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4AmericanLiterature
4.-American-Literature
4.AmericanLiterature
1.thestoryofaquestinAmericanliterature
a.Americanliteraturehasrecordedthestoryofaquest,andisthecontinuousnarrativeofthe“pursuitofhappiness”
b.Atdifferenttimesthequesthastakendifferentforms.a)Inthe16thcenturyEuropeanscametotheNewWorldinsearchofgoldandtreasureandthepassagetotheEast.b)AttimesthequestwasareligiouspilgrimagelikethatofthePuritansandtheMormons.c)Thedreamsofsuccesshavedrawnmanypeoplefromfarmsandsmalltownstocitiesinthehopeofwinningfameandfortune.d)StillotherAmericansweresimplyrestless.Theybelievedin“beingontheroad”
2.WashingtonIrving-------post-Revolutionaryperiod
HistoryofNewYork------issupposedlyanaccountoftheDutchsettlementofManhattanIsland
WorksFatherKnickerbocker------American’sfirstmyth-hero
RipVanWinkle
TheLegendofSleepyHollow
TheAlhambra
TouronthePrairies-------showedIrving’sinterestintheliterarypossibilitiesoftheWest
3.FenimoreCooper
TheSpy------anexcitingstoryofespionageinNewYorkduringtheRevolution
WorksThePioneers------Cooperhithisstrideasanauthor
TheLeather-stockingTalesTheLastoftheMohicans
ThePrairie
ThePathfinder
TheDeerslayer
TheAmericanDemocrat-----CoopercontinuedhisexaminationofAmericancivilizationinamoredirectfashion
4.EdgarAllanPoe
a.Introduction:
Thegreatestsouthernwriterinpre-CivilWarAmerican;themasterofthetightlywoundtaleofpsychologicalhorror;heinventedthedetectivestorywithhisdetective-hero,Dupin,foreshadowingSherlockHolmes;hedevelopedatheoryofpoeticcompositionwhichemphasizedtightnessofformandunityoftone.
b.Works:
TheFalloftheHouseofUsher,WilliamWilson,ThePitandthePendulum
Wiki:
anAmericanauthor,poet,editorandliterarycritic,consideredpartoftheAmericanRomanticMovement…Hewasthefirstwell-knownAmericanwritertotrytoearnalivingthroughwritingalone,resultinginafinanciallydifficultlifeandcareer.
*Yetin19thcenturywhenPoewasaresidentofNewYork,thetrueliteraryheartofAmericanwasasmalltown20milesnorthwestofBoston.NeverbeforehadConcord,Massachusetts,beenknownasanintellectualcommunity.NowitwasthehomeofRalphWaldoEmerson,HenryDavidThoreau,and—foratime—ofNathanielHawthorne.
5.RalphWaldoEmerson-----19thcentury----“Knowthyself,”saidhe.“Everyheartvibratesto
thatironstring.”
Heemphasizedtheheartasthefontofallwisdom,andbelievedthepoweroftheindividualtocontrolhisownfate;hewrotesuchessaysasNature,TheAmericanScholar,Self-Reliance,andExperience;hewasalsoapoetandajournalkeeper.Hismostwell-knownpoemisConcordHymn.
Wiki:
anAmericanessayist,lecturer,andpoet,wholedtheTranscendentalistmovementofthemid-19thcentury.Hewasseenasachampionofindividualismandaprescientcriticofthecountervailingpressuresofsociety,andhedisseminatedhisthoughtsthroughdozensofpublishedessays
6.HenryDavidThoreau-----19thcentury
HewasoneoftheleadingfiguresintheintellectualcommunityofConcord,Massachusetts.CivilDisobedience------anessay;insistedthatindividualprotestwasthemost
revolutionaryforceintheword
WorksWalden-----hisfinestwork;therecordoftheexperiencewhenhelivedinWaldenPond
AWeekontheConcordandMerrimackRivers
TheMaineWoods
CapeCod
Wiki:
anAmericanauthor,poet,philosopher,abolitionist,etc.HeisbestknownforhisbookWalden,areflectionuponsimplelivinginnaturalsurroundings,andhisessayCivilDisobedience,anargumentforindividualresistancetocivilgovernmentinmoraloppositiontoanunjuststate
*EmersonandThoreauwerealsopoetsandjournalkeepers.Itwouldbehardtodecidewhichwriter’sjournalismorefascinatingdocument,forbothmenusedtheirjournalsasameansofconfessingtheirinnermostthoughts.ButinpoetryEmersonwasclearlythesuperiorartist.SuchpoemsasBrahmaandTheRhodoradedicatedlyobservethepresenceofGodinnature.EveryschoolboyknowsConcordHymn,Emerson’sstirringtributetotheminutemenofConcordwho“firedtheshotheardroundtheworld.”
