american literature 美国文学简史

american literature 美国文学简史

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1、AConciseHistoryofAmericanLiterature  Whatisliterature?   Literatureislanguageartisticallyusedtoachieveidentifiableliteraryqualitiesandtoconveymeaningfulmessages.   Chapter1ColonialPeriodI.Background:Puritanism   1.featuresofPuritanism   (1)Predestination:Goddecidedeveryt

2、hingbeforethingsoccurred.   (2)Originalsin:Humanbeingswereborntobeevil,andthisoriginalsincanbepasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration.   (3)Totaldepravity   (4)Limitedatonement:Onlythe※elect§canbesaved.   2.Influence   (1)Agroupofgoodqualities每hardwork,thrift,piety,sobriety

3、(seriousandthoughtful)influencedAmericanliterature.   (2)Itledtotheeverlastingmyth.Allliteratureisbasedonamyth每gardenofEden.   (3)Symbolism:theAmericanpuritan*smetaphoricalmodeofperceptionwaschieflyinstrumentalincallingintobeingaliterarysymbolismwhichisdistinctlyAmerican

4、.   (4)Withregardtotheirwriting,thestyleisfresh,simpleanddirect;therhetoricisplainandhonest,notwithoutatouchofnobilityoftentraceabletothedirectinfluenceoftheBible.   II.Overviewoftheliterature   1.typesofwriting   diaries,histories,journals,letters,travelbooks,autobiogra

5、phies/biographies,sermons   2.writersofcolonialperiod   (1)AnneBradstreet   (2)EdwardTaylor   (3)RogerWilliams   (4)JohnWoolman   (5)ThomasPaine   (6)PhilipFreneau   III.   JonathanEdwards   1.life   2.works   (1)TheFreedomoftheWill   (2)TheGreatDoctrineofOriginalSinDefe

6、nded   (3)TheNatureofTrueVirtue   3.ideas每pioneeroftranscendentalism   (1)Thespiritofrevivalism   (2)Regenerationofman   (3)God*spresence   (4)Puritanidealism   IV.    BenjaminFranklin   1.life   2.works   (1)PoorRichard*sAlmanac   (2)Autobiography   3.contribution   (1)

7、HehelpedfoundthePennsylvaniaHospitalandtheAmericanPhilosophicalSociety.   (2)Hewascalled※thenewPrometheuswhohadstolenfire(electricityinthiscase)fromheaven§.   (3)Everythingseemstomeetinthisoneman每※Jackofalltrades§.HermanMelvillethusdescribedhim※masterofeachandmasteredbyn

8、one§.   Chapter2AmericanRomanticism   Section1EarlyRomanticPeriodWhatisRomanticism?   lAnapproachfroman

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