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Unit 1 Benjamin Franklin American Literature Lecture One Introduction American literature American literature mainly refers to literature produced in American English by the people living in the United States. Historical Background What do you know about American early history? 1. Early history: 1) In 1492, Christopher Columbus found the new continent called America. 2) In 1607, Captain John Smith led some Englishmen across the ocean. 3) In 1620, 102 passengers sailed on the ship Mayflower across the sea and settled on the new continent “New England”. Historical Background 2. People: native inhabitants: Indians Immigrants mostly from Europe: Spanish; Dutch; French English immigrants, Jamestown, Virginia, 1607 Puritans a group of religious people advocated religious &moral principles Brief Outline of American Literature 1. Colonial period and Revolutionary period 2.Romanticism 3.The age of Realism 4. The Modern period 5. After the WWII Colonial period and Revolutionary period Time: 1607--1783??the settlement of North America-- the Independence War Major topic:American Puritanism Introduction There were no written literature among the more than 500 different Indian languages and tribal cultures，American writing began with the work of English adventurers and colonists in the New World chiefly for the benefit of readers in the mother country. Therefore the writing in this period was essentially two kinds: （1）practical matter-of-fact accounts of farming, hunting, travel, etc. designed to inform people “at home” what life was like in the new world, and, often, to induce their immigration; (2) highly theoretical, generally polemical(好辩的）, discussions of religious questions. Romanticism Time: 1783—1861 the Independence War-- the Civil War Romanticism (1783-1865) Washington Irving James Fenimore Cooper Summit of Romanticism-Transcendentalism (American Renaissance)
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