美国文学史概述及作品选读中文版

美国文学史

American Literature in the colonical and Revolutionary:

1.Benjamin Franklin(本杰明.富兰克林) 2. hilip Freneau 菲利普·费瑞诺

Benjamin Franklin(本杰明.富兰克林) 1) \穷人查理德的年鉴(以笔名Richard Sunders)

2) “annual collection of proverbs “流行谚语集 (It soon became the most popular book

of its kind, largely because of Franklin's shrewd humor, and first spread his reputation) 3) The Way to Wealth (Father Abraham’s Sermon)致富之道(as the “perface to Poor Richard

Improved)

4) The Autobiography自传 (18世纪美国唯一流传至今的自传)

5) Founded the Junto, a club for

美国文学史

American Literature in the colonical and Revolutionary:

1.Benjamin Franklin(本杰明.富兰克林) 2. hilip Freneau 菲利普·费瑞诺

Benjamin Franklin(本杰明.富兰克林) 1) \穷人查理德的年鉴(以笔名Richard Sunders)

2) “annual collection of proverbs “流行谚语集 (It soon became the most popular book

of its kind, largely because of Franklin's shrewd humor, and first spread his reputation) 3) The Way to Wealth (Father Abraham’s Sermon)致富之道(as the “perface to Poor Richard

Improved)

4) The Autobiography自传 (18世纪美国唯一流传至今的自传)

5) Founded the Junto, a club for

《美国文学史及作品选读》教学大纲

一、课程说明

1. 课程代码： 107013831 2. 课程中文名称： 美国文学史及作品选读

3. 课程英文名称： History and Selected Readings of American Literature 4. 课程总学时数： 26 5. 课程学分数： 1.5

6. 授课对象： 英语专业本科学生 7. 本课程的性质、地位和作用

本课程为面向英语专业高年级（三年级）学生开设的一门专业选修课，在学科体系中居重要地位。要求学生以先修英语阅读、综合英语、英美文化和英美概况等课程为基础。通过教学，使学生对美国文学有一个概观了解，同时初步培养学生对美国文学作品的鉴赏能力，增强学生对西方文学及文化的了解。该课程有助于增强学生的语言基本功，丰富学生的人文知识、充实学生的文化修养，提高学生的精神素质。

二、教学基本要求 1. 本课程的目的、任务

美国文学史及文学作品包含着历史的记忆和哲学的睿智，是英语语言艺术的结晶。本课程旨在介绍美国文学各个时期的主要文化思潮，文学流派，主要作家及其代表作，使学生对美国文学的发展脉络有一个大概的了解和认识，提高他们

4 The Romantic period of American literature

I. Fill in the blanks.

1. In the early 19th century Rip Van Winkle had established __________‘s reputation at home and abroad, and designated the beginning of American Romanticism.

2. Emerson‘s first book in 1836____brought American Romanticism into a new phase, the phase of New England Transcendentalism.

3. In the early 19th century, Washington Irving wrote ___which became the first work by an American writer to win financial success on both sides of the Atlantic. 4. In 1828,

History And Anthology of American Literature(VolumeⅠ)

美国文学史及选读1

PartⅠThe Literature of Colonial America殖民主义时期的文学 1. 17世纪早期English and European explorers开始登陆美洲。在他们之前100多年Caribbean Islands, Mexico andother Parts of South America已被the Spanish占领。

2. 17th早期English settlements in Virginia and Massachusetts(弗吉尼亚和马萨诸塞)开始了美国历史 3.

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Dutch ,Swedes ,Germans ,Freunch

Portugueses(荷兰人，瑞典人，德国人，法国人，西班牙人，意大利人及葡萄牙人等)。

4. 美国早期文学主要为the narratives and journals of these settlements采用in dia

问题 1 得 2 分，满分 2 分

The first poem in The Lyrical Ballads is Coleridge’s masterpiece_______.

所选答案：

A.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

正确答案：

A.

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

反馈：

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

问题 2 得 2 分，满分 2 分

Of the following four novels by Austen_______is the most popular

and dramatic one.

所选答案： 正确答案：

Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice

反馈： Pride and Prejudice

问题 3 得 2 分，满分 2 分

. All the following about Romanticism are true EXCEPT .

所选答案：

C.

Romantici

7 English Literature in the 20th Century

Ⅰ. Essay questions.

1. Comment on the development of William Butler Yeats’ poetic career and characteristics of his poetry.

2. Make comments on George Bernard Shaw as a playwright. 3. Comment on John Galsworthy.

4. Comment on Virginia Woolf’s literary achievements.

5. Compared with Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence and other writers of transitional age in the 20th century, should E. M. Forster be labeled as a traditional writer or a modernist or a writer of transitional age? State you

Captain John Smith (first American writer).

Anne Bradstreet；The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America（colonists living）

Edward Taylor(the best puritan poet)

John Cotton ”the Patriarch of New England” teacher spiritual leader Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography Poor Richard’s Almanack Thomas Jefferson：

Political Career Thoughts The Declaration of Independence we hold truth to be self-evidence

Philip Freneau “Father of American Poetry” The Wild Honey Suckle American Romanticism optimism and hope

Nationalism Washington Ir

美国文学史及选读试卷

Ⅰ. Multiple choices. (60 points in total, 2 for each)

1. The Romantic Period in American literature started from the publication of Washington Irving's ______ and ended with Whitman's Leaves of Grass.

A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveller

C. A History of New York D. The Scarlet Letter

2. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “_____”.

A. the English Renaissance B. the Second Renaissance

C. the American Renaissance D.

美国文学史及选读试卷

Ⅰ. Multiple choices. (60 points in total, 2 for each)

1. The Romantic Period in American literature started from the publication of Washington Irving's ______ and ended with Whitman's Leaves of Grass. A. The Sketch Book B. Tales of a Traveller C. A History of New York D. The Scarlet Letter

2. At the middle of 19th century, America witnessed a cultural flowering which is called “_____”.

A. the English Renaissance B. the Second Renaissance C. the American Renaissance