7.Hawthorne-----19thcentury-----Americannovelistandshortstorywriter
ScarletLetter------oneofthegreatestAmericannovels
TheHouseofSvenGables
TheBlithedaleRomance
WorksMarbleFaun
Twice-ToldTales;MossesfromanOldManse-----hisbest-knowncollections
AWonderBook;TanglewoodTales-----booksforchildren
8.HermanMelville-----19thcentury
MobyDick------America`sgreatestseatale,whichwastobecomeoneofthemostfamousandmostdiscussedworksintheEnglishlanguage
Works
Typee;Omoo-----wereexcitingadventurestoriesbasedontheauthor`sfirst-handexperienceoftheSouthSeas
Mardi-----introducedphilosophicalissuesconcerningthemoralnatureoftheuniverseintoastoryofachase;warmedupforMobyDick
BillyBudd-----Melvilleexpressedboththetragedyoflife,andhisrenewedfaithinthebeautyandbasicstrengthandpowerofthehumanspirit
Wiki:
anAmericannovelist,shortstorywriter,essayist,andpoet.HeisbestknownforhisnovelMoby-Dick.Hisfirstthreebooksgainedmuchcontemporaryattention(thefirst,Typee,becameabestseller),butafterafast-bloomingliterarysuccessinthelate1840s,hispopularitydeclinedprecipitouslyinthemid-1850sandneverrecoveredduringhislifetime.
*CaliforniagaveMarkTwainhisliterarystart.TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty,Twain`sfirstsuccessasahumorist,wassetinaCaliforniaminingcamp
9.MarkTwain
TwainwasthoroughlyAmerican.Hischaracter`sspeech,ideas,andbehaviorborrowedlittlefromEuropeanmodels.Hewasbasicallyserousandamasterofsatire,andhegaveasharpcommentaryonAmericansociety.
TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty------firstsuccessasahumorist
RoughingIt
WorksbookssetofEuropeTheInnocentAbroad
ThePrinceandThePauper
AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur`sCourt
TheAdventuresofTomSawyer
LifeontheMississippi
TheadventuresofHuckleberryFinn
TheMysteriousStranger-----hislastbook;portraysthedestructionoftheuniverse
Wiki:
anAmericanauthorandhumorist.HeisnotedforhisnovelTheAdventuresofTomSawyer(1876)anditssequel,AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn(1885),thelatteroftencalled"theGreatAmericanNovel."Hewaslaudedasthe"greatestAmericanhumoristofhisage,”andWilliamFaulknercalledTwain"thefatherofAmericanliterature."
10.EmilyDickinson:
a.Dickinson`spoetrymixedgaietyandgloom.
b.Thesubjectofherpoemsareexoticthingsandplacesaswellasthingscloseathand
c.Thepoetwasfascinatedbylife,butshealsotalkedmuchaboutdeathinherpoems
d.Almostallofherpoemsarebrief,butshepackedanemotionalchargeofsurprisingforce
11.HenryJames
a.oneofthemostdistinguishednovelistofthepost-CivilWarera
b.heexcelledatinternationalnovelsandstoriesaboutAmericanslivinginEurope.BooksofthisThemeareTheAmerican,DaisyMiller,andThePortraitofaLady
c.Hiswritingfocusedonthepsychologyofhischaracters-thatistheirthoughtsandemotions.
12.WilliamDeanHowells
Arealist;hismainaimwastogiveatruepictureofordinary,everydaylife,suchasAModernInstance,TheRiseofSilasLapham;healsowriteUtopiannovels.
*Beatgeneration(implement):
membersofthegenerationthatcametomaturityinthe1950s,whoserejectionofthesocialandpoliticalsystemsoftheWestwasexpressedthroughcontemptforregularwork,possessions,traditionaldress,etc,andespousalofanarchism,communalliving,drugs,etc
13.Twonaturalists------toportraymanandhisenvironmentinacoldlyobjectiveand
scientificmanner
a.
StephenCraneMaggie:
AGirloftheStreets----hisfirstnovel
TheRedBadgeofCourage-----hisfinestbook
b.
FrankNorrisMcTeague-----anunforgettablestoryofhowthegreedforgoldleada
SanFranciscodentistandhiswifetodestruction
TheEpicoftheWheat(atrilogy)TheOctopus
ThePit
14.HenryAdams-----writeroflater19thand20thcenturies
a.Hespentmostofhislifeseekingorderinwhatheconsideredaworldofchaos
b.TwoofhisbooksareTheEducationofHenryAdamsandMont-saint-MichelandChartresinwhichheforecasttroubleinthe20thcentury.
15.TheodoreDreiser
a.HebelongtotheChicagogroupofwriterswhowereactivebeforeandfollowingWorldWarI
b.Hisaimofwritingwastodescribelifeasitwas
c.HisfirstbookwasSisterCarrieandhisfinestAnAmericanTragedy
16.SherwoodAnderson
a.HebelongtotheChicagogroupofwriterswhowereactivebeforeandfollowingWorldWarI
b.InfluencedbySigmundFreudandothers`psychologicaltheoriesheexaminedtheprivateproblemsofsmall-townMiddleWesternersinWinesburg,Ohioandotherbooks
17.SinclairLewis-----20thcentury
a.ThefirstAmericanwrithertowintheNobelprizeforliterature
b.Hefocusedonphotographingsmall-townMiddleWesternlife
c.Hismajorworksarethoseofsatire:
MainStreet,NabbittandElmerGantry
18.EdithWharton
TheHouseofMirth,TheAgeofInnocence,EthanFrome
19.EllenGlasgow
TheBattleground,BarrenGround,VeinofIron
20.O.Henry-----WilliamSydneyPorter
a.Atremendouslypopularwriterintheearlyyearsofthe20thcentury
b.Hewroteshortstoriesaboutpeoplefromeverywalkoflife.ManyofthestoriesendedwithanunexpectedtwistthathassomecometobecalledtheO.Henryending
c.HismostfamousstoryiscalledTheGift
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