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SHANGGUAN Yan English Department College of Foreign Languages China Three Gorges University

Teaching Outline Teaching Outline 1 About this course and some of my teaching ideas 2 About your assessment About your assessmentAbout your assessment 3 About some rules and regulations 4 The brief introduction to American literature study The brief introduction to American literature studyThe brief introduction to American literature study 5 How do we learn American Literature efficiently 5 How do we learn American Literature efficiently 6 Early American Literature (17th-18th centuries)

2 About your assessment About your assessmentAbout your assessment 40% : Class attendance Class attendance Presentation (24/ life/ PPT/2 or 3 ) Presentation (24/ life/ PPT/2 or 3 ) Quiz (both oral and written Quiz (both oral and written preview and review ) preview and review ) A term paper A term paper60%: Final exam Final exam

4 The brief introduction to American literature study 4 The brief introduction to American literature study 4.1 What is literature? 4.2 How to define American literature? 4.3 Some basic qualities of American writers. independent / individualistic / critical/ innovative/ humorous independent / individualistic / critical/ innovative/ humorous

5 How do we learn American Literature efficiently? 5.1 Literary periods— 17th-18th Early American Literature The Literature of Romanticism The Literature of Realism The Literature of Modernism

5 How do we learn American Literature efficiently? 5.2 Great and major writers 5.3 Literary terms

Reading List for This Course 1 常耀信, 美国文学简史（第 2 版） ——A Survey of American Literature(the 2nd Edition, 天津 : 南开大学出版社, 李宜燮，常耀信, 《美国文学选读》（上、下册）天津 : 南开大学出版社, 翟士钊，《美国文学选读》，开封：河南大学出版社，吴定柏, 《美国文学大纲》，上海外语教育出版社， 1998

Early American Literature (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 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 Puritanism 1. American literature -- a literary expression / the pious idealism of the Puritan request 2. American literary symbolism 3. style :fresh, simple and direct

Reading Assignments Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography Philip Freneau (Password: 2004jiaoyu)