美国文学史-Early-American-Literature.pptVIP

Assessment 1. attendance and participation 10% 2. question(s) 10% 3. micro film making 20% 4. exam 60% make a micro film based on classical American novels What is a micro film? (微电影是经过专业策划和系统制作,时间在300秒以内,具有完整故事情节的短片电影) Requirements: 1.Read one original from the suggested novels and adapt it for a microfilm. 2. Make the novel a flash or film with proper software, and the length will be within 6 mins. 3. In the tenth week, all the microfilms will be shown in class, and the microfilms will be assessed by each of you. Teamwork Each class will have 10 groups, in each group 3 or 4 students (3X8+4X2). Each group will be assessed during the SHOW, so each group member will have the same mark finally. Suggested novels from American literature Rip Van Winkle Scarlett letter The Adventure of Tom Sawyer Sister Carrie The Old man and the sea The Great Gatsby American Literature美 国 文 学 Lecture 1Early American Literature (17th - 18th centuries) A Historical Survey Colonization Immigration Settlement Self-Identification Christopher Columbus discovered the American continent in 1492. Columbus claimed possession of the New World The first settling of the English people in Jamestown, Virginia happened in 1607. Jamestown was established by Captain John Smith who wrote his Description of New England (1616) ( New England includes Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire) The second group came with Mayflower in 1620. 102 Pilgrim passengers departed from Plymouth aboard the Mayflower on September 6, 1620. The intended destination was Virginia where they planned to start a colony. After a journey of 66 days they made landfall at Cape Cod near present-day Provincetown - more than 600 miles off course. In 1760s, these people began to call themselves Americans. In 1775, War of Independence (1775-1783) broke out. In 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed, which legally marked the United States as an independent nation.  George Washingto