安徽专升本2011年安徽科技学院英语专业课美国文学辅导班的资料.ppt

American Literature Brief Outline of American literature Colonial period (1607-1775)Anne BradstreetEdward Taylor Revolutionary period (1775-1783)Benjamin Franklin Brief Outline of American literature 4. Realism (1861-1914)Mark TwainHenry JamesNaturalism: Theodore Dreiser 5.The 1920sT.S. EliotWilliam FaulknerErnest Hemingway (Lost Generation)Imagism: Ezra Pound 1 Colonial Period (1607-1775) Three major poets in colonial period: Anne Bradstreet Michael Wigglesworth Edward Taylor Puritanism in America Puritans follow the ideas of the Swiss reformer John Calvin. Doctrines:- Predestination- Original sin and total depravity (human beings are basically evil.)- Limited atonement (or the Salvation of a selected few) Puritan values (creeds):Hard work, thrift, piety, sobriety, simple tastes. 1. Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) 2. Michael Wigglesworth (1631-1705) the most popular poet in American Colonial Period Work: “The Day of Doom” (1662) Revolutionary Period (1775-1783) Leading writers and their works Thomas Jefferson(1743-1826): The Declaration of Independence (1776) Thomas Paine(1737-1809): Common Sense (1776) Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography 1. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Question 4: Why BenJamin Franklin is Jack of All Trades, prototype of American Dream 3. Franklin’s Contributions to the U.S. He was the only American to sign the four documents that created the United States: The Declaration of Independence, The Treaty of Alliance with France, The Treaty of Peace with England, The Constitution Franklin - prototype of American Dream From the settlement of the new continent, the American dreamed to build their own paradise in the wilderness, believing they could make individual success by self-reliance. Franklins success set them an example and fulfilled their dream, characterised by self-reliance, faith in the progress of society and the ideals of future, practical and optimistic attitude toward life, a