华盛顿·欧文分析.ppt

Course Requirement  1. Be active in the class. 2. Be hardworking. A. Read at least 3 long novels. Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter Mark Twain: The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn Jack London: The Call of the Wild Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby Hemingway: The Old Man and the Sea, Farewell to the Arms Salinger: The Catcher in the Rye B. Read the short stories or appreciate poems every week. C. Work in groups to play the drama design the ppt or make the presentation Brief Introduction of the History of American Literature Has a very short history the writing of literature did not really begin until the end of the Revolutionary War the Declaration of Independence(July 4 , 1776 ) The British Army was decidedly defeated in 1781, which practically brought the war to an end. The Treaty of Paris in 1783 recognized the independence of the U.S.A. Ten (among 76) American Writers winning the Nobel Prize for Literature Sinclair Lewis (1930) Eugene O’Neill(1936) Pearl Buck(1938) T.S.Eliot (1948) William Faulkner (1949) Ernest Hemingway (1954) John Steinbeck (1962) Saul Bellow (1976) Isaac Bashevis Singer( 1978) Tony Morrison (1993) Why the young country can produce so many world-famous writers and produce so many first-class literary works???? The classification of different periods Colonial Period ( 1620--1781) The Post Revolutionary Period (1781--1815) The Romantic Age (1815--1865) The Rise of Realism (1865-1900) The Modern Age (1900-) Colonial Period  ( 1620--1781) four main reasons why there were few writings before the Revolutionary War: 1. Great Britain discouraged the printing of books in her colonies at that time. 2. There were very few schools in the colonies. Many people were illiterate. 3. Those who could read and write used these faculties for practical purpose. 4. Religious sentiment was strong in this early period  1.?writings of travelers and historians 2.??religious writings (sermons) 3. personal writings (lett