美国文学复习大纲美文学复习大纲.doc

The Significant Differences between British Literature and American Literature ⒈non-existence of folk literature ⒉ the subject of American dream ⒊ strong concept of democracy, freedom, individualism, liberation of personality ⒋diversity and complexity ⒌ rich flavor of life and civilian color Periodization of American Literature ⒈Early American Literature (17th century and 18th century) ①The Literary Scene in Colonial America (ab.1607-1765) ②Literature of Enlightenment and Revolution (1765-1790s) ⒉19th_century American Literature (1st golden time) 1) Romanticism; 2)Realism; 3)Naturalism ⒊American Literature of the 20th century and the present 1)modernism (2nd golden time); 2)postmodernism (3rd) Outline of American Literature Colonial Period (1607—1765) Revolutionary Period (1765—1790s) The Age of Romanticism (1800—1865) The Age of Realism (1865—1918) American Modernism (1918—1945) Contemporary Literature (1945-- ) █Colonial Period (1607-1765) ㈠American Puritanism: one of the most enduring shaping influences in American thought and American literature. ㈡Major writers ①Captain John Smith （约翰·史密斯 the first American writer ②Anne Bradstreet (安妮·布拉德斯特里特) the first American woman poet a Puritan poet, once called “Tenth Muse” ●General features of Colonial Literature(p15-p16)a. Humble origins: diaries, histories, letters etc.b. In content: serving either God or colonial expansion or bothc. In form: imitating English literary traditions █Literature of Reason and Revolution ㈠Background （从标题就可看出） The Enlightenment Movement The War of Independence Major Writers and Works ①Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Poor Richards Almanack The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin ②Thomas Paine (1737-1809） Common Sense The American Crisis ③Philip Freneau(1752-1832) “Father of American Poetry” “Pioneer of the New Romanticism” ㈢ Nature lyrics: The Wild Honey Suckle The Indian Burying Ground █Romantism 1800---1861/1865 ㈠The phase of New Engl