美國文學精要（簡體書）

本書分四部分：美國早期文學、美國浪漫主義文學、美國現實主義和自然主義文學、美國現代文學。在每一部分中，編者先概述了本時期的社會、政治、經濟、意識形態的狀況，歸納本時期的文學趨勢與流派特徵，之后介紹了本時期具有代表性的優秀作家的生平、寫作特色及重點選文，并對文中難點加以注釋，以供讀者參考。本書的使用對象為高等院校英語專業高年級學生，對美國文學感興趣的非英語專業的學生、教師、碩士研究生和文學愛好者，也希望能有所幫助。

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.Irvings life and literary works
2.Rip Van Winkle
Ⅱ.Ralph Waldo Emerson and Nature
1.Emersons life and literary works
2.Nature
Ⅲ.Nathaniel Hawthorne and Scarlet Letter
1.Hawthornes life and literary works
2.The Scarlet Letter
Ⅳ.Walt Whitman and Leaves of Grass
1.Whitmans life and literary works
2.Leaves of Grass
Ⅴ.Herman Melville and Moby Dick
1.Melvilles 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 Twains life and his literary career
2.The Celebrated Jumping Frog
Ⅳ.Henry James and The Portrait of a Lady
1.Henry Jameslife and his literary career
2.The Portrait of a Lady
Ⅴ.Emily Dickenson and a Poem
1.Emily Dickensons 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 Dreisers life and life career
2.An American Tragedy
3.Sister Carrie
Ⅳ.Jack London and The Call of the Wild
1.Jack Londons 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.Hemingways life and literary works
2.For whom the Bell Tolls
Ⅱ.F.Scott Fitzgerald and The Great Gatsby
1.F.Scott Fitzgeralds life and literary works
2.The Great Gatsby
Ⅲ.John Ernst Steinbeck and The Grapes of Wrath
1.John Steinbecks life and literary works
2.The Grapes of Wrath
Ⅳ.Ezra Pound and a Poem
1.Ezra Pounds life and his works
2.A poem
Ⅴ.Thomas Stearns Eliot and The Waste Land
1.T.S.Eliots life and literary works
2.The Waste Land
Ⅵ.William Faulkner and Light in August
1.William Faulkners life and literary works
2.Light in August
Ⅶ.Robert Frost and Mending Wall
1.Frosts life and literary works
2.Mending Wall
Ⅷ.Eugene ONeill and The Hairy Ape
1.Eugene ONeills life and literary works
2.The Hairy Ape
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