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American Literature: A Concise History I. Review 2005-2011真题中美国文学部分出现过哪些重要作家？ 这些作家分别代表哪些文学流派？ 如何高效地梳理美国文学简史？ An Overview of American Literature 1. Colonial period (early 17th—late 18th) 2. Romantic period (first half of 19th) 3. Realism (after 1865) 4. Naturalism (last decade of the 19th) 十九世纪末二十世纪初 5. Modernism (the first half of the 20th) 二十世纪上半叶 1. Who wrote the famous pamphlet, The Common Sense, before the American Revolution? (2011) A. Thomas Jefferson. B. John Adams. C. Thomas Paine. D. Benjamin Franklin. 2. Which of the following best explores American myth in the 20th century?