- 重庆大学出版社
- 9787562443827
- 32047
- 43156019-2
- 2012-05
- 文学
- 外国语言文学
- I712.11
- 英语
- 本科
内容简介
《美国文学选读》是《求知高等学校英语专业系列教材》的一部分,旨在为英语专业高年级学生、美国文学爱好者和研究者提供一片园地,用以学习和研究美国文学,提高文学素养,开拓视野,陶冶情操。本书是一本集历史、文本、批评理论于一书的文学选读教材。该书介绍了美国自殖民地时期到20世纪末的历史文化背景和各个时期的文艺思潮以及代表作家和他们的代表著作。本书按照美国文学的发展分九章,每章包括历史文化背景简介、作家作品选读、文学聚焦、阅读与欣赏和时代之声5个部分。精简而丰富的注释、引导自主性研究的思考题能有效帮助读者加深对所选作品的理解和鉴赏。
目录
Chapter 1 EARLY AMERICA TO 1750 INTRODUCTION William Bradford( 1590-1657 ) from Of Plymouth Plantation Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672) To My Dear and Loving Husband LITERARY FOCUS READING FOR APPRECIATION VOICE OF THE AGEChapter 2 REASON AND REVOLUTION 1750-1800 INTRODUCTION Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) from Poor Richard' s Almanac Thomas Paine (1737-1809) from The American Crisis Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) The Declaration of Independence LITERARY FOCUS READING FOR APPRECIATION VOICE OF THE AGEChapter 3 NATIVE GROUNDS 1800-1840 INTRODUCTION Washington Irving(1783-1859) Rip Van Winkle James Fenimore Cooper ( 1789-1851 ) from The Last of the Mohicans William Cullen Bryant(1794-1878) Thanatopsis Edgar Allan Poe(1809-1849) To Helen The Raven LITERARY FOCUS READING FOR APPRECIATION VOICE OF THE AGEChapter 4 NEW ENGLAND RENAISSANCE 1840-1855 INTRODUCTION Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) from Nature from Self Reliance Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) from The Scarlet Letter Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) A Psalm of Life The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls LITERARY FOCUS READING FOR APPRECIATION VOICE OF THE AGEChapter 5 CONFLICT AND CELEBRATION 1855-1880 INTRODUCTION Walt Whitman(1819-1892) from Song of Myself O Captain ! My Captain ! ……Chapter 6 REGIONALISM AND REALISM 1880-1910Chapter 7 THE BLOOM OF MODERNISM 1910-1930Chapter 8 MID-CENTURY VOICES 1930-1960Chapter 9 IN OUR TIME 1960-PRESENTBIBLIOGRAPHY