英美文学导论.pptVIP

英美文学导论 Introduction to English Literature and American Literature English Literature the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are treated separately under American literature, Australian literature, Canadian literature, and New Zealand literature. American Literature the body of written works produced in the English language in the United States. Like other national literatures, American literature was shaped by the history of the country that produced it. For almost a century and a half, America was merely a group of colonies scattered along the eastern seaboard of the North American continent—colonies from which a few hardy souls tentatively ventured westward. After a successful rebellion against the motherland, America became the United States, a nation. By the end of the 19th century this nation extended southward to the Gulf of Mexico, northward to the 49th parallel, and westward to the Pacific. By the end of the 19th century, too, it had taken its place among the powers of the world—its fortunes so interrelated with those of other nations that inevitably it became involved in two world wars and, following these conflicts, with the problems of Europe and East Asia. Meanwhile, the rise of science and industry, as well as changes in ways of thinking and feeling, wrought many modifications in peoples lives. All these factors in the development of the United States molded the literature of the country. 关键词 From Beowulf to Virginia Woolf Geoffrey Chaucer(1343-1400) and The Canterbury Tales(1387–1400) William Shakespeare(1564-1616), plays and sonnets John Milton(1608-1674) and Paradise Lost(1667) John Donne(1572-1631) and Metaphysical poems 关键词 6. The 18th century Samuel Johnson(1709-1784) Daniel Defoe(1660-1731) and Robinson Crusoe(1719–22) Henry Fielding(1707-