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SelectedReadingsinAmericanSelectedReadingsinAmericanLiteratureLiteratureSelectedReadingsinAmericanSelectedReadingsinAmericanLiteratureLiterature美国文学选读WangLing,phoebewang82@yahoo.com15973389167TheResearchCenterofForeignLiteratureTheResearchCenterofForeignLiteratureClassDisciplinesAbsence-OKSleeping-OKPhone-NOTalking–AbsolutelyNoTIPSforgoodperformanceAttendALLlecturesDropnotesduringthelecturesReviewafterEACHlectureUnderstandratherthanmemorizeAskwheneversomethingunclearCourseObjectives:TohelpthelearnerstoknowthehistoricaldevelopmentofAmericanliterature,majortrendsandmajorauthors.TohelpthelearnerstounderstandtheAmericansocietyanditscultureasreflectedintheliteraryworks.TohelpthelearnerstoappreciateliterarylanguageandtoconsolidatetheirfluencyinEnglishbyreadingavarietyofliterarytexts.CourseOutlinesTextbook:AmericanLiterature:UnderstandingandAppreciation《美国文学阅读与欣赏》黄家修主编Literarygenrewearegoingtocover:novels,shortstories,poems,movies,dramasAssessmentSchemeClassattendance:10%Classroomperformanceandpresentation:30%Termpaper/in-classexam:60%Syllabus:Week1:IntroductionWeek2:NathanielHawthorne“TheMinister’sBlackVeil”SubjecttochangewhennecessaryLecture1Week3:WaltWhitman“CalvaryCrossingtheFord”“ComeupfromtheFields,Father”“WhenIHeardtheLearn’dAstronomer”Week4:EmilyDickinson“WildNights—WildNights!”“IdiedforBeauty—butwasscarce”“ABirdcamedowntheWalk—”Lecture1Week5:AmericanRealismandAmericanNaturalism(1860s—1890s)MarkTwain“TheNotoriousJumpingFrogofCalaverasCounty”卡拉维拉斯县驰名的跳蛙Week6:JackLondon“TheLawofLife”Week7:AmericanModernism(1900—1940s)EzraPound“InaStationoftheMetro”Lecture1Unit8:ScottFitzgerald“TheGreatGatsby”Lecture1Week9:RobertFrost“TheRoadNotTaken”“StoppingbyWoodsonaSnowyEvening”“FireandIce”Week10:ErnestHemingway“AClean,Well-lightedPlace”Week11:WilliamFaulkner“ARoseforEmily”Lecture1Week12:EugeneO’NeillDesireUndertheElms欲望号街车编剧:田纳西·威廉斯主演:费雯·丽/马龙·白兰度上映日期:1951-09-18Lecture1Week13:Post-warAmericanliterature(1940s—)J.D.SalingerTheCatcherintheRyeWeek14:AmyTan“TheJoyLuckClub”Lecture1Week16:ReviewWeek15:AliceWalker“EverydayUse”中文名:紫色英文名:TheColorPurple别名:紫颜色，紫色姊妹花发行日期:1985年导演:斯蒂文斯皮尔伯格StevenSpielberg演员:乌比戈德堡WhoopiGoldberg奥普拉温弗瑞OprahWinfreyAGeneralReviewofAmericanLiteratureHistoryHistoricalBackground1.Earlyhistory:1)In1542,ChristopherColumbusfoundthenewcontinentcalledAmerica.2)In1607,CaptainJohnSmithledsomeEnglishmenacrosstheocean.3)In1620,102passengerssailedontheshipMayfloweracrosstheseaandsettledonthenewcontinent“NewEngland”.WhatdoyouknowaboutAmericanearlyhistory?TheMapofU.S.AHistoricalBackground2.People:nativeinhabitants:IndiansImmigrantsmostlyfromEurope:Spanish;Dutch;FrenchEnglishimmigrants,Jamestown,Virginia,1607Puritansagroupofreligiouspeopleadvocatedreligious&moralprinciplesHistoricalBackground3.Belief---Puritanism•Puritanswantedto“purifythechurch”toitsoriginalstate,becausetheythoughtthechurchwascorruptedandhadtoomanyritualsacodeofvaluesaphilosophyoflifeapointofviewCalviniststookrootsintheNewWorldDoctrinesofPuritanstakingreligionasthemostimportantthing;livingforglorifyingGod;believingpredestination（命运天定）,originalsin(原罪，人生下来就是有罪的，因为人类的祖先亚当和夏娃是有罪的),totaldepravity(人类是完全堕...