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美国文学笔记

I.ColonialPeriod〔殖民地时期〕〔约1607-1765〕

II.TheRevolutionaryperiod〔革命时期):(1765-18世纪末〕

BenjaminFranklin〔1706-1790〕

III.TheRomanticperiod〔浪漫主义时期〕:〔1800-1865〕

EdgarAllanPoe〔1809-1849〕

RalphWaldoEmerson(1803-1882)

HenryDaivdThoreau(1817-1862)

NathanielHawthorne(1804-1864)

HermanMelville(1819-1891)

WaltWhitman(1819~1892)

EmilyDickinson(1830-1886)

IV.TheRealismandNaturalism〔现实主义和自然主义):〔1865-1918〕

MarkTwain(1835-1910)

HenryJames(1843-1916)

StephenCrane(1881-1900)

V.TheModernperiod(现代主义时期〕:1918-1945

F.ScottFitzgerald(1896-1940)

WilliamFaulkner(1897-1962)

ErnestHemingway(1899—1961)

EzraPound(1885—1972)

RobertFrost〔1847-1963〕

EugeneO’Neil(1888-1953)

VI.Contemporaryliterature〔当代文学):〔1945-〕

I.ColonialPeriod〔殖民地时期〕〔约1607-1765〕

II.TheRevolutionaryperiod〔革命时期):(1765-18世纪末〕

BenjaminFranklin〔1706-1790〕：

1.Summary:

OneofthegreatestfoundingfathersoftheAmericanNation

Firstgreatself-mademaninAmerica

TheembodimentofAmericandream

2.Majorworks:

TheAutobiography《自传》：thefirstofitskindinliterature,oneoftheclassicsofthegenre

PoorRichard’sAlmanack《穷人理查德的年历》

III.TheRomanticperiod〔浪漫主义时期〕:〔1800-1865〕

EdgarAllanPoe〔1809-1849〕

1.Summary:

Novelist,poet,critic

goodatwritingGothic(哥特式〕anddetectivefiction

Fatherofwesterndetectivestoriesandpsychoanalyticcriticism

2.Majorworks:

Poetry

TheRaven《乌鸦》

ToHelen《献给海伦》

Shortstories

Horror(suspense,terror,Insanity,death，Revengeandrebirth〕

TheFalloftheHouseofUsher《厄舍古屋的倒塌》

TheMasqueoftheRedDeath《红色死亡的化装舞会》

TheBlackCat《黑猫》

TheCaskofAmontillado《一桶白葡萄酒》

Ligeia《丽姬娅》

Detective/ratiocinative(推理的〕(originator)

ThePurloinedLetter《窃信案》

TheMuderintheRueMorgue《莫格街谋杀案》

TheMysteryofMarieRog《玛丽.罗热疑案》

TheGoldBug《金甲虫》

AmericanTranscendentalism

(美国超验主义〕

〔1830s-CivilWar〕

SummitofRomanticism/AmericanRenaissance

1.Appearance

1836,“Nature”byEmerson

2.FeaturesofTranscendentalism

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