2013-1 Introduction.pptVIP

 American Literature 2013 Lecture One Introduction of American LIterature Stages of American Literature I. Colonial America (1607-1765) II. American Revolution (1765- 1800) III. American Romanticism(1800-1865) IV. American Realism (1866-1918) American Modernism (1918-1945) VI. American Contemporary Diversified Literature (1945- ) Discovery of America Indigenous people (some 12,000 years ago, were Asian hunters crossing the land-bridge that is now called the Bering Strait to America. Christopher Columbus spotted in 1492. Amerigo Vespucci sailed to Brazil in 1