The United States ofAmerica Unit 7 American Literature
The United States of America Unit 7 American Literature
Quiz Give the English and a brief explanation for the following: 1超验主义者 2惠特曼 3马克吐温 4《荒原》 5“迷惘的一代
Quiz Give the English and a brief explanation for the following: 1 超验主义者 2 惠特曼 3 马克吐温 4 《荒原》 5 “迷惘的一代
Focal Points ·Washington Irving ·naturalists James Fenimore Cooper.Sherwood Anderson and 。Transcendentalism Sinclair Lewis ·Henry David Thoreau ·T.S.Eliot ·Nathaniel Hawthorne the "Lost Generation" ·Herman Melville ·William Faulkner ·Walt Whitman ·Eugene ONeill 。Mark Twain ·African-American writers
Focal Points • Washington Irving • James Fenimore Cooper • Transcendentalism • Henry David Thoreau • Nathaniel Hawthorne • Herman Melville • Walt Whitman • Mark Twain • naturalists • Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair Lewis • T. S. Eliot • the "Lost Generation" • William Faulkner • Eugene O'Neill • African-American writers
This Unit Is Divided into Five Sections I.Early Fiction II.Major Writers of the 19th Century III.Major Writers at the Turn of the Century IV.Major Writers of the 20th Century V.New American Voices
This Unit Is Divided into Five Sections I. Early Fiction II. Major Writers of the 19th Century III. Major Writers at the Turn of the Century IV.Major Writers of the 20th Century V. New American Voices
I.Early Fiction Washington Irving (1783-1859):His History of New York is supposedly an account of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan Island.With this work Irving furnished America with its first myth-hero,Father Knickerbocker.In "Rip Van Winkle"and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow",Irving focused on America's natural landscape and contributed even more memorable characters to his legendary recreation of the American past. He was among the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe,and was also admired by some European writers, including Walter Scott,Lord Byron,and Charles Dickens. Irving encouraged American authors that followed him
I. Early Fiction • Washington Irving (1783-1859): His History of New York is supposedly an account of the Dutch settlement of Manhattan Island. With this work Irving furnished America with its first myth-hero, Father Knickerbocker. In “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, Irving focused on America’s natural landscape and contributed even more memorable characters to his legendary recreation of the American past. He was among the first American writers to earn acclaim in Europe, and was also admired by some European writers, including Walter Scott, Lord Byron, and Charles Dickens. Irving encouraged American authors that followed him