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1、Part3:TheliteratureofRomanticism1.TimeofRomanticismfromtheendofthe18thcenturyto1865(theoutbreakoftheCivilWar)fromthepublicationofWashingtonIrving'sTheSketchBookandendedwithWhitman'sLeavesofGrass2.WhyRomanticismemerged?lNationalinfluenceslInternationalinfluenc

2、esNationalInfluencesInternationalInfluences3.GeneralfeaturesofRomanticism4.AmericanRomanticismAmericanRomanticism5.CharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticismcharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticismcharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticismⅡ.IttendedtobemoralizebecauseofPurit

3、aninfluence;AmericanPuritanismasaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluencesoverAmericanRomanticism:1.AmericanromanticwriterstendedmoretomoralizethantheirEnglishandEuropeancounterparts.2.apreoccupationwiththeCalvinisticviewoforiginalsinandthemysteryofevilmarkedthe

4、worksofHawthorne,Melvilleandahostoflesserwriters.characteristicsofAmericanRomanticismⅢ.Itwasbothimitativeandindependent.WiththegrowthofAmericannationalconsciousness,Americancharactertypesspeakinglocaldialectsappearedinpoetryandfictionwithincreasingfrequency.Ⅳ

5、.NewEnglandTranscendentalismisthemotclearlydefinedRomanticliterarymovementinthisperiod.characteristicsofAmericanRomanticismlThemes:home,familyandchildren,nature,idealizedlove;ApathytomajorproblemsofAmericanlifelTechnique:Traditionalmetersandstanzaforms,Britis

6、hEnglish,stereotypedmetaphors,explicitandsuperficialsymbolismMajorwritersofthisperiodPoets:HenryWordsworthLongFellow,EdgarEllenPoe,WaltWhitman,EmilyDickinsonFiction:lWashingtonIrving--comicfableslJamesFenimoreCooper--frontieradventureslNathanielHawthorne--psy

7、chologicalromanceslEdgarAllenPoe--GothictalesTranscendentalist(超验主义理论家):lEmerson(爱默生),Thoreau(梭罗)lTranscendentalism:Aliteraryandphilosophicalmovement,associatedwithRalphWaldoEmerson,assertingtheexistenceofanidealspiritualrealitythattranscendstheempiricalandsc

8、ientificandisknowablethroughintuition.l超验主义：一种文学和哲学运动，宣称存在一种理想的精神实体，超越于经验和科学之处，通过直觉得以把握.