Part 1-1 general intro教材课程.pptVIP

Part One Early American Colonial Society and Literature A Bird’s View of American Literature The Age of Rationalism (17th –18th C., before the founding of USA) 理性时代 The Age of Romanticism (18th –19th C., before the Civil War) 浪漫主义时代 The Age of Realism (19th – 20th C., before the World War I) 现实主义时代 Modern American Literature (20th C., after the World War I) 现代美国文学 A Bird’s View of American Literature The Literature of the Colonial Period (17th –18th C., before the founding of USA) 殖民地时期的文学 The Literature of the Revolutionary Period (in the second half of the 18thC. during the War of Independence) 革命时期的文学 The Literature of the Romantic Period (19th C., before the Civil War) 浪漫主义时期的文学 The Literature of the Realistic Period (19th – 20th C., before the World War I) 现实主义时期的文学 The Literature of the Modernist Period (20th C., after the World War I) 现代主义时期的美国文学 The Literature since World War II 二战后的美国文学 The 17th-cen. English writers and before Geoffrey Chaucer (1340-1400): The Canterbury Tales Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593): Tamburlaine, The Jew of Malta, and Doctor Faustus; the blank verse William Shakespeare (1564-1616) John Milton (1608-1674): Paradise Lost The 17th-cen. English writers and before John Donne (1572-1631): the founder of the Metaphysical school of poetry (玄学派诗歌), seeking out complex rhythms and strange images John Bunyan (1628-1688): The Pilgrim’s Progress (1678) John Dryden (1631-1700): the most distinguished literary figure of the Restoration Period, poet, playwright and critic, the heroic couplets and Neoclassicism Neo-Classicism in the 18th-cen. England Johnathan Swift (1667-1745): Gulliver’s Travels Joseph Addison (1672-1719): The Tatler, The Spectator (early newspapers) Alexander Pope (1688-1744): the poetry in heroic couplets Samual Johnson (1709-1784): Doctor Johnson’s Dictionary Henry Fielding (1707-1754): Tom Jones Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816): The School for Scandal Part One: The Literature of the Colonial Period I. General In