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山东农业大学精品课程 山东农业大学精品课程 英美文学史 The Star-Spangled Banner Oh, say can you see, by the dawn＇s early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight＇s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight, O＇er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rockets＇ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O＇er the land of the free and the home of the brave? 谁说故事,谁就控制社会。 柏拉图 people don’t see the world before their eyes until it’s put in a narrative mode. Brian De Palma  The 1st 13 states 1. VA-Virginia ,1607. 2. MA- Massachusetts, 1620. 3.MD-Maryland, 1634. 4. PA-Pennsylvania, 1681. 5. CT-Connecticut, 1635. 6. RI-Rhode Island, 1635. 7. NY-New York, 1664. 8. DE-Delaware. 9. NC-North Carolina. 10. SC-South Carolina. 11. NJ-New Jersey. 12. NH-New Hampshire. 13. GA-Georgia. American characters The Pioneering spirit of the immigrants; Hard-working / honesty / self-discipline A puritan religion-dominated people; look upon themselves as a chosen people and be intolerant of the others; The spirits of the quest or pursuit; look for new world / pursue the democracy; What is American Literature？ American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. During its early history, America was a series of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Therefore, its literary tradition begins as linked to the broader tradition of English literature. However, unique American characteristics and the breadth of its production usually now cause it to be considered a separate path and tradition. Recognize them Nobel Prize Laureates(10) Sinclair Lewis 1930 For his vigorous and graphic ar