英美概况美国第八讲.pptVIP

Chapter 7 America Literature REVISION What is literature? Literature is language artistically used to achieve identifiable literary qualities and to convey meaningful messages. Content 1. Colonial Period 2. American Romanticism 3. Transcendentalists 4. Power of Imagination 5. American Naturalism 6. Walt Whitman 7. Regionalism 6. the “Lost Generation” 1. Colonial Period 1.1 Background: Puritanism features of Puritanism Predestination: God decided everything before things occurred. Original sin: Human beings were born to be evil, and this original sin can be passed down from generatio