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美国文学大纲
苏州科技学院外国语学院___美国文学史___(课程名称)
课程考试大纲
一、课程性质与特点
美国文学史为“英语”和“英语(师范)”专业任意选修课,属于考查课,共24学时,1.5学分。
本课程涵盖美国文学史上从殖民地时期、浪漫主义、现实主义、现代主义、后现代主义至当代各个时期重要的文学思潮、流派及其发生的社会、文化、哲学背景以及各个时期重要作家的代表性作品。
本课程所讲授的知识是英语专业本科生知识结构不可或缺的一部分,是英语专业学生人文素养必要的组成成分,也是英语专业八级考试“人文知识”部分考核的内容之一。
鉴于本课程学时短,内容多,本课程的特点是以史为经,以作家作品为纬,详讲浪漫主义、现实主义和现代主义部分,略讲其它部分。
二、课程目标与基本要求
学生在学习本课程后应该对美国文学史上殖民地时期、浪漫主义、现实主义、现代主义、后现代主义至当代各个时期重要的文学思潮、流派及其发生的社会、文化、哲学背景以及各个时期重要作家的代表性作品有个宏观的了解,能解释相关的名词,熟悉各个时期的主要特点和重要作家及其重要作品,并能结合文学外在与内在因素对文学作品做出初步评论。
三、教材及主要参考书
教材:
童明:
《美国文学史》[增订版](AHistoryofAmericanLiterature,Revisedandexpandededition).北京:
外语教学与研究出版社,2010.
主要参考书:
常耀信:
《美国文学简史》[第二版](ASurveyofAmericanLiterature,2ndedition).天津:
南开大学出版社,2003.
四、考核内容与考核目标
Part1EarlyAmericanLiterature:
ColonialPeriodto1815
Chapter1TheliteratureoftheNewWorld
1.“discoverer”ofAmerica:
ChristopherColumbus,1492;AmerigoVespucci(Hence“America”,1507worldmap)(识记,次重点)
2.Native(Indian)AmericanOralliterature:
originstories,trickstertales,historicalnarratives(理解,次重点)
Chapter2TheLiteratureofColonialAmerica:
1620-1763
3.Jamestown:
firstEnglishsettlementinNorthAmerica(识记,重点)
5.CaptainJohnSmith:
FirstauthorinthehistoryofAmericanliterature(aboutJamestown)(识记,一般)
6.WilliamBradford:
FatherofAmericanhistory,authorofOfPlymouthPlantation(识记,一般)
7.In1620,theBradfordpartysailedontheMayflowerandcametoCapeCod,Massachusetts.(识记,次重点)
8.AnneBradstreet:
thefirstpoetessinthecolonialperiod:
TheTenthMuseLatelySprungupinAmerica(识记,一般)
9.JonathanEdwards:
thegreatthinkerofthe“GreatAwakening”(识记,一般)
Chapter3LiteratureandAmericanRevolution:
1764—1815
10.AmericanPuritanism(重点,理解)
11.The18thcentury,inAmerica,asinEurope,isknownastheAgeofReasonandEnlightenment.(识记,次重点)
12.EnlightenmentinAmerica(理解,次重点)
13.DeismandUnitarianism(理解,一般)
14.BenjaminFranklin:
PoorRichard’sAlmanacs;Autobiography(理解,重点)
15.ThomasPaine:
CommonSense;TheAmericanCrisis;TheRightsofMan(识记,重点)
16.ThomasJefferson:
TheDeclarationofIndependence(理解,重点)
17.AlexanderHamilton:
TheFederalistPapers(co-author)(识记,一般)
18.PhilipFreneau:
thepoetof“AmericanRevolution”:
TheWildHoneySuckle,TheIndianBuryingGround(识记,重点)
Part2AmericanRomanticism1815—1865
Chapter4TheAgeofAmericanRomanticism
1. definitionandcharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticism(应用,重点)
2. FirstfloweringofAmericanliterature(识记,次重点)
Chapter5EarlyRomanticism
1.Thethreeearlyromanticists:
WashingtonIrving,JamesFenimoreCooper,andWilliamCullenBryant(识记,重点)
3. WashingtonIrving:
TheSketchBook,inwhichtwoofIrving’sbestknownstories“RipVanWinkle”and“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”areincluded(理解,重点);AHistoryofNewYork(识记,一般);AHistoryoftheLifeandVoyagesofChristopherColumbus(识记,一般)
4. JamesFenimoreCooper:
TheLeather-stockingTales(ThePioneers,TheLastoftheMohicans,ThePrairie,ThePathfinder,TheDeerslayer),themythicheroofthisseriesisNattyBumppo(理解,重点)
5. WilliamCullenBryant:
Poems:
Thanatopsis(meaningmeditationondeath);ToaWaterfowl(aboutNature’spower)(识记,次重点)
Chapter6TranscendentalismandSymbolicRepresentation
1. TheTranscendentalClub:
1)published16issuesofTheDial;2)establishedBrookFarm,autopiancommunity(识记,一般)
2. Transcendentalismasaphilosophy(应用,重点)
3. RalphWaldoEmerson:
1) theleadingspokesmanforTranscendentalism(识记,重点).
