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美国文学史及选读 期末复习重点 考试题型： 1.名词解释（20分）5个*4=20分 2.选择题（20分） 3.连线题（10分） 4.判断题（10分） 5.片段赏析（20分）一个10分2个一个小说一个诗歌 6.论述题（20分）一个10分2个一个小说一个诗歌 The Outline of American Literature The Realistic Period 1865-1914 Realists:Henry James and his psychological realism William Dean Howells and his moral realism Local Colorism/Regionalism: Mark Twain Naturalists:Stephen Crane /Dreiser The Modern Period 1914-1945 Modern Poetry: Imagism:Ezra Pound W.C.Williams Lyrical Poet：Robert Frost Carl Sandburg Wallace Stevens Modern Novelists: Representatives of the Lost Generation: (Jazz Age)F.Scott Fitzgerald/Ernest Hemingway/T.S.Eliot Epitome of the Southern Renaissance: William Faulkner The Leftist Novelists: John Dos Passos/John Steinbeck The Jewish American Novelists in this period: Eugene O·Neill Part I Term Definition American Naturalism:美国自然主义 1.Naturalism is a more deliberate kind of realism and this term describes a type of literature that attempts to apply scientific principles of objectivity（客观） and detachment（冷静） to its study of human beings. 2.Naturalism is a literary movement that used detailed realism to suggest that social conditions, heredity, and environment had inescapable force in shaping human character. 3.Although naturalist literature described the world with sometimes brutal realism, it sometimes also aimed at bettering the world through social reform.4.It accepted the interpretation of Darwin’s evolutionary theory and Dreiser is a leading figure of this school.5.The representative figure is Stephen Crane and his Sister Carrie. Key words：Darwin’s Evolutionary Theory;environment and heredity; objectivity and detachment Theodore Dreiser; Sister Carrie, Stephen Crane, etc. American Realism:美国现实主义 1.时间：In American literature, the Civil War brought the Romantic Period to an end. The Age of Realism came into existence. 内战将浪漫主义结束，开启现实主义。 2.It came as a reaction against the lie of romanticism and sentimentalism. 反对浪漫主义和感伤主义3.Realism turned from an emphasis on the st