《求知高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)系列教材·美國文學(xué)選讀》是《求知高等學(xué)校英語專業(yè)系列教材》的一部分,旨在為英語專業(yè)高年級學(xué)生、美國文學(xué)愛好者和研究者提供一片園地,用以學(xué)習(xí)和研究美國文學(xué),提高文學(xué)素養(yǎng),開拓視野,陶冶情操。《美國文學(xué)選讀》是一本集歷史、文本、批評理論于一書的文學(xué)選讀教材。該書介紹了美國自殖民地時期到20世紀末的歷史文化背景和各個時期的文藝思潮以及代表作家和他們的代表著作!睹绹膶W(xué)選讀》按照美國文學(xué)的發(fā)展分九章,每章包括歷史文化背景簡介、作家作品選讀、文學(xué)聚焦、閱讀與欣賞和時代之聲5個部分。精簡而豐富的注釋、引導(dǎo)自主性研究的思考題能有效幫助讀者加深對所選作品的理解和鑒賞。
Chapter 1 EARLY AMERICA TO 1750
INTRODUCTION
William Bradford( 1590-1657 )
from Of Plymouth Plantation
Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)
To My Dear and Loving Husband
LITERARY FOCUS
READING FOR APPRECIATION
VOICE OF THE AGE
Chapter 2 REASON AND REVOLUTION 1750-1800
INTRODUCTION
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
from Poor Richard s Almanac
Thomas Paine (1737-1809)
from The American Crisis
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
The Declaration of Independence
LITERARY FOCUS
READING FOR APPRECIATION
VOICE OF THE AGE
Chapter 3 NATIVE GROUNDS 1800-1840
INTRODUCTION
Washington Irving(1783-1859)
Rip Van Winkle
James Fenimore Cooper ( 1789-1851 )
from The Last of the Mohicans
William Cullen Bryant(1794-1878)
Thanatopsis
Edgar Allan Poe(1809-1849)
To Helen
The Raven
LITERARY FOCUS
READING FOR APPRECIATION
VOICE OF THE AGE
Chapter 4 NEW ENGLAND RENAISSANCE 1840-1855
INTRODUCTION
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
from Nature
from Self Reliance
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
from The Scarlet Letter
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
A Psalm of Life
The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls
LITERARY FOCUS
READING FOR APPRECIATION
VOICE OF THE AGE
Chapter 5 CONFLICT AND CELEBRATION 1855-1880
INTRODUCTION
Walt Whitman(1819-1892)
from Song of Myself
O Captain ! My Captain !
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Chapter 6 REGIONALISM AND REALISM 1880-1910
Chapter 7 THE BLOOM OF MODERNISM 1910-1930
Chapter 8 MID-CENTURY VOICES 1930-1960
Chapter 9 IN OUR TIME 1960-PRESENT
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