《贸易客源国概况》课件——2-3-2 加拿大文学的三个时期Three Periods of Canadian Literature.ppt

授课教师马爱梅ThreePeriodsofCanadianLiterature

CanadianEnglishliteraturecanbetracedbackto1749,whenBritainbegantosystematicallyemigratetoCanadaandintroducedBritishcultureandreligion.?

?AftertheoutbreakoftheAmericanWarofIndependence,alargenumberofpro-BritishelementsfromNorthAmericapouredintoCanada.?TheirliteraryactivitiesbecamethebeginningofCanadianEnglishliterature.

CanadianEnglishliteraturecanbedividedintothreeperiods:thecolonialperiod(1749-1867),whichwastheformationstageofCanadianEnglishliterature,from1867tothe1920s,andthe20thcentury.

Thecolonialperiod(1749-1867)wasthestageoftheformationofCanadianEnglishliterature.?TheEnglishworksatthistimearemainlytravelnotes,diariesandexperienceswrittenbybusinessmen,explorers,priestsandgarrisontroops,describingthenaturalsceneryofeasternandnortheasternCanada,thegarrisonlifeoftheBritisharmyandthesituationofsomeIndiantribes,andsoon.TheseworksarepublishedinBritishpublications.

From1867to1920s.?Aftermorethanacenturyofdevelopment,CanadianEnglishliteraturehasbeguntotakeshape.?AftertheBritishParliamentpassedtheBritishNorthAmericaActin1867,CanadabecameadominionoftheCommonwealth,anditsliteratureenteredanewstage.

AfterWorldWarI(1920~),Canadagaineddiplomaticindependencein1926,anditsnationalconsciousnessroseagain,sowriterswererequiredtocreateliteraryandartisticworkscommensuratewithnationalstrength.?

CanadianLiterati,CanadianForumandothermagazinesactivelysupporttheirownworks,promotethemovementofsmalltheaters,andcarryoutthestudyofCanadianliterature.?TheWritersAssociationwasestablishedintheearly1920s.?

?Allthesehavepromotedthedevelopmentofliterarycreation,aswellastheprosperityofdrama,filmandsoon.

Newliterarytheoriesandschoolsemergedoneafteranotherinthe