资源描述：
《美国文学简史american literature笔记》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、美国文学简史AmericanLiterature笔记ChapteroneLiteratureisthestudyofman,therelationshipbetweenmanandnatureSocietyManSelfAmericanliteratureistheyoungestliterature,becauseAmericawasnotdiscovereduntiltheendof16thC,anditisbelievedthatAmericanliteraturedidn’tbeginu
2、ntilthe19thC.OurfirstlecturewillbebriefaboutAmericanliteratureoftheColonialPeriod,whichisfromtheearly17thCthroughtheendofthe18thC,thatis,fromthesettlementofAmericathroughAmericanRevolution.ThesettlementoftheNorthAmericanContinentbytheEnglishbeganinth
3、eearlypartofthe17thC.InNov,1620,MayFlower,withmorethan100immigrantsfromEnglandarrivedinAmerica.TheybecamethefoundingfathersoftheAmericannation.TheNewEnglandemerged,thusbeganthehistoryofAmerica.Manyoftheseimmigrantswerepuritans.Thepuritansweresosuppre
4、ssedinEnglandthattheysoughtescape.TheycarriedPuritanismwiththemtoAmericaandhopedthattheycouldbuildakingdomoffreedomhere.PuritanismwasoneofthemostenduringshapinginfluenceinAmericanthoughtandliterature.Thebeliefscanbesummarizedasthefollowing:1.Original
5、sin(totaldepravity)Godcreatedthefirstman-Adam,butAdamsinnedbyeatingforbiddenfruit.InAdam’sfall,wesinnedall.Asaresult,muchemphasiswasplacedon“originalsin”.2.Predestination.Godhasdecidedinadvancethatcertainsoulswillbesavedandotherswillnot.Whenoneisborn
6、,Godhasalreadydeterminedwhetherhewillbesavedornot.Heandnooneelsecandecidewhoistobesavedandwhoistogotohell.Inthisperiod,mostoftheAmericanliteraturewaspersonalliterature,suchasdiaries,journals,letters,travelbooks,sermons.Themostpopulargenrewaspoetry,mo
7、stofwhichwerereligious.Inform,Englishliteraturewereimitatedandtransplanted.ThefirstbookpublishedinNorthAmericawasTheBayPsalmBook.Writersworthtobementioned:AnneBradstreet(1617-1672):apuritanpoet.At18,shecametoAmericawithherhusbandandsettledintheMasach
8、usettsBayColony.Bothherhusbandandhusbandwereoncegovernorofit.Shereceivedbettereducationthanmostwomenofherday.HerpoemmadesuchastirinEnglandthatshebecameknownasthe“tenthMuse”whoappearedinAmerica.Herfamouspoems:1.“TheTenthMuseLatelySprungupinAmerica”(He
