[文学研究]History of American Literature.doc

Lecture 1 Early American Literature 课 题：Puritanism 目的要求：After learning this part, the Ss should know the background of puritanism; 2. know the main representatives and works of puritanism; 3. master the main features of puritanism. 教学重点：1. Main representatives and their works 2. Features ofism 教学难点：Understanding ism 教学课时： 教学方法：Analytical and Inductive Approach 本次课涉及的学术前沿： Puritanism in American Literature 教学内容与步骤： 1.????? Self-introduction 2.????? Introduction the Course ⑴Similar with History of English Literature ⑵Course book: A Survey of American Literature by Chang Yaoxin; good and authoritative one; a little bit difficult and lack in order; prepare a notebook and copy the outline I provide ⑶Especially important to your graduate entrance examination ⑷Suggestions: 胡荫桐，刘树森主编，《美国文学教程》（南开大学出版社，1995，比较有条理）；童明著，《美国文学史(增订版)》，外语教学与研究出版社，2008，（视角较新，注重多元性）；吴定柏编著，美国文学大纲，上海外语教育出版社，1998，（分专题编写，比较简洁易懂）；吴伟仁编，美国文学史及选读 (第一、二册)，外语教学与研究出版社，1990，（很多学校考研的指定书目，但过于简单）。⑷ Preview; taking notes; homework (two papers); attendance Chapter 1 Colonial America (US is a quite special country in the world. Although it only has a very short history, it is the most powerful country today. ) 1.????? Historical Background ⑴ In 1942, Christopher Columbus found the new continent called America. ⑵ Immigrants: Spanish (they built the first town on the new continent); Dutch (they built New York city at the beginning stage); French (today still lots of people’s mother tongue is French in North America) ⑶ English immigrants, Jamestown, Virginia, 1607 ?? 1620 “May Flower”, Plymouth (Imagine: transportation not convenient, why some many immigrants left their hometown and came to such a remote place as America? Economic reasons; Religious reasons) (Reformation and religious conflicts in Europe; persecution of Protestants) 2.????? American Puritanism（清教主义） ⑴ Puritans=Calvinists ◆??? John Calvin, a theologian, Puritans believed most doctrines preached by him, so they were also called Calvinists ◆?