美国文学史通论教材课程.ppt

A General Introduction to American Literature（17th.C.-19th.C.）;The Literature of Colonial America 殖民主义时期文学 ;第一批美国永久居民：the first permanent English settlement in North America was established at Jamestown Virginia in 1607(北美弗吉尼亚詹姆斯顿)。 船长约翰·史密斯Captain John Smith他的作品(reports of exploration) In the early 1600s,have been described as the first distinctly American literature written in English. 早期新英格兰文学主要是theological, moral, historical and political. the Puritans in New England embraced hardships, together with the discipline of a harsh church. They want to found a theocracy. They had toughness, purpose and character, and they grappled strongly with challenges they set themselves. Hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety成了早期美国作品主导思想。 ;The Literature of Reason And Revolution 理性和革命时期文学 ; 托马斯·佩因 Thomas Paine one of the founding fathers : 1)Common Sense 2)the American Crisis 3) the Age of Reason 托马斯·杰弗逊 Thomas Jefferson “Declaration of Independence”, main drafter 诺亚·韦伯斯特（Noah Webster）说：文化上的独立，艺术上的著名。 The representatives of the Enlightenment set themselves the task of disseminating knowledge among the people and advocating revolutionary ideas. Enlightenment启蒙时期: reason, order logic. 代表美国文学独立的作品： 1785年杰弗逊：《弗吉尼亚洲的声明》Jefferson’s “Notes on the State of Virginia”; 1791年巴特姆：《旅行笔记》 “Travels” by Bartram ;The Literature of Romanticism  浪漫主义文学 ;1828年安德鲁·杰克逊当选7th 总统，标志着“美国总统中，弗吉尼亚王朝的结束” the frontier hero Andrew Jackson as the 7th President of the United States had brought an effective end to the “Virginia Dynasty” of American Presidents. New York became America’s largest city, supplanting Boston and Philadelphia as the economic and cultural capital of the nation. Romantics shared certain general characteristics: moral enthusiasm, faith in the value of individualism and intuitive perception, and a presumption that the natural world was a source of goodness and man’s societies a source of corruption. The f