大学英语专业八级美国文学.ppt

Timeline Before the Revolution of Independence (1775-1783） Around the Revolution of Independence American Romanticism （18世纪末期——19世纪中后期） American Realism (19c中期—20世纪初) American Modernism （20世纪初——） Note: 为了八级复习的方便，本材料中文学史知识做了简化，深入研究者宜察之。 Before Revolution of Independence 独立战争之前 I. Native American Literature Traditional literature: oral, songs, folktales, sacred stories etc. Transitional Literature: Indian oral narratives and memoirs of white dominance; Modern Literature: native Americans, English Before Revolution of Independence 独立战争之前 2. Literature of Colonial Settlement 1607-1776 “The first American literature was neither American nor literature. It was not American because it was the work mainly of immigrants from England. It was not literature as we know it—in the form of poetry, essay or fiction—but rather an interesting mixture of travel accounts and religious writings” Before Revolution of Independence 独立战争之前 2. Literature of Colonial Settlement 1607-1776 American Puritanism: predestination, original sin, total depravity Hard work, thrift, sobriety, John Smith : A True Relation of Virginia 1608 Around Revolution of Independence 独立战争 Social, political rather than religious Freedom, politics, equality, etc. Around Revolution of Independence 独立战争 Benjamin Franklin 1709-1790 富兰克林 Poor Richard’s Almanac 《穷理查年鉴》1732-58 （proverbs, thrift, industry, how to make wealth） Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. A penny saved is a penny earned. All things are easy to Industry. All things are difficult to Sloth. The Autobiography 《自传》 （American enlightenment） Around Revolution of Independence 独立战争 Thomas Paine 1737-1809 潘恩 Common Sense 《常识》（political pamphlet) American Crisis 《美国危机》 Rights of Man The Age of Reason Around Revolution of Independence 独立战争 Philip Freneau 弗伦诺 1753-1832 Poet of the American Revolution The British Prison Ship 《英国囚船》 The Rising Glory of America The Indian Burying Ground The Wild Honey Suckle