SHANGGUAN Yan SHANGGUAN Yan English DepartmentEnglish Department

College of Foreign LanguagesCollege of Foreign LanguagesChina Three Gorges UniversityChina Three Gorges University

Teaching OutlineTeaching Outline

1 About this course and some of my 1 About this course and some of my teaching ideasteaching ideas 2 2 About your assessmentAbout your assessment 3 About some rules and regulations3 About some rules and regulations4 4 The brief introduction to American literaturThe brief introduction to American literature studye study5 How do we learn American Literature effi5 How do we learn American Literature efficientlyciently6 Early American Literature (17th-18th 6 Early American Literature (17th-18th centuries)centuries)

2 2 About your assessmentAbout your assessment

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Class attendanceClass attendance

PresentationPresentation (24/ life/ (24/ life/ PPT/2 or 3 PPT/2 or 3 ))

QuizQuiz (both oral and written (both oral and written

preview and review )preview and review )

A term paper A term paper

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Final examFinal exam

4 The brief introduction to American4 The brief introduction to American literature study literature study

4.1 What is literature?4.1 What is literature?

4.2 How to define American literature?4.2 How to define American literature?

4.3 Some basic qualities of American 4.3 Some basic qualities of American writerswriters . .

independent / individualistic / critical/ independent / individualistic / critical/ innovative/ humorousinnovative/ humorous

5 How do we learn American 5 How do we learn American Literature efficiently?Literature efficiently?

5.1 Literary periods—5.1 Literary periods—

17th-18th Early American Literature 17th-18th Early American Literature

1815-1865 The Literature of Romanticism1815-1865 The Literature of Romanticism

1865-1914 The Literature of Realism1865-1914 The Literature of Realism

1914- 1945 The Literature of Modernism1914- 1945 The Literature of Modernism

5 How do we learn American 5 How do we learn American Literature efficiently?Literature efficiently?

5.2 Great and major writers5.2 Great and major writers

5.3 Literary terms5.3 Literary terms

Reading List for This CourseReading List for This Course

11 常耀信常耀信 , , 美国文学简史（第美国文学简史（第 22 版）版）———— A A Survey of American Literature(the 2nd Survey of American Literature(the 2nd Edition, Edition, 天津天津 :: 南开大学出版社南开大学出版社 ,2003.,2003.22 李宜燮，常耀信李宜燮，常耀信 ,, 《《美国文学选读美国文学选读》》（上、（上、下册）天津下册）天津 :: 南开大学出版社南开大学出版社 ,1997.,1997.33 翟士钊，翟士钊，《《美国文学选读美国文学选读》》，开封：河南，开封：河南大学出版社，大学出版社， 2001200144 吴定柏吴定柏 , , 《《美国文学大纲美国文学大纲》》， 上海外语， 上海外语教育出版社， 教育出版社， 19981998

Early American Literature Early American Literature (17th-18th centuries)(17th-18th centuries)

1 A Historical Survey

1492, Christopher Columbus

1607, The first British colony

1620, Mayflower

1776, The Declaration of Independence

1789, George Washington

1791, Washington D. C.

2 The Puritans and Puritanism2 The Puritans and Puritanism

2.1 The Puritans

purify the English Church / restore church worship / “pure and unspotted”

opposed the elaborate rituals

believed that the Bible was the revealed word of God/ people should guide their daily behavior with the Bible.

2.2 American Puritanism

Religious: a highly strict religious doctrine/ the new continent / worship God in the way they thought true Christians should

Practical: practical aspect/ work hard / make a living /be ready for any misfortunes & tragic failures

2.3 The impact of Puritanism2.3 The impact of Puritanism

1. American literature -- a literary expression / the pious idealism of the Puritan request2. American literary symbolism3. style :fresh, simple and direct

Reading Assignments

Benjamin Franklin: Benjamin Franklin: AutobiographyAutobiography

Philip FreneauPhilip Freneau

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