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美国文学教案AmericanLiterature

AmericanLiterature

LectureOneAbriefoutlineofthecourse

I.Teachingobjectives:

throughthislecture,thestudentsareexpectedtohaveageneralideaabouttheimportantauthorsandtheirmostinfluentialworks,andtheliteraryfocusandachievementsindifferentperiodsoftheformationofthenation.

II.Teachingfocus:

abriefintroductionof:

1.Thebackgroundofdifferentperiods

2.Themajorwriterstobecovered

3.Theimportantworksthataregoingtobestudied

III.Teachingsteps

1.AskstudentssomegeneralquestionsaboutAmericanliterature

2.Lecturebytheteacher

3.Groupdiscussionbythestudents

IV.Homework

Writeashortarticleaboutwhatyouareexpectingtolearnfromthiscourse,whatsuggestionsyouhaveforthiscourse

LectureTwoColonialPeriod

I.Teachingobjectives:

throughthislecture,thestudentsareexpectedtohaveageneralideaaboutthemissionofthefirstgroupofPuritanimmigrantstotheNewWorld,theirperseveranceinseekingtheirpurpose,andthepervadingspiritofPuritanismintheearlycommunities.

I.Teachingfocus

1.ThemissionofthePuritanimmigrantstotheNewWorld

2.Puritanismanditsinfluenceinallspheresoflifeintheearlycommunities

3.ThereligiouspoemsbyAnneBradstreet

II.Teachingsteps

1.Warming-upquestions

1.1WhatisthemeaningofPuritan,whatarethemajorcharacteristicsofthePuritans

1.2WhydidsomePuritanslefttheirowncountryandriskedtheirlivestocrossovertheAtlanticOceanandsettleontheNewWorld?

1.3Whatisthemeaningoftheocracy?

2.Pointstobecoveredbytheteacher

2.1AbriefintroductionaboutthePuritanfromahistoricperspective

2.2ThemissionsofthefirstgroupofPuritanstothenewworld

2.3Thesituationinthecommunitiesoftheearlysettlement

2.4ThespiritofPuritanismanditsimpactonthebuildingofthenationandpeople’sdailylifeduringthecolonialperiod.

3.Readandanalyzethepoem“UpontheBurningofOurHouse”byAnneBradstreet

III.Homework

Readthee-book:

ResearchGuidetoAmericanLiterature:

ColonialLiterature:

1607-1776

LectureThree:

EdwardsandFranklin

I.Teachingobjectives

Inthislecture,thestudentsareexpectedtogetsomeknowledgeaboutthemajorpointofPuritanismandCalvinism,andhowEdwardsandFranklindemonstratedifferentaspectsofthespiritofPuritanism

II.Teachingfocus

1.ThemajordoctrineofPuritanism

2.ThemajordoctrineofCalvinism

3.BenjaminFranklin

4.JonathanEdwards

III.Teachingsteps

1.Warming-upquestionsforthestudents

1.1Doyouknowtheoriginaloforiginalsin?

1.2DoyouhaveanyknowledgeaboutJohnCalvinandthereligiousdoctrinesthatheadvocated?

1.3Doyouknowthewell-storyofFranklin’sflyingofkite,andcanyounamesomeofhisinventions?

2.Pointstobecoveredbytheteacher

2.1themajordoctrinesofPuritanismanditsprofoundimpactonpeople’sdailylifeofthecolonialperiodandliteraryendeavorsforalongtime

2.2themajordoctrinesofCalvinismanditspervadingspiritofsinandevil

2.3themostfamousself-mademaninAmerica,BenjaminFranklin,andhissuccessfulstorywhichisthebestexampleoftheAmericanDreamfromamaterialperspective.

2.4thepiouslifeofJonathanEdwardsandhisinfluenceonagroupofwriterscalledtheTranscendentalistsinthe1830s-40s

3.ReadandanalyzecertainpassagefromBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiography

IV.Homework

ReadtheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinandSinnersintheHandsofanAngryGodbyJonathanEdwards

LectureFourAmericanRomanticLiterature

I.Teachingobjectives

Throughthislecture,studentsareexpectedtohaveageneralideaaboutthefollowingpoints:

therelationshipbetweenAmericanRomanticliteratureandthatofBritain;themajorwritersandtheirworksofAmericanRomanticism.

II.Teachingfocus

1.ThemajorcharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticism

2.WashingIrvingandhisshortstories

3.JamesFenimoreCooperandhisLeatherstockingTales

III.Teachingsteps

1.Warming-upquestions

1.1WashingtonIrvingiscalledtheFatherofAmericanLiterature,whatcan

possiblydenotebysuchhonorarytitle?

1.2ThereisaveryinterestinganecdoteconcerningCooper’stryingtowrite

novelsbyhimself,haveyoueverheardthatanecdote,andwhatisyour

opinionofsuchapersonage?

2.Pointstobecoveredbytheteacher

2.1acomparisonbetweenRomanticisminAmericaandBritain

2.2WashingtonIrving’sliterarycreationandtