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IntroductiontoAmericanLiteratureBenjaminFranklin

1.Warm-up:----HowmuchdoyouknowaboutAmericanLiterature?Novels?----Whatdoyouexpectfromthecourse?----Howwouldyouliketolearn?

2.Introductiontothecourse

Abouttheteachingmode:----theintroductionoftheauthors;----thediscussionoftheexercises,presentationAbouttheteachingplan:----18weeks;----fourfilms;----oneortwolectures

Ⅰ.BriefintroductionofA.L.:1.Characteristics:1)TheAmericanLiteraturehasnotheoralculturalheritagelikeBritain’s.2)Theiroptimisticopinionsledtotworesults:TheAmericanDreambecametheeternalthemeoftheAmericanliterature;Puritanismalwaysinfluencesthethinkingofthepeoplethere:human’soriginalsin,God’sAlmighty.3)DiversityinAmericanliterature

2.Thesixperiods:1)TheColonialPeriod（１６０７－１７６５）2)TheperiodofEnlightmentmovementandtheIndependentWar:（１７６５－theendofthe１８thcentury）

2.Thesixperiods:3)TheRomanticPeriod:theendofthe18thcentury---theoutbreakoftheCivilWar(1861-1865)TheAmericanRenaissanceRalphWaldoEmerson

2.Thesixperiods:4)TheRealisticPeriod:(1865-1914)areactionagain“thelieofromanticismandsentimentalism;theconcernforthecommonplaceandthelow;offersanobjectiveratherthananidealizedviewofhumannatureandhumanexperience.MarkTwain

2.Thesixperiods:5)TheModernTime:(1918-1945)twofactorsmadeitdiffernetfromtheotherperiods:----TheFirstWorldWar----ThesenseoflifebeingdislocatedandfragmentedLostGeneration

2.Thesixperiods:6)Postmodernism:(1945tillnow)BeatGeneration----AllenGinsbergADiversityofLiteraryInterests

Ⅱ.BenjaminFranklin:1706--17901.BackgroundInformation:TheColonialPeriod（１６０７－１７６５）People’fLife:

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