the literature of reason and revolution.doc

1The discovery of America- the literature of native Indian was replaced by The very beginning: there were no literal works in a real sensediaries, travel books, letters, journals Captain John Smith: the first American writerEnglish literature 13 years laterthe second settlement (Plymouth): Puritan Thoughts sermons, histories, prose William Bradford: one of the Puritan Fathers and the first governor of Plymouth John Winthrop: one of the Puritan Fathers and the first governor of BostonPart II The Literature of Reason and RevolutionDeism- Benjamin Franklin The Autobiography (1771)Literary: The Enlightenment Movement - Calvinist beliefs and tenets-Jonathan Edwards The Personal Narrative (1765)I. Background Political: the Independence of America-Thomas Paine / Thomas Jefferson The American Crisis (Common Sense) (1776-1783) The Declaration of Independence (1776) PS. Philip Freneau “The Wild Honey Suckle”, “The Indian Burying Ground” 野忍冬花 印第安人的坟墓乔纳森爱德华代表了新时期的旧思想，本杰明富兰克林在其著作和政治活动中代表了美国的启蒙主义理想，托马斯潘恩和托马斯杰弗逊则积极推行人类平等和政治的自由化, 而菲利普弗瑞诺可以被称作是独立革命后最杰出的美国作家（诗人）。3、American RomanticismI . Historical backgrounddemocracy and equalityPolitic the establishment of the Federal Government political independencetwo-party political system foundation the spread of industrialism1. Rapid development homeEconomy the sudden influx of immigrants economic boom westward expansionLiterature tremendous sense of optimism and hope (Thought)2. Foreign influence The Romantic movement Derivative and Imitative moralII. Features of American Romanticism distinctive and independent newCharacteristics Washington Irving The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Early Romanticism Early Romantic novelists The Sketch Book James Fenimore Cooper Leatherstocking Tales Early Romantic Poets William Cullen Bryant Thanatopsis Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Song of HiawathaIII. 2 Stages of American Romanticism Characteristics and the Flowering of American Literature Whitman Leaves of Grass Late Romantic Poets Dickinson I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed Poe The Raven To Helen Late Romanticism Emerson Nature Self-Reliance Late Romantic Essayists tran