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1、LectureThreeTheLiterarySceneinColonialAmerica1TheFirstAmericanWriterinColonialAmericaJohnSmith(1580-1631):thefirstAmericanwriter2CaptainJohnSmithisbestknownforhisexcellentleadershipinthecolony'searlyyears.HearrivedatJamestownstillimprisonedfordissentduringthevoyageandwaseventua
2、llyreleased.WhileexploringtheChickahominyRiverregion,hewascapturedbyPowhataninDecember1607.CaptainJohnSmith:Lifeexperiences3CaptainJohnSmith:LifeexperiencesChiefPowhatan,thesupremeleaderintheChesapeakeregion,releasedSmithonJanuary2,1608,afterPowhatan'sfavoritedaughter,Pocahonta
3、s,intervened.SmithsaysofPocahontasthatshe"hazardedthebeatingoutofherownebrainestosavemine."4CaptainJohnSmith:LifeexperiencesOnSeptember10,1608,Smithbecamepresidentofthecouncilinthecolonyandorchestrated（organize）suchimprovementsasexpandingthesettlementaroundthefortandrepairingma
4、nybuildings.5JohnSmithremainedinVirginiauntilfallof1609,whenhesailedbacktoEngland.SmithwasinstrumentalindisseminatingknowledgeaboutVirginia,publishingsuchworksasTrueRelationofVirginiain1608,MapofVirginiain1612,GeneralHistorieofVirginiabeginningin1624(thereweresixeditionsineight
5、years),andTrueTravelsin1630.CaptainJohnSmith:Contributions6CaptainJohnSmith:ContributionsWhilehiswritingcontainsimportantfactualinformationaboutVirginiaasitwaswheninhabitedonlybyIndians,Smithisalsonotedforembellishing(makesth.beautiful)hisstorieswithboastsandconceit.7约翰.斯密斯的作品《
6、关于弗吉尼亚的真实叙述》：“这里的气温同英国的确十分相近。夏天之炎热有如西班牙，冬天之寒冷近似法兰西或英格兰。这里四季有风，但这里能令空气为之清新的雷电，我在欧洲还从未有闻。从海上进入这片土地只有一处进口，那是一处宽达十八至二十海里，风平浪静的湾口。这片土地可能比我们所知的任何地方都更令人愉悦。这里有可供航行的美丽河流，有高山、坦坡、平原、深谷，河流小溪都注入那片美丽的海湾，四周的土地肥沃，硕果累累。”——摘自《新编美国文学史（第一卷）》8AnneBradstreet(1612-1672)AnneBradstreet:thefirstnotablep
7、oetinAmerica9AnneBradstreet:ContributionsThefirstnotablepoetinAmericanliterature;TheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica(1650,inEngland);“TenthMuse”thatappearedinAmerica;herlyricshadbeenofthefirstrankamongthewomenpoetsbeforeEmilyDickinson;AnauthoritativespokesmanofthePuritanicaltho
8、ught;Oneofherwell-knownpoemsis“UpontheBurningofOurHous
