会计学 1 AmericanRomanticism美国文学史 Contents Period 1 Background 2 Features of American Romanticism 3 Literature and Its Characteristics 4 5 5 Major Writers & Representative Works 第1页/共14页 Period It stretches from the end of the 18th century to the outbreak of the Civil War. It started with the publication of Washington Irving's The Sketch Book and ended with Whitman's Leaves of Grass. 第2页/共14页 Background National Influence Democracy and political quality Economic boom Cultural Independence International Influence Romantic Movement in England and Europe Many English and European masters of poetry and prose 第3页/共14页 第4页/共14页 Background National Influence Democracy and political quality Economic boom Cultural Independence International Influence Romantic Movement in England and Europe Many English and European masters of poetry and prose 第5页/共14页 1. border tales 2. development of American Indian romance 3. romantic description of landscape 4. The Gothic tradition 5. American imagination for lyrics of love and passion and despair 6. contribute to the nation's singing strength 第6页/共14页 Features of American Romanticism It was the expression of "a real new experience". Imprint from American Puritanism American as a New Man a new Garden of Eden for man American Dream 第7页/共14页 Literature and Its Characteristics As a logical result of the foreign and native factors at work, American Romanticism was both imitative and independent. 第8页/共14页 Literature and Its Characteristics Themes: home, family and children, nature, idealized love; Apathy to major problems of American life. Technique: Traditional meters and stanza forms, British English, stereotyped metaphors, explicit and superficial symbolism. 第9页/共14页
