英语专业考试Transcendentalism.ppt

American Literature Mandy Zhang The Outline of American Literature I Colonial Period (1607—1765) II Revolutionary Period (1765—1800) III The Age of Romanticism (1800—1865) IV The Age of Realism (1865—1918) V American Modernism (1918—1945) VI Contemporary Literature (1945-- ) The Age of Romanticism Section One: American Romanticism Section Two: New England Transcendentalism Section Three: Romantic Novelists Section Four: Romantic Poets Section Five: Edgar Allan Poe American Romanticism Backgrounds Terms Distinct Feature of American Romanticism Important Literary Figures of American Romanticism Backgrounds 1 national influences 2 international influences national influences In politics: democracy and political equality lay the foundation of Romanticism; In economics: the spread of industrialism; the sudden influx of immigration and the pioneers pushing the frontier further west; In culture: the publication of Webster Dictionary marked the beginning of the American English; the appearance of many magazines and newspapers; international influences ① Romantic Movement in England and Europe proved to be a decisive influence; ② Many English and European master of poetry and prose made stimulating impact on American Romanticism. Terms Romance Emotionally heightened, symbolic American novels associated with the Romantic period. Romanticism Romanticism a movement of the 18th and 19th century. It is the predominance of imagination over reason and formal rules and over the sense of fact or the actual, a psychological desire to escape from unpleasant realities. Detailed Information Romanticism was a movement in literature, philosophy, music and art which developed in Europe in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It emphasized individual values and aspirations above those of society as a reaction to the Industrial Revolution. It looked to the Middle Ages and to direct contact w