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Unit 1 Benjamin Franklin -writer, scientist, political economistLiterary worksStyleSignificanceLiterary works Poor Richard’s Almanac gives advice in maxims, that is proverbs with practical wisdom. Autobiography most important work. It has lasting charm to those who are pursuing their American dream in America.Styleclear and even plainrather formal , but the organization is informal.full of his humor and satire.Significancethe first self-made man in Americaconsidered as the symbol of American dreamsymbol of America in the age of Enlightenmentbrought the colonial era to a close.a Jack of all tradesUnit2 Edgar Allan Poe -writer, poet and critic WorksCommentWorksTales of the Grotesque and the Arabesque 《奇异怪诞故事集》The Murders in the Rue Morgue 《毛格街杀人案》The Fall of the House of Usher《厄舍古屋的倒塌》The Masque of the Red Death 《红色死亡的化妆舞会》The Cask of Amontillado《一桶酒的故事》The Philosophy of Composition 《创作哲学》The Poetic Principle《诗歌原理》The Raven《乌鸦》CommentMaster of horror; the father of the detective story ;the first master of the short-story formadvocacy “art for art’s sake”.New England TranscendentalismTranscendentalismRalph Waldo EmersonHenry David Thoreau Ⅰ.Transcendentalismstarted in the early 19th century and flourished in New Englandsummit of American Romanticism.the first American intellectual movement, represented a new way of intellectual thinking in Americaleaded by Emerson with his book NatureTranscendentalismMajor features Spirit or Oversoul: the universe is composed of Nature and Soul. Spirit is everywhere. Individualism: the most important element in society, the divinity of individual. Nature: is a connecting link between God and man. It is a symbol of the Spirit.TranscendentalismInfluencesAmerican: an ethical guide to life for a young nation ; stressed religious tolerance; helped to create the first American renaissanceAmerican culture: individualism; seclusion; morality; environmental protect; women movement; anti-sl