殖民时期及十八世纪美国文学.pptVIP

A Brief Outline Colonial Period (1620-1776) Eighteenth century American literature Jonathan Edwards, Franklin, Jefferson American Romanticism (end of the 18th century — 1861) Early period: Irving, Cooper New England Transcendentalism: Emerson, Thoreau High Romantic: Hawthorne, Melville, Poe, Whitman, Dickinson The Age of Realism (1865—1914 ): James, Twain, Dresier American Literature During the Two World Wars (1914—1945 ) Sinclair Lewis, Hemingway, Fitzgerald,, Steinbeck Southern American Literature Faulkner American Drama: O’Neill, Miller, Williams Black American Literature (1920s:the Harlem Renaissance) Hughes, Wright, Ralph Ellison Chinese American Literature Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan Lecture 1: Colonial 18th century American Literature Discovery of America Colonial Period (1620－1776) Pilgrim Fathers American Puritanism Literature of early settlements Literature of Eighteenth Century Benjamin Franklin Thomas Jefferson Discovery of America Christopher Columbus: Italian sailor, who first discovered the “New World” in 1492, but who believed the land he had reached was Asia. Amerigo Vespucci: Italian sailor,who sailed to Brazil in 1501 and noted that they had arrived at a new continent. It was after him that the new land was named: America. Pilgrim Fathers(清教徒前辈移民) In November 1620, a group of English settlers, sailing on the ship of the Mayflower, stepped on the New England shore at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Only half of the 149 people survived the hard voyage on the Atlantic Ocean. These people are called Pilgrim Fathers, the forefathers of the American people. Their arrival marked the beginning of the American history. New England An area including the present states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, named by Captain John Smith in his map of 1616. The harsh climate, rocky soil, and paucity of natural products discouraged colonization, except by the Puritans, who sought a new home in which to