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Lecture 9 American Literature A Brief Survey of American Literature I. Colonial Period (1607-1765) II. Enlightenment Revolution Period (1765- end of 18th century) III. Romantic Period (1800- 1865) IV. Realistic Period (1865- 1918) V. Modern Period (1918--1945) VI. Contemporary American Literature (1945-- ) VII. Major themes in American Literature I. Colonial Period (1607-1765) Types of Writing 1. Literary genres： A. narratives 日记 B. ______________ 游记 2. Subject matters： ① their ______________ to the new land ② adapting themselves to unfamiliar climates and crops ③ about dealing with _____________ ④ endless bounty, bold spirit 3. ____________ Plain Style– simple, direct Important Writers Anne Bradstreet (1612--1672) 安妮·布雷特兹里特 an English-American writer, the first notable American ________, and the first woman to be published in Colonial America. Her work was very ____________ to Puritans in her time. Much of Bradstreets poetry is based on observation of the world around her, focusing heavily on ______________ and religious themes. Edward Taylor (1642-1729) 爱德华·泰勒 a colonial American poet, physician, and pastor (clergyman). Taylor‘s complete poems were not published until 1960. Taylor is the only known American poet who wrote in the ____________________（玄学的）style. II. Enlightenment and Revolution Period (1765- end of 18th century) Background: The war for Independence ended in the _______________ of a Federative bourgeois democratic republic – the United States of America. Type of Writing Prose (of Reasoning)，___________ writings and orations (formal speeches) Important Writers Benjamin Franklin（1706-1790）本杰明·富兰克林 one of the _____________ Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath. As an author he had power of expression, simplicity, a subtle ___________, sarcastic Main works: Poor Richard’s Almanac 格言历书 _____________________ 自传 （18世纪美国唯一流传至今的自传 ） Quotes from Benjamin Franklin “Lifes tragedy is th