美国文学简史教学大纲.doc

《美国文学简史》教学大纲 课程名称：美国文学简史/The History of American Literature 课程编码： 适用学科专业：英语专业 学时与学分：34学时2学分 教学目的： 此课程旨在使学生对美国文学的发生和发展有一个大概的了解，使他们能够把握美国文学发展的规律，熟悉文学史上出现的重要流派、事件以及各个时期主要作家的代表作品，从而深化他们的认识，提高他们理解和欣赏文学作品的能力，使他们能够透彻地理解各个作家的创作思想、主题、题材和风格。 基本教学内容与学时安排： 使用教材：《美国文学简史》（常耀兴，南开大学出版社，2003） 学时安排： Part One The Colonial Period and The17th. Century Literature of Puritanism 2 Part Two The Period of Enlightenment 4 Part Three New England Transcendentalism and Romantic Age 6 Part Four The Age of Realism 4 Part FIVE American Naturalism 6 Part SIX American Modernism 8 Part SEVEN American Literature Since 1945 6 大纲内容： Part One The Colonial Period and The17th Century Literature of Puritanism 1. Historical Background i. Religious Cause: Puritanism / Puritan thoughts ii. Economic ones: 2. Development of Literature i. Characteristics ii. Authors: William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Edward Taylor Part Two The Period of Enlightenment 1. Historical Background i. American revolution ii. The age of reason 2. Development of Literature i. Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography ii. Philip Freneau Part Three New England Transcendentalism and Romantic Age A. Period of Pre-Romanticism 1. Historical Background Transcendentalism 2. Development of Literature i. Romanticism 3．Major Writers Washington Irving: Rip Van winkle B. Period of Post-Romanticism 1. Historical Background i. Civil War ii. Anti-slavery movement 2. Development of Literature 3. Major Writers i. Edgar Allen Poe: To Helen ii. Ralph Waldo Emerson: Nature iii. Walt Whitman: Songs of Myself iv. Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter v. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: A Psalm of Life vi. Emily Dickinson Part Four The Age of Realism 1. Historical Background The Gilded Age New England Renaissance 2. Development of Literature i. Realism: definitions Characteristics ii. Realism vs romanticism iii. Practitioners: William Dean Howells, Henry James, Mark Twain 3. Major Write