美国文学史思维导图

General Introduction To American Literature

Brief background of American literatureColonial Period(1607-1750)

美国文学的历史不长，它几乎是和美国自由资本主义 (non-monopoly capitalism)同时出现，较少受到封建贵族文 化(feudal aristocratic culture)的束缚。美国早期人口稀 少，有大片未开发的土地，为个人理想的实现提供了很大的可 能性。 美国人民富于民主自由精神，个人主义、个性解放的观念 较为强烈，这在文学中有突出的反映。美国又是一个多民族的 国家，移民不断涌入，各自带来了本民族的文化，这决定了美 国文学风格的多样性和庞杂性(multi-cultural)。美国文学发 展的过程就是不断吸取、融化各民族文学特点的过程。许多美 国作家来自社会下层，这使得美国文学生活气息和平民色彩都 比较浓厚，总的特点是开朗、豪放。内容庞杂与色彩鲜明是美 国文学的另一特点。

Major Points Puritanism Anne Bradstreet Edward Taylor

Periodization一、Co

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

美国文学史复习（colonialism)

第一部分 殖民主义时期的文学 一、时期综述

1、清教徒采用的文学体裁：a、narratives 日记 b、journals 游记 2、清教徒在美国的写作内容： 1）their voyage to the new land

2) Adapting themselves to unfamiliar climates and crops 3) About dealing with Indians

4) Guide to the new land, endless bounty, invitation to bold spirit 3、清教徒的思想：

1）puritan want to make up pure their religious beliefs and practices 净化信仰和行为方式 2) Wish to restore simplicity to church and the authority of the Bible to the theology. 重建教堂，提供简单服务，建立神圣地位

3）look upon themselves as chosen people, and

英美文学史课程试题库

Fill in the blanks.

1. American achievements in the short story have demanded international respect and

admiration for more than a century and a half. The first successful American short stories came from Washington Irving in the early 19th century.

2. Edgar Allan Poe is generally thought of as the true beginner of the short stories because

he was the first writer who formulated a poetics of the short stories.

3. In the 20th century, there have been many who have won fame abroad as well as in the US

for their sho

美国文学史复习1（colonialism)

第一部分 殖民主义时期的文学

一、时期综述

1、清教徒采用的文学体裁：a、narratives 日记 b、journals 游记

2、清教徒在美国的写作内容：

1）their voyage to the new land

2) Adapting themselves to unfamiliar climates and crops

3) About dealing with Indians

4) Guide to the new land, endless bounty, invitation to bold spirit

3、清教徒的思想：

1）puritan want to make up pure their religious beliefs and practices 净化信仰和行为方式

2) Wish to restore simplicity to church and the authority of the Bible to the theology. 重建教堂，提供简单服务，建立神圣地位

3）look upon themselves as chosen people, and it follow lo

American Puritanism 美国清教主义

Simply speaking, American Puritanism just refers to the spirit and ideal of puritans who settled in the North American continent in the early part of the seventeenth century because of religious persecutions.美国清教主义指的是清教徒的精神和理想的定居在北美大陆十七世纪初期由于内容的宗教迫害。

It migration that laid the foundation for the religious, intellectual, and social order of New England. 它为新英格兰奠定了宗教，知识和社会秩序的基础。

Puritans adhered to the Five Points of Calvinism as codified at the Synod of Dort: unconditional election, limited atoneme

美国文学史复习1（colonialism)

第一部分 殖民主义时期的文学

一、时期综述

1、清教徒采用的文学体裁：a、narratives 日记 b、journals 游记

2、清教徒在美国的写作内容：

1）their voyage to the new land

2) Adapting themselves to unfamiliar climates and crops

3) About dealing with Indians

4) Guide to the new land, endless bounty, invitation to bold spirit

3、清教徒的思想：

1）puritan want to make up pure their religious beliefs and practices 净化信仰和行为方式

2) Wish to restore simplicity to church and the authority of the Bible to the theology. 重建教堂，提供简单服务，建立神圣地位

3）look upon themselves as chosen people, and it follow lo

英语美国文学史复习资料

一、时期综述（关于清教的应该都是重点）

1、清教徒采用的文学体裁：A、narratives 日记

B、journals 游记

2、清教徒在美国的写作内容：①their voyage to the new land ②adapting themselves to unfamiliar climates and

crops

③about dealing with Indians ④guide to the new land, endless bounty, invitation to bold spirit

★3、清教徒的想法：①Puritans want to make up pure their religious beliefs and practices.净化信仰和行为方式②wish to restore simplicity to church services and the authority of the Bible to theology.重建教堂，提供简单服务，建立神圣地位③look upon themselves as a chosen people, and it follow logically that an

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.