英语课件 American literature.ppt

American literature 制作人：肖娅娜 刘柏利 费阿蜜 曾凤琴 literature Definition Literature refers to the language as a tool to reflect the objective reality of visual art. American literature Performance for the civilian, pluralism, abound, love freedom, the pursuit of masculinity with personal happiness as the center of American dream（表现为平民化，多元化，富于阳刚之气，热爱自由，追求以个人幸福为中心的美国梦。） Three period The romantic period The realism period The modernism period The introduction of Ameirican literature The romantic period,one of the most important periods in the history of Ameirican literature,stretches from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the Civil War .It started with the publication of Washington Irvings the sketch book and end with Whitmans Leaves of grass. Reasons (Why Romanticism emerged?) A. Fast development of the new nation (flood of immigrants; pioneers pushing the frontier furtherwest; industrialization; economic boom; a promising new land with prevailed optimistic moods) B. Development of jounalism (Some influential periodicals appeared, such as The Atlantic Monthly. They need more literary productions.) Foreign influence General features of Romanticism A. Stressing emotion rather than reason B. Stressingfreedom and individuality C. Idealism rather than materialism D. Writing about nature, medieval legends and with supernatural elements Features of American Romanticism A. Imitative B. Independent a. peculiar American experience b. Puritan heritage Two periods and representatives A. 1770s to 1830s Early period Representatives: Washington Irving, James Fenimore Cooper and New England poets Two famous poets: William Cullen Bryant B. 1830s to 1860s Late period Flowering of American literature Representatives: Emerson, Thoreau, Hawthorne, Melville, Whitman, Dickinson, Poe etc. 美国浪漫主义时期的主要作家及其代表作 1、纳撒尼尔.霍桑《红字》 2、华尔特.惠特曼《草叶集》 3、 赫尔曼.梅尔维尔《白鲸》 4、华盛顿.欧文《见闻札记》 5、拉尔夫.华尔多.爱默生《论自然》 纳撒尼尔·霍桑 纳撒尼尔·霍桑（Nathaniel Hawthorne， 1804年7月4日—1864年5月19日）19世 纪 美国小说家。 其代表