美国文学精要

Part Ⅰ　The Early American Literature
Chapter Ⅰ.The Literature of Colonial America
Ⅰ.The Background
Ⅱ.The Literature of Colonial America
Chapter II.The Literature of Revolutionary America(1700—1800)
Ⅰ.The Background
Ⅱ.The Literature of Revolutionary America
Ⅲ.Benjamin Franklin and The Autobiography
Ⅳ.Thomas Jefferson and The Declaration of Independence
Part Ⅱ American Romanticism
Chapter Ⅰ.Historical Background
Chapter II.Literary Features and Writers
Ⅰ.Washington Irving and Rip Van Winkle
　　　1.Irving's life and literary works
　　　2.Rip Van Winkle
　　Ⅱ.Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nature
　　　1.Emerson's life and literary works
　　　2.Nature
Ⅲ.Nathaniel Hawthorne and Scarlet Letter
　　　1.Hawthorne's life and literary works
2.The Scarlet Letter
Ⅳ.Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass
　　　1.Whitman's life and literary works
2.Leaves of Grass
Ⅴ.Herman Melville and Moby Dick
　　　1.Melville's life and literary works
2.Moby Dick
Part Ⅲ　American Realism and Naturalism
　Chapter Ⅰ.Realism
　　Ⅰ.Historical Background
　　Ⅱ.The Literary Characteristics of the Realism
Ⅲ.Mark Twain and The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
1.Mark Twain's life and his literary career
　　　2.The Celebrated Jumping Frog
Ⅳ.Henry James and The Portrait of a Lady
　　　1.Henry James'life and his literary career
　　　2.The Portrait of a Lady
Ⅴ.Emily Dickenson and a Poem
　　　1.Emily Dickenson's life and her literary career
2.A poem
Chapter Ⅱ.Naturalism
　　Ⅰ.Historical Background
　　Ⅱ.The Literary Characteristics of the Naturalistic Period in America Literature
　　Ⅲ.Theodore Dreiser and Sister Carrie
　　　1.Theodore Dreiser's life and life career
2.An American Tragedy
3.Sister Carrie
Ⅳ.Jack London and The Call of the Wild
　　　1.Jack London's life and his literary career
2.The Call of the Wild
Part Ⅳ　American Modernism
Chapter Ⅰ.The Historical Background
Chapter Ⅱ.Literary Features and Major Writers
Chapter Ⅲ.Major writers
　　Ⅰ.Ernest Hemingway and For Whom the Bell Tolls
　　　1.Hemingway's life and literary works
2.For whom the Bell Tolls
　　Ⅱ.F.Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby
1.F.Scott Fitzgerald's life and literary works
2.The Great Gatsby
　　Ⅲ.John Ernst Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath
1.John Steinbeck's life and literary works
2.The Grapes of Wrath
Ⅳ.Ezra Pound and a Poem
1.Ezra Pound's life and his works
2.A poem
Ⅴ.Thomas Stearns Eliot and The Waste Land
1.T.S.Eliot's life and literary works
2.The Waste Land
　　Ⅵ.William Faulkner and Light in August
1.William Faulkner's life and literary works
　　　2.Light in August
　　Ⅶ.Robert Frost and Mending Wall
　　　1.Frost's life and literary works
2.Mending Wall
　　Ⅷ.Eugene O'Neill and The Hairy Ape
　　　1.Eugene O'Neill's life and literary works
2.The Hairy Ape
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