美国文学Part-one 2.pptVIP

Company Logo History and Anthology of American Literature A Survey of American Literature Early 17th century to end of 18th century: Puritanism Politics and enlightenment Early 19th century to the Civil War: Romantics Transcendentalism Company Logo The Civil War to beginning of WWI: Realism Naturalism Beginning of 20th century to 1960s: WWI to 1950s ---Modernism 1880－1914 ---The Genteel Age 1918－1929 ---The Jazz Age 1929－1941 ---The Depression Era After WWII ---Post-modernism Company Logo Company Logo Colonial Period---17th C Background information: Religious revolution in 16th century Church of England Protestantism Anglicanism Puritanism Company Logo European settlers: Dutch, Swedes, French, Germans, Spanish, Italians, British, and Portuguese. English culture: traditions, laws, commerce First writings: narratives and journals Descriptions of America: voyage to the new land Company Logo adapting themselves to unfamiliar climates and crops dealing with Indians guide to the new land, endless bounty, invitation to bold spirit Puritan thoughts: pure their religious beliefs and practices disciplined and hard life, suspect joy and laughter as symptoms of sin Company Logo restore simplicity to church services and the authority of the Bible to theology look upon themselves as a chosen people, and it follow logically that anyone who challenged their way of life is opposing God’s will and is not to be accepted stress the image of a wrathful God and forget His mercy Company Logo Puritan literature: theology and moral writings influenced by values of hard work, thrift, piety, earnest, perfection, freedom, and sobriety optimism Company Logo The first American writer Captain John Smith reports of exploration published in the early 17th century themes, images, scenes, characters, myths, events a foundation of the nation’s literature lure some Europeans to come followed by some writers