Brief Introduction to American Literature Teaching Purposes To enlarge your basic knowledge about British and American literature; To understand some literary quotations behind English language; To help you prepare TEM-8 exam and Entrance Exam for Post-graduate; To help plete your degree thesis 1. main themes record of a quest / seeking the continuous narrative of the pursuit of ess and happiness the lost continent of Atlantis the golden “cities of Cibola” Northwest Passage to the Orient dreams of ess religious freedom westward movement for happiness 2. principal forms of American literature novel short story poem drama principal forms 3. Three Main Ages the Age of Romanticism the Age of Realism Modern American Literature the Age of Romanticism American literature between the War of Independence and the Civil War Pre-Romanticism (1770s —— 1830s) Post-Romanticism (1830s —— 1875) flowering time before American Civil War (1830 —— 1860) declining time after American Civil War (1860 —— 1875) Jefferson purchased Louisiana in 1803 many European immigrants began arriving in the US in the 1840s The US bought the land between Texas & California by the end of 1840s Farmers, ranchers(大牧场主), and gold miners continued to pour into Western US in the 1860s. Westward Expansion in the 18th and 19th Century of the USA westward movement Pre-Romanticism (1770s —— 1830s) Washington Irving 华盛顿·欧文( 1783 — 1859) the “father of the American Literature” History of New York《纽约外史》 The Alhambra《阿尔罕伯拉》 Tour on Prairies《草原漫游记》 Rip Van Winkle《》 The Sketch Book《见闻札记》(1819 — 1820) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow《睡谷的传说》 short stories a collection of essays James Fenimore Cooper (1789 —— 1851) Pre-Romanticism (1770s —— 1830s) The Pioneers《拓荒者》(1823) The Last of the Mohicans《最后的莫西干人》(1826) The Prairie《大草原》(1827) The Pathfinder 《探路人》(1840) The Deerslaver《杀鹿者》(1841) the first American novelist who used the national theme, depicting the American
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