文档介绍:美国文学简史复****资料2016年12月23日目录殖民时期及十八世纪美国文学美国浪漫主义早期新英格兰超验主义美国浪漫主义后期美国现实主义文学美国乡土文学美国现代诗歌美国现代小说美国南方文学美国现代戏剧美国黑人文学美国华裔文学殖民时期及十八世纪美国文学NewEngland:Maine,NewHampshire,Vermont,Massachusetts,RhodeIsland,andConnecticut,namedbyCaptainJohnSmithPuritanismDoctrinesofPuritanism:predestination(命运神定),originalsin,totaldepravity(彻底得堕落),andlimitedatonement(有限得赎罪)fromGod’sgracePuritansleftEuropeforAmericainordertoprovethattheywereGod’schosenpeoplewhowouldenjoyGod’sblessingsonearthandinHeaven、TheyfeltthattheywereexilesunderthespecialgraceofGodtoestablishatheocracyintheNewWorld、Styleofwriting:thestyleisfresh,simpleanddirect;therhetoricisplainandhonest;atouchofnobilityoftentraceabletothedirectinfluenceoftheBiblePuritans’wayofLife:hardwork,thrift,piety,andsobriety、InHawthorne’sTheScarletLetterthereisagooddescriptionofthePuritans’life、MainwritersWilliamBradfordOfPlymouthPlantation普利茅斯垦殖记ThomasPainemonSense常识;AmericanCrisis美国危机;TheRightsofMan人权;TheAgeofReason理性时代PhilipFreneauTheRisingGloryofAmerica蒸蒸日上得美洲;TheWildHoneysuckle野金银花BenjaminFranklinAutobiography富兰克林自传ThomasJeffersonDrafttheDeclarationofIndependence、美国浪漫主义早期RomanticismBackgroundofRomanticism:Economicboomandnationaloptimism;Favorableliterarymilieu:increasingnumberofmagazines;Foreigninfluences:theRomanticMovementinEurope、CharacteristicsofRomanticism:Arebellionagainsttheobjectivityofrationalism、Feelings,intuitionsandemotionsweremoreimportantforromanticsthanreasonandmonsense、Anemphasisonindividualism;placingtheindividualagainstthegroup,againstauthority、Stressonthecloserelationshipbetweenmanandnature、Fascinationwiththewild,theirregular,theindefinite,theremote,themysterious,andthestrangeCherishingastronginterestinthepast,especiallythemedieval、FeaturesofAmericanRomanticism:NewexperienceintheAmericanRomanticism、Theexoticlandscape,thefrontierlife,thewestwardexpansion,themythofaNewGardenofEdeninAmerica,andthePuritanheritage,etc、,thesewereallmaterialsforanindigenousliterature、AdeepinfluencefromtheAmericanPuritanism、DifferentfromtheirEuropeancounterpa