美国文学与文化-1.pptVIP

⊙ 1. 掌握美国文学史的基础知识 (发展脉络、重要 思潮、历史背景、流派、特点、主要代表作 家、代表作及其特点)。 ⊙ 1．了解美国文学发展史上的重要时期和阶段及其 特征。 Teaching Materials: Further Reading: Further Reading: Main Content 1、Colonialism殖民时期 (about1607—1765) Brief Outline of American literature 1. Colonial period (1607-1765)Anne BradstreetWilliam Bradford 2. Revolutionary period (1765-1815)Benjamin Franklin Thomas PainePhilip Freneau 3. Romanticism (1815-1865)Washington IrvingEdgar Allan PoeNathaniel Hawthorne William Whitman* Transcendentalism Ralph Waldo EmersonHenry David Thoreau Brief Outline of American literature The 1930sSteinbeckHarlem Renaissance(Black American literature)HughesWrightEllison American DramaEugene O’Neill Arthur Miller Tennessee Williams Brief Outline of American literature 7. Ethnic Literature Black American writers:Alice Walker, Ralph Ellison Toni Morrison Langston Hughes, Richard Wright Chinese American writers: Amy Tan Maxine Hong Kingston What is culture? Culture is that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals, law, customs and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. -- Edward Tylor Culture is the collective programming of the mind distinguishing the members of one group or category of people from another. ---Geert Hofstede 笼统地说，文化是一种社会现象，是人们长期创造形成的产物。同时又是一种历史现象，是社会历史的积淀物。确切地说，文化是指一个国家或民族的历史、地理、风土人情、传统习俗、生活方式、文学艺术、行为规范、思维方式、价值观念等。 Literature From the 14th century, the word “literature” comes in to English in the sense of politely learning through reading. What is literature? In the widest sense, literature is just about anything written. American literature ? Different nations have their own literature produced in their respective national languages. Forms (genres) of literature? Poetry, novel (fiction), drama, prose(散文), essay(随笔), epic,