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英美文学Part II The Literature of Reason and Revolution
American Literature 郧阳师专英语系英美文学精品课程 PartⅡ The Literature of Reason and Revolution Ⅰ. Historical Background 1. Politics dominated the revolutionary phase of American writing. 2. The crisis in American life carried by the Revolution made artists self-conscious about American subjects. 3. The spiritual life in the colonies during that period was molded by the bourgeois Enlightenment. Ⅱ. Benjamin Franklin 1. life 2. works Poor Richard’s Almanac Autobiography 3. contribution He helped found the Pennsylvania Hospital and the American Philosophical Society. He was called “the new Prometheus who had stolen fire (electricity in this case) from heaven”. Everything seems to meet in this one man – “Jack of all trades”. Herman Melville thus described him “master of each and mastered by none”. Ⅲ. Thomas Paine 1. life 2. work The American Crisis Ⅳ. Thomas Jefferson 1. life 2. work Declaration of Independence Ⅴ. Philip Morin Freneau 1. life 2. work The Indian Burying Ground * *
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