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A Survey of American Literature 美国文学简史 常耀信 著 学习参考书目 常耀信主编的《美国文学简史》配套辅导书 《美国文学简史》学习指南 赵红英主编 中国传媒大学出版社 Map of America Chapter 1 Colonial America American Puritanism the first settlers in America; Mayflower ship（1620）; features of Puritans; “doctrinaire opportunist” (practical idealist) cultural heritage The Literary Scene in Colonial America The first American literature is neither American nor literature. It was the work of immigrants from England. It was an interesting mixture of travel accounts and religious writings. John Smith, William Bradford, John Winthrop Anne Bradstreet, the “Tenth Muse” Philip Freneau, important poet of 18th century Chapter 2  Edwards, Franklin, Crevecoeur Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Poor Richard’s Almanac “Lost time is never found again.” “God help them who help themselves.” “Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” Autobiography自传 Chapter 3 American Romanticism, Irving, Cooper American Romanticism Background democracy and political equality, the ideals of new nation; spread of industrialism, sudden influx of immigrants, “pioneers” further west—economic boom, optimism and hope—cried for literary expression; foreign influences: Romantic movement in England and Europe, a model for American romantic writing American Romanticism Features: “pioneering”, a new experience; American Puritanism; “new” country as a result: imitative and independent Washington Irving (1783-1859) First American writer of imaginative literature to gain international fame “Rip Van Winkle” “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) “Leatherstocking Tales” Natty Bumppo—a mythic figure The Pioneers《拓荒者》 The Deerslayer 《猎鹿者》 The Last of the Mohicans《最后的莫希干人》