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1、ASurveyof AmericanLiteratureBooks:ASurveyofAmericanLiterature(goodandauthoritativebook)byChangYaoxinandSelectedReadingsinAmericanLiteraturebyChangYaoxinarecoursebooks.References:1.常耀信.《漫話英美文學(xué)》(南開大學(xué)出版社，2004),2.吳偉仁.《美國文學(xué)史及選讀》(外語教學(xué)與研究出版社，1990),3.楊豈深，龍文佩.《
2、美國文學(xué)選讀》(譯文出版社，1985),4.左金梅.《美國文學(xué)》(青島海洋出版社,2000),5.李公昭.《20世紀(jì)美國文學(xué)導(dǎo)論》(西安交通大學(xué)出版社，2000).Requirement:Gradeofthiscourseincludesthegradeofdailyperformance(10%),gradeoftests(50%)andthegradeoffinalexamination(40%).PartI.IntroductionIntroductionWhatisliterature?Wr
3、itingsthatarevaluedasworksofart,esp.fiction,dramaandpoetry.Languageartisticallyusedtoachieveidentifiableliteraryqualitiesandtoconveymeaningfulmessages.Literatureischaracterizedbybeautyofexpressionandformandbyuniversalityofintellectualandemotionalappeal
4、.Forms(genres)ofliterature?Poetry,novel(fiction),drama,prose,essay,epic,elegy,shortstory,journalism,sermon,(auto)biography,travelaccounts,novelette,etc.Itcontainsfiction&non-fiction.Fiction:(4genres)PoetrynoveldramashortstoryNon-fiction:Essay(4categori
5、es)descriptionnarrationexpositionargumentationAnalyticalApproachBefamiliarwiththeelementsofaliterarywork,eg:plot,character,setting,pointofview,etc;answersomebasicquestionsaboutthetextitself.ThematicApproach“Whatisthestory,thepoem,theplayortheessayabout
6、?”HistoricalApproachAimsatillustratingthehistoricaldevelopmentofliterature.HowtostudyAmericanliteratureBasicQualitiesofAmericanWritersIndependentIndividualisticCriticalInnovativeHumorousPartII.TheperiodsofAmericanliterature★TheLiteratureoftheColonialAm
7、ericaandofReasonandRevolution★AmericanRomanticismandNewEnglandLiterature★TheAgeofRealismandNaturalism★TheAgeofModernism:Literatureinthe1920s★TheAgeofModernism:Literatureinthe1930s★AmericanDrama:EugeneO’NeillandArthurMiller★MultiethnicLiterature:RalphEl
8、lison,ToniMorrisonandSaulBellowThecolonialperiod(about1607-1765)ThemainfeaturesPuritanismTheperiodofEnlightenmentandtheIndependenceWar(1765-1800)BenjaminFranklin3.Theromanticperiod(1800-1865)TheearlyromanticismWashingtonIrving“NewEnglan
