The Literature of Colonial America殖民时期的美国文学.ppt

American Literature美国文学;What can you benefit from this course？;文学是什么;;;What can you benefit from this course？;;;Textbook ;Reference Books;Reference Books;Reference Books;Course Assessment;The regular grades (50%);The final examination (50%);The history of American literature;Five stages of the history of American literature ;Chapter one The Literature of Colonial America;Historical background;Characteristics of the Colonial American literature;Two significant authors:William Bradford John Winthrop;Excerpt from History Of Plymouth Plantation (P78);;;;2. The first American writer: Captain John Smith;Jamestown in Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607 under the leadership of John Smith;The first book of Captain John Smith; Eight books by Captain John Smith;Pocahontas (1995，motion picture):; Colors of the Wind《风中奇缘》主题曲《风之彩》;《风之彩》;More movies;Pocahontas, the daughter of Native American Chief Powhatan, helped maintain peace between the Native Americans and English colonists in early America.;3. American Puritanism;;;;A Poem by William Bradford;Common puritan traits;4. Anne Bradstreet 安妮·布拉德斯特里特 The tenth Muse of New Land ;Married Simon Bradstreet (1628);; The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650). ;Appreciation of Anne Bradstreet’s most famous poems Contemplations (9) 《沉思录》;;Appreciation of “To my Dear and Loving Husband” by Anne Bradstreet;;;;