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授课题目 （章、节） Part V Twentieth-century Literature 授课方式 Student-oriented communicative teaching 授课时间 2011年10 月 8 日 第 6周 第 11次课 课时 2 教材及主 要参考书 吴伟仁, 美国文学史及选读（第二册）(History and Anthology of American Literature), 北京,外研社,2009 吴伟仁,美国文学史及选读 学习指南, 北京,外研社,2009 朱刚,新编美国文学史,上海,上海外语教育出版社, 2004 常耀信,美国文学简史(第二版),天津,南开大学出版社,2003 教学目标与要求： Understand the major features of the 20th century society. 知识点、难点与重点： The feature of American literature in 20th century society. 教学过程设计：（包括教学方式及方法、时间分配、媒体选用及板书设计） step 1 author 20mins step 2 representative works 25mins step 3 Reading excerpt 45mins 教研室审阅意见： 教研室组长： 年 月 日 说明：1、本表原则上以每章为单位填写。2、此表后面为本次安排的授课内容的教案正文。 基 本 内 容 辅助手段 和时间分配 Part V Twentieth-century Literature I. Historical Introduction 1900 — The World War I The United Sates began the twentieth century with a population of less than 76,000,000, almost two thirds of it rural. (Three quarters of a century later the population had almost tripled. The vast majority of Americans lived in large urban centers.) The expansion of the railroads after the Civil War had reduced the provincial isolation of the nation. In 1900 the American arts were poised on the brink of a turbulent modernity. (The creation of completely new descriptive terms: futurism, expressionism, postimpressionism, Dadaism, cubism, imagism and surrealism). In the years preceding World War I, 19th century realism and naturalism remained vital forces in American literature. ① The growth of mass-circulation periodicals created a rich marketplace for popular writers. ② Early in the century a rising number of “little magazines” brought numerous avant-garde writers to the attention of a limited but sophisticated audience. The World War I — The World War II Although the form and direction of modern American literature had clearly begun to emerge in the first decades of the century, the World War I (18914-1918) stands as a great