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1、Chapter7LiteraturePartTwoAmericanLiteratureAnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureLearningFocusRalphWaldoEmersonNathanielHawthorneHermanMelvilleMarkTwainF.ScottFitzgeraldErnestHemingwayWilliamFaulknerAnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureBeforeYouReadWarm-upBeforeyouread,previewthechapte

2、rbylookingatthepicturesandreadingtheheadings.Thinkaboutthefollowingquestions.1.DoyouknowMarkTwain?Whatarehismajorbooks?2.HaveyoueverwatchedanymoviethatisadaptedfromAmericanliteraryworks,forexample,MobyDick?AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureWashingtonIrving(1783-1859)WashingtonIrvingwas

3、thefatherofAmericanliterature.HisTheSketchBookisacollectionofessaysandtales,whichhelpedcreateanewgenreforAmericanliterature.ThemostfamousstoriesofthisbookareRipVanWinkleandTheLegendofSleepyHollow.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureJamesFenimoreCooper(1789-1851)TheLeatherstockingTaleswer

4、easeriesofnovelsaboutthefrontierlivesofAmericansettlers.ThePioneerswasthefirstofTheLeatherstockingTales.TheotherfourstoriesareTheLastoftheMohicans,ThePrairie,ThePathFinder,andTheDeerSlayer.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTranscendentalistsRalphWaldoEmersonNaturemadeatremendousimpacto

5、ntheintellectuallifeofAmerica.Transcendentalistsplacedemphasisonoversoulasthemostimportantthingintheuniverse.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureTranscendentalistsHenryDavidThoreau(1817-1862)1.HewasafriendandfellowthinkerofEmerson’s.2.In1845hebuiltacabinonWaldenPond,andmovedintolivethere

6、fortwoyears.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureHenryDavidThoreau(1817-1862)Waldenisarecordofhisreflectionswhenhecommunicateswithnature.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNathanielHawthorne(1804-1864)Heunderstoodeviltobeatthecoreofhumanlife.Hetriedtoexplorecertainmoralvaluessuchasg

7、uilt,prideandemotionalrepression.TheScarletLetterbroughthimgreatfameandfortune.AnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanCultureNathanielHawthorne(1804-1864)Charaters:HesterPrynne,RogerChillingworth,ArthurDimmesdaleAnIntroductiontoBritishandAmericanC