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History And Anthology of American Literature (VolumeⅠⅡ)
美国文学史及选读1、2
PartⅠThe Literature of Colonial America殖民主义时期的文学(at the beginning of 17th century)
Part Ⅱ The Literature of Reason And Revolution理性和革命时期文学(by the mid-18th century)
Thomas Jefferson: Declaration of Independence 独立宣言 (1776年 18世纪中后期)(仔细阅读知道意思)
Benjamin Franklin: The Autobiography
Thomas Paine: The American Crisis*
Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林1706-1790
Symbol of America in the Age of Enlightenment
殖民地时期作家。独立战争前惟一的杰出的美国作家in the colonial period, the only good American author before the Revolutionary War.
其还是美国第一位主要作家the first major writer非凡表达能力,简洁明了,有点幽默,还是一位讽刺天才as an author he had power of expression, simplicity, a subtle humor. He was also sarcastic.
他最好作品收录在《自传》“Autobiography”。
“对这个年青的国家来说,他的损失比其它任何人的都要大“his shadow lies heavier than any other man’s on this young nation.
Thomas Jefferson托马斯·杰弗逊(1743-1826)
美国历史上最为广泛影响人物his thought and personality have influenced his countryman more deeply and remained more effectively alive.同富兰克林一样具人道主义精神vigorous humanitarian sympathies.启蒙运动的产物a product of the Enlightenment.
1776年同约翰·亚当斯、本杰明·富兰克林、罗杰·谢尔曼、罗伯特·R·利文斯顿一起起草《独立宣言》with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R Livingston, he drafted the Declaration of Independence.
1790-1793任华盛顿内阁中第一任国务卿,as the first American secretary of state. 1800起担任两届美国总统。
教材作品:《独立宣言》(1776年7月4日
Thomas Paine 托马斯·佩因(1737-1809)*
1776-1783《美国危机》“American Crisis” signed “Common Sense” was a series of sixteen pamphlets.
战争结束后perfecting the model of an iron bridge without piers。
(1791-1792)《人权》“Rights of Man”。
《理性的时代》“The Age of Reason”1794-1795, 他最后一部作品1797《土地公平》“Agrarian Justice”.
教材作品:《美国危机》:“The American Crisis”.
Philip Freneau 菲利浦·弗瑞诺(1752-1832)*
革命战争后期最杰出作家perhaps the most outstanding writer of the Post-Revolutionary period “美国革命诗人”(the poet of the Revolution);“美国诗歌之父”(Father of American Poetry).
1770年第1部作品《想象的力量》(The Power of Fancy).1775年因出版有关讽刺英国人作品而被认可as a satirist of the British.
1776年出版《夜屋》(The House of Night)哥特式小说the G
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