美国文学简史_序言_introduction.pptVIP

A Survey of American Literature Books: A Survey of American Literature (good and authoritative book) by Chang Yaoxin and Selected Readings in American Literature by Chang Yaoxin are course books. References: 1.常耀信.《漫话英美文学》(南开大学出版社，2004), 2.吴伟仁. 《美国文学史及选读》 (外语教学与研究出版社，1990), 3.杨岂深，龙文佩.《美国文学选读》(译文出版社，1985), 4.左金梅.《美国文学》(青岛海洋出版社, 2000), 5.李公昭.《20世纪美国文学导论》(西安交通大学出版社，2000). Requirement: Grade of this course includes the grade of daily performance (10%) ,grade of tests (50%)and the grade of final examination (40%). Part I. Introduction Introduction What is literature?Writings that are valued as works of art, esp. fiction, drama and poetry.  Language artistically used to achieve identifiable literary qualities and to convey meaningful messages. Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by universality of intellectual and emotional appeal. Forms (genres) of literature?Poetry, novel (fiction), drama, prose, essay, epic, elegy, short story, journalism, sermon, (auto) biography, travel accounts, novelette, etc. It contains fiction non-fiction. Fiction: (4 genres) Poetry novel drama short story Non-fiction : Essay (4 categories) description narration exposition argumentation Analytical Approach Be familiar with the elements of a literary work, eg: plot, character, setting, point of view, etc; answer some basic questions about the text itself. Thematic Approach “What is the story, the poem, the play or the essay about?” Historical Approach Aims at illustrating the historical development of literature. How to study American literature Basic Qualities of American Writers Independent Individualistic Critical Innovative Humorous Part II. The periods of American literature ★The Literature of the Colonial America and of Reason and Revolution ★American Romanticism and New England Literature ★The Age of Realism and Naturalism ★The Age of Modernism: Literature in the 1920s ★The Age of Modernism: Literature in