puritanism ⚫Anne Bradstreet ⚫Edward Taylor

Teachi Ing Material o Supplemented by the lecturer(note-taking by the students)

Teaching Material ⚫Supplemented by the lecturer (note-taking by the students)

Compulsory Reading: Novel and Play o3 Hawthorne The minister's black veil o8 Mark Twain The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin o11 Jack london Love of life 015 Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms o 19 Arthur miller Death of a sa/esman

Compulsory Reading : Novel and Play ⚫3 Hawthorne: The Minister’s Black Veil ⚫8 Mark Twain: The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin ⚫11 Jack London: Love of Life ⚫15 Ernest Hemingway: A Farewell to Arms ⚫19 Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman

Compulsory Reading: Poems o 4 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow o5 Edgar Allan poe o6 Walt whitman ●7 Emily Dickinson o13 Robert lee frost o18 Ezra pound

Compulsory Reading : Poems ⚫4 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ⚫5 Edgar Allan Poe ⚫6 Walt Whitman ⚫7 Emily Dickinson ⚫13 Robert Lee Frost ⚫18 Ezra Pound

Selected book list for the semester Hawthorne: The Scarlet letter Theodore Dreiser: An American Tragedy F Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Ernest hemingway The old man and the sea John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury Herman Melville: Moby dick 返回

Selected Book List for the Semester Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter Theodore Dreiser: An American Tragedy F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury Herman Melville: Moby Dick 返回

Brief ontime of Amarican literature 1. Colonial period(1607-1750) 4. Realism(1865-1914 Anne bradstreet Edward Taylor Mark Twain 2. Enlightenment and Henry James Revolutionary period Naturalism 750-1810 Benjamin Franklin 1 Stephen crane Philip freneau Theodore dreiser 3. Romanticism(1800-1865) Washington Irving 5. Modern Period (1914-1945) Edgar Allan Poe 5 Nathaniel hawthorne 3 The 1920s William Whitman TS. Eliot transcendentalism William faulkner New england renaissance Ernest hemingway Ralph Waldo Emerson Fillip Thoreau (Lost Generation) Imagism Ezra pound

Brief Outline of American literature 1. Colonial period (1607-1750) Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor 2. Enlightenment and Revolutionary period (1750-1810) Benjamin Franklin 1 Philip Freneau 3. Romanticism (1800-1865) Washington Irving Edgar Allan Poe 5 Nathaniel Hawthorne 3 William Whitman * Transcendentalism * (New England Renaissance) Ralph Waldo Emerson Fillip Thoreau 4. Realism (1865-1914) Mark Twain Henry James Naturalism: Stephen Crane Theodore Dreiser 5. Modern Period (1914-1945) The 1920s T.S. Eliot William Faulkner Ernest Hemingway (Lost Generation) Imagism: Ezra Pound

Brief ontime of Amarican literature The 1930s 6. Contemporary Period Steinbeck (1945-2000) Harlem renaissance (Black American literature) The Post-war Scene Hughes Saul bellow Wright Salinger Ellison Poetry American drama Confessional Poetry EugeneO'Neill Black mountain poets San francisco renaissance The beat generation The New York poets

Brief Outline of American literature The 1930s Steinbeck Harlem Renaissance (Black American literature) Hughes Wright Ellison American Drama Eugene O’Neill 6. Contemporary Period (1945-2000) The Post-war Scene Saul Bellow Salinger Poetry: Confessional Poetry Black Mountain Poets San Francisco Renaissance The Beat Generation The New York Poets