Unit 7 American Literature.ppt

Unit_7_American_LiteratureUnit7AmericanLiteratureWhatdoyouknowaboutAmericanliterature?"LostGeneration“"BeatGeneration“—"LostGeneration“,"BeatGeneration“:'sAlmanack《穷查理年鉴》TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklin《富兰克林自传》—addressedtoFranklin'sillegitimatesonWilliamBenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)-Revolutionaryperiod:(1783–1859)wasanAmericanauthor,essayist,,alongwithJamesFenimoreCooper,laiminEurope,andIrvingencouragedAmericanauthorssuchasNathanielHawthorne,HermanMelville,HenryWadsworthLongfellow,,标志着美国文学的开端。-storiesandthehistoricalnovelsknownasTheLeatherstockingTales,,(1823)TheLastoftheMohicans(1826)ThePrairie(1827)ThePathfinder(1840)TheDeerslayer(1841)《皮袜子故事集》主要因其描写印第安人和边疆居民而受到推崇,作者以多谋而不算高贵的印第安人与同样足智多谋的林中人之间的争斗为创作主题,取得了丰硕的成就。按内容顺序《杀鹿者》(TheDeerslayer)居先写青年时期的班波帮助莫希干人首领抢回未婚