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A brief summary of American literature CONTEHT 1. Abstract 2. Brief introduction 3. American Romanticism 3.1 background of American Romanticism 3.2 major characteristic of the Romanticism 3.3 representative writers and works 4. American Realism 4.1 background of Realism 4.2 major characteristic of Realism 4.3 representative writers of Realism 5. American Naturalism 5.1 background of Naturalism 5.2 major characteristic of Naturalism 5.3 representative writers of Naturalism 6. American Modernism 6.1 background of Modernism 6.2 major characteristic of Modernism 6.3 representative writers of Modernism 7. Conclusions 8. Biographies 1. Abstract In this paper, I am going to make a brief summary of American Literature; mainly we’ll catch a glimpse of American Literature of the period from American Romanticism to Modernism. And I will divided it into four parts, including Romanticism, Realism, Naturalism and modernism, and introduce them one by one. To achieve this goal, I will mainly deal with the aspects of the back ground: the major characteristic, the most representative writers and their major achievements. And finally I will make a conclusion on American Literature on its development and main features and the similarities and differences between American and European Literature, especially British Literature. Key words: American Romanticism; American Realism; American Naturalism; American Modernism; 在这篇论文中我将主要从美国的浪漫主义到现代主义这个文学发展阶段出发，对美国文学的发展史做一个简要的介绍和总结。按照不同阶段的不同特点，这个文学时期由主要分文四个文学阶段：浪漫主义，现实主义，自然主义，现代主义。这里我将主要从三个方面对没一个时期的文学现象进行总结分析---- 历史背景、主要的特征和思想以及代表作家以及代表作。最后还将对美国文学的发展和特征进行整体的分析总结，并简要的对比美国文学和欧洲文学特别是英国文学的异同点. 关键字：美国浪漫主义；美国现实主义；美国自然主义；美国现代主义 2. Introduction The United States is a very young country and its literature has a history of only some 400 years. Despite its short history, American literature, like the nation, has rapidly developed like mushrooms and soon reaches very high level. Generally