美国文学史选读1.docx

1、美国文学史选读1History And Anthology of American Literature (Volume)美国文学史及选读1PartThe Literature of Colonial America殖义时期的文学 1. 17世纪早期English and European explorers开始登陆美洲。在他们之前100多年Caribbean Islands, Mexico and other Parts of South America已被the Spanish占领。 2. 17th早期English settlements in Virginia and Massachu

2、setts(弗吉尼亚和马萨诸塞)开始了美国历史 3. 美国最早殖民者(earliest settlers)included Dutch ,Swedes ,Germans ,Freunch ,Spaniards ,Italians and Portugueses (荷兰人，瑞典人，德国人，法国人，西班牙人，意大利人及葡萄牙人等)。 4. 美国早期文学主要为the narratives and journals of these settlements采用in diaries and in journals(日记和日志)， 他们写关于the land with dense forests and

3、deep-blue lakes and rich soil. 5. 第一批美国永久居民：the first permanent English settlement in North America was established at Jamestown,Virginia in 1607(北美弗吉尼亚詹姆斯顿)。 6. 船长约翰史密斯Captain John Smith他的作品(reports of exploration)17th早期出版，被认为是美国第一部真 正意义上的文学作品in the early 1600s,have been described as the first dist

4、inctly American literature written in English.他讲述了filled with themes, myths, images, scenes, character and events,吸引了朝圣者和清教徒前往lure the Pilgrims and the Puritans. 7. 美国第一位作家：1608年Captain John Smith写了封信自殖民地第一次在弗吉尼亚垦荒以来发生的各种事 件的真实介绍“A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Hath Happ

5、ened in Virginia Since the First Planting of That Colony”. 8. 他的第二本书1612年弗吉尼亚地图，附：一个乡村的描述“A Map of Virginia: with a Description of the Country”. 9. 他一共出版了八本书，其中有关于新英格兰的历史及描述。其破产后做为向导sought a post as guide to the Pilgrims.他1624年弗吉尼亚通史“General History of Virginia”,讲述了传奇故事how the Indian princess Pocaho

6、ntas( 波卡洪特斯)saved him. 10. 他保存了殖民者在Jamestown早期开荒史及explored the rivers and bays around the Chesapeake region(切萨皮克 地区)，最重要的是he saw from the beginning what was eventually to be a basic principle of American history, the need of “workers”instead of “gentlemen”for the tough job of planting colonies and p

7、ushing the frontiers westward. 11. 早期新英格兰文学主要关于theological, moral, historical and political. 12. 清教徒坚韧耐劳，严格遵守教义the Puritans in New England embraced hardships, together with the discipline of a harsh church想建立神权社会found a theocracy,他们生活简朴，意志坚定，我行我素，不屈不挠地斗争they had toughness, purpose and character, the

8、y grappled strongly with challenges they set themselves.他们的基本价值观；注重勤劳，节俭，虔诚和节制hard work, thrift, piety and sobriety这些也成了早期美国作品主导思想。一、William Bradford and John Winthrop威廉布拉德福德和约翰温思罗普 普利茅斯第一任首长：William Bradford; 波斯顿第一任首长： John Winthrop. 1 William Bradford:普利茅斯开发历史“The History of Plymouth Plantation”文章

9、从1630年开始写起an account of the small group of Puritans who migrated from England to Amsterdam and then to the New Wold.文字简洁，认真负责，直接叙述，可读性强simplicity and earnestness of the book, with its direct reporting, make it readable and moving.1637年他用简单的律诗对自己一生写了个总结，后来科登马瑟写道：他是众人之福，也是众人之父“a common blessing and fa

10、ther to them all” 2 John Winthrop:新英格兰历史“The History of New England”.1630年登上“阿贝亚”（Arbella）to Massachusetts 并开始写日记keep a journal and to the rest of his life.1826年正式出版is notable for its candid simplicity and honesty. 3 他们并不出于创作需要而是记录历史，但却运用了直接生动的散文格式使文章成为了好的文学作品 the need to record important events in

11、permanent form. Yet, through a direct and vigorous prose style, each account literary excellence. 4 清教徒（Puritan）:就是要净化他们的信仰和行为方式，要纯洁自己信仰的人Puritans wanted to make pure their religious beliefs and practices, The Puritan was “Would-be purifier”. 总认为自己是上帝选民looked upon themselves as a chosen people.对他们的生

12、活方式提出异议就是反对上帝旨意anyone who challenged their way of life was opposing Gods Will and was not to be accepted.对自己的信仰视之如命，对别人信仰不能容忍they were zealous in defense of their own beliefs but often intolerant of the beliefs of others. 制定法律限制个人生活行为made laws about private morality as well as public behavior霍桑称他们为“

13、黑眉毛的古板的清教徒”“stern and black-browed Puritans”.二、John Cotton and Roger Williams约翰科登和罗杰威廉姆斯 1 John Cotton第一批知识分子代言人，称为“新英格兰教父”the Patriarch of New England”. 1633年到Boston 开始一直是这社区精神导师，他所宣讲的由来统治国家的神权思想直接影响了当时人们的行为 he was the “teacher”(spiritual leader) of the community and its guiding influence toward th

14、e ideal of theocracy(a state ruled by the church)他的影响主要通过教堂讲坛来完成his primary influence was through the pulpit. 听众对他深信不疑。他们清教徒强调权威，忽视they were much more concerned with authority than with democracy. 2 Roger Williams:1631年came to the Massachusetts后被放逐到现罗德岛Rhode Island。对不同意见者并不赞同对 其迫害而是屈服与容忍，他认为行为上的德，信仰

15、上的诚并没有给任何人强迫别人该如何行事的权力，没有任何政治秩序和教会体制能够直接体现神本身的意旨the idea that simply to be virtuous in conduct and devout in belief did not give anyone the right to force belief on others. He also felt that no political order or church system could identify itself directly with God. 他对印第安语言非常感兴趣Indian language.他写过开

16、启美国语言的钥匙或也叫做美洲新英格兰部分土著居民语言指南“A Key into the Language of America” or “A Help to the language of the Natives in That Part of America Called New England” 三、Anne Bradstreet and Edward Taylor安妮布莱德斯特和爱德华泰勒 这两位清教徒写的诗达到相当高水平，真正能称得上是诗作。 1 Anne Dudley Bradstreet是早期诗人中最风趣的诗人之一one of the most interesting of the early poets. 1630年乘 “Arbella”到Massachusetts.她的文学创作在抚养八个子女家庭劳作繁重劳动下进行的。 2 她的第一部作品由她的姐夫交给伦敦出版商，the title of this col