美国文学教案1复习资料.docx
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美国文学教案1复习资料
ColonialPeriod
I.HistoricalBackground:
ThefirstpermanentEnglishsettlementinNorthAmericawasestablishedatJamestown,Virginiain1607.Thefirstsettlersadvocatedhighlyreligiousandmoralprinciples.TheycarriedwiththemtoAmericaacodeofvaluesandaphilosophyoflife-----Puritanism.
II.Thought,Culture:
AmericanPuritanismwasoneofthemostenduringinfluencesonAmericanthoughtandAmericanliterature.Tosomeextent,ithasbecomeastateofmind.PuritanismisthereligiousbeliefsofPuritans.Theyintendedto“purify”theChurchofEngland,sotheycametoAmericaforthesakeofreligiousfreedom,andtheywishedtoescapereligiouspersecution.Theirwayoflifewasbasedonthedoctrines.PuritanvaluesdominatedliteratureincolonialAmerica,andgreatlyinfluencedthewholeAmericanliterature.
III.Literature:
Americanliteraturegrewoutofhumbleorigins.Theymostlyhadcloserelationshipwithreligion.ThereweresuchnotedPuritanwhowassaidthefirstAmericanwriter,becausehefirstdescribedNewEnglandasapromisingvirginland.HiswritingsaboutNorthAmericabecamethesourceofinformation,whicharousedtheattentionofmanypeopleinEnglandandEurope,anddrewthemovertothisNewWorld.
AnneBradstreet.TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica
EdwardTaylor.ThesetwofigureswerethefaithfuldiscipleoftheGod.
RevolutionaryPeriod
I.HistoricalBackground:
Fromthemiddleofthe18thcenturytothebeginningofthe19thcentury,NorthAmericahadexperiencedgreatturbulenceandsocialchange.Themixtureandalternationbetweentheoldandnew,wasthecharacteristicofthisperiod.TheideasoftheEnlightenmentdealtaheavyblowtoPuritanism.
II.LiteraryFigures:
1.BenjaminFranklin.
Hisideaswereexpressedthroughhistwofamousliteraryworks,PoorRichard’sAlmanacandAutobiography.
(1)PoorRichard’sAlmanac----anannualcollectionofproverbs.
(2)Autobiography----itisahow-to-do-goodbook,andsetsautobiographyasaliterarygenreinAmericanliterature.
Style:
2.ThomasPaine.
amostimportantrevolutionaryactivistandpoliticalwriterduringthewarofIndependence.CommonSenseTheAmericanCrisisTheRightsofMan
3.ThomasJefferson.
themaindrafterof“TheDeclarationofIndependence.”
thethirdpresidentoftheUnitedStates.
P.37
4.PhilipFreneau.
thefirstimportantAmericanpoet,called“FatherofAmericanpoetry.”atransitionalfigurefromtheEnlightenmenttotheRomanticperiod.
Hispoemsarefeaturedwithlyricbeauty+heartfeltpathos
P.45TheWildHoneySuckle
P.46TheIndianBuryingGround
Lecture2
Teachingaim:
tohaveanunderstandingofthehistoricalbackgroundofromanticperiodanditsinfluenceonliterature;tocomprehendtheessenceofromanticism.
Teachingprocedure:
1.Review;2.historicalbackground;3.stagesofthedevelopmentofliterature;4.majorwritersandtheirrepresentativeworks.
RomanticismPeriod
WearenowdealingwithoneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature,theRomanticPeriod,whichstretchesfromtheendofthe18thcenturythroughtheoutbreakoftheCivilWar(1861).
I.StimulatingFactors:
ThisperiodsawarisingAmericawhichdeclareditspolitical,economicandculturalindependence.Suchasceneofprosperitycriedforliteraryexpression.TheotherincentivewastheinfluenceofEurope.
II.Features:
Althoughforeigninfluenceswerestrong,AmericanRomanticismpresenteddistinctfeaturesofitsown.
monfeatures,P55
2.“newness.”Itexpresses“arealnewexperience.”
3.form,P.57.
4.content,P.58.a.natureb.psychicstates
WashingtonIrving(1783-1859)
“thefatherofAmericanliterature.”
I.TheSketchBook:
Itisthefirstcollectionofshortstories.ItalsomarkedthebeginningofAmericanRomanticism.
IntheseriesoftalesinTheSketchBook,themostfamousandfrequentlyanthologizedareRipVanWinkleandTheLegendofSleepyHollow.
RipVanWinkle
TheLegendofSleepyHollow
Thepurposeofthisstoryisforfunandpleasure,withalightsatiricalnotiononpedantrismasrepresentedbytheprotagonist----Crane.
II.Conclusion:
Content:
Irving’sstoriescarryastrongromanticsensibility,withaspecialinterestinremoteness,theGothicandsupernaturalelements.
Style:
humorous,familiarandgraceful.
JamesFenimoreCooper(1789-1851)
●thefirstfrontiernovelist.thefirstwriterofseaadventures.
CoopercreatedamythabouttheformativeperiodoftheAmericannation.TheworkthatestablishedhisfameinAmericanliteraturewasLeatherstockingTales.ItofferssomefictionalversionoftheAmericannationalexperienceofadventureintotheWest.TheimportanceofthefrontierandthewildernessinAmericanliteraturewasforthefirsttimewellillustratedinLeatherstockingTales.
Americanromanticismculminatedar
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