2) Nature:
“themanifestoofAmericantranscendentalism”(理解,重点).;
3) Essays(Firstserirs,1941,Secondseries,1844):
“TheOver-soul”,“Compensation”,Self-Reliance(fromwhichcomestheidea“Trustthyself’);“ThePoet”.(识记,一般)
4) RepresentativeMen(识记,一般)
5) Address:
“TheAmericanScholar”(calledAmerica’s“intellectualDeclarationofIndependence”);“DivinitySchoolAddress”.(识记,次重点)
6) Hispoetry(识记,一般)
7) Hisstyle(识记,一般)
4. MargretFuller:
firsteditorofTheDial,authorofWomanintheNineteenthCentury(advocatingforwomen’srights)(识记,一般)
5. HenryDavidThoreau:
1) todayprimaryrememberedfortwoofhisworks:
Waldenandtheessay“CivilDisobedience”.(识记,重点)
2) NatureandImplicationsofThoreau’srevoltasrevealedinWaldenand“CivilDisobedience”(理解,重点)
3) Thoreau’sstyle:
thinkinginimagery(理解,一般)
Chapter7Hawthorne,MelvilleandPoe
1. Hawthorne,MelvilleandPoearemastersof“negativecapability”.(理解,重点)
2. NathanielHawthorne
1) Hawthorne’smoralvision(理解,次重点)
2) Hawthorne’sthemes:
sinandevil,internalcontradiction,malewithdrawalfrommarriage(识记,重点)
3) Hawthorne’sstyle:
1)elevatedindictionandrestrainedinrhetoric,thusgracefulandpolished;2)allegoryandsymbol;3)ironyandambiguity(识记,重点)
4) Novels:
ScarletLetter(应用,重点);TheHouseofSevenGables(识记,一般);TheBlithedaleRomance(识记,一般);TheMarbleFaun(识记,一般)
5) Shortstories:
YoungGoodmanBrown;TheMinister’sBlackVeil;MajorMolineux;Rappcinni’sDaughter;TheBirthmark(识记,一般)
3. HermanMelville
1) Hismajorworks:
MobyDick(应用,重点)
2) Otherworks:
Typee;Omoo;Mardi;Redburn(识记,一般);BillyBudd(理解,次重点)
4. EdgarAllenPoe
1) FatherofAmericandetectivestories(识记,重点);
2) Hisonlynovel:
NarrativeofArthurGordonPym(识记,一般)
3) Gothicfiction:
E.g.TheFalloftheHouseofUsher(识记,一般);
4) Shortstories:
TalesoftheGrotesqueandArabesque(识记,一般)
5) Themeofhispoems:
Beautyassociatedwithsadness(melancholy)(应用,重点).E.g.TheRaven;ToHelen;Ulalume;AnnabelLee(识记,一般)
Chapter8WhitmanandDickinson
1.WaltWhitman
1)freeverse(理解,重点)
2)Collectedpoems:
LeavesofGrass(识记,重点)
E.g.
SongofMyself(celebratingtheSelfandIndividualism)(理解,重点)
OCaptain!
MyCaptain!
(inmourningofLincoln)(识记,次重点)
2.EmilyDickinson;wrotenearly2000poems,butfewerthan20werepublished
1)RecluseofAmherst(识记,重点)
2)Themesofherpoems:
individualismandspirituality;suffering,dyinganddeath(识记,次重点)
3)style:
shortwordsandphrasesseparatedandjoinedbydashes.(识记,一般)
Chapter9AHouseDivided:
WritingAgainstSlavery
1.HarrietBeecherStowe(Lincolncalledher“thelittleladywhomadethisbigwar),authorofUncleTom’sCabin(1851-1852)(理解,重点)
2.FrederickDouglass:
NarrativeofFrederickDouglass,anAmericanSlave(1845)(识记,次重点)
3.HarrietAnnJacobs:
IncidentsintheLifeofaSlaveGirl(1861)(识记,一般)
Part3AmericanRealism1865—1914
Chapter10TheAgeofRealism
1.subdividedintotwoperiods:
theperiodofanexpandingcontinentalnationfrom1865tillthe1890sandthe“progressiveperiod”fromthe1890sto1914.(识记,一般)
2.Realismasabroadertermisalsoinclusiveofnaturalism,regionalismandlocalcolorwriting.(识记,一般)
3.Parameters(characteristics)ofRealism(运用,重点)
Chapter11RegionalandLocalcolorWriting
1.MarkTwain
1)FourTypesofhiswriting:
A)personalizedfiction(TheAdventuresofTomSawyer;TheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn;TheGildedAge:
ATaleofTo-day;TheTragedyofPuddd’nheadWilson)(理解,重点)
B)Travelfiction(TheInnocentsAbroad;RoughingIt;ATrampAbroad;LifeontheMississippi;FollowingtheEquator)(识记,一般)
C)Historicalromance(ThePrinceandThePauper;AConnecticutYankeeinKingArthur’sCourt;PersonalReflectionsofJoanofArcbytheSieurLouisConte)(识记,一般)
D)Talltales(TheCelebratedJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty;TheManthatCorruptedHadleyburg)(识记,次重点)
2)“AllModernliteraturecomefromonebookbyMarkTwaincalledHuckleberryFinn.”(ErnestHemingway)(识记,重点)
Chapter12HenryJamesandWilliamDeanHowells
1. WilliamDeanHowells
1) heldacentralpositioninthedevelopmentofAmericanrealism,representativeofMid-westernrealism.(识记,重点)
2) Hislongessayofcriticism:
CriticismandFiction(识记,一般)
3) Novels:
TheRiseofSilasLapham(1885)(识记,重点);AHazardofNewFortune(1890)(识记,一般)
2. HenryJames
1)Themesofhisnovels:
(识记,重点)
A.Theinternationaltheme;
B.theemotion-of-lifetheme;
C.Theartisttheme;
D.psychologicalrealism
2)Novels:
Threeofthebest:
TheWingsofDove;TheAmbassadors;TheGoldenBowl(识记,次重点)
3)Thetwobest-knownnovellas:
DaisyMiller;TheTurnoftheScrew(识记,一般)
4)Otherworks:
TheAmerican;ThePortraitofaLady(识记,次重点)
Chapter13LiteraryNaturalism
1.PhilosophicalelementsandliterarycharacteristicsofNaturalism(应用,重点)
2.HamlinGarland’s“veritism”(理解,次重点)
3.StephenCrane(1871-1900)
1)Twoofhiswell-knownnovels:
MaggieoftheStreets(理解,次重点);TheRedBadgeofCourage(理解,重点)
2)Threewell-knownshortstories:
TheOpenBoat;TheMonster;TheBrideComestoYellowSky.(识记,一般)
4.FrankNorris(1870-19020:
AmericanZola
1)ThenaturalistcharacteristicsofFrankNorris’s“Romance“(理解,次重点)
2)Novels:
McTeague(理解,重点);Octopus(识记,一般);ThePit(识记,一般)
5.JackLondon(1876-1916)
1)London’snaturalistviewoflifeandMan(应用,重点)
2)Works:
TheCalloftheWild(应用,重点);WhiteFang(识记,一般);TheSeaWolf(识记,一般);MartinEden(识记,一般);IronHeel(识记,一般)
6.TheodoreDreiser(1871-1945)
1)MajorthemeofDreiser’sfiction(应用,重点)
2)Works:
SisterCarrie(应用,重点);JennieGerhart;TheGenius(识记,一般);AnAmericanTragedy(理解,次重点);
TrilogyofDesire:
a.TheFinancier;b.TheTitan;c.TheStoic(识记,次重点)
Chapter14WomenWritingonthe“WomanQuestion”
1.“Womanquestion”inthelate19thcenturyandearly20thcentury(理解,一般)
2.KateChopin(1851-1904)
1)Hertheme(理解,一般)
2)Herwork:
TheAwakening(理解,重点)
3.EdithWharton(1862-1937)
1)Hertheme(理解,一般)
2)Works:
TheAgeofInnocence(应用,重点);TheHouseofMirth(理解,次重点);TheGreatInclination(识记,一般);EthanFrome(识记,一般)
Part4AmericanMod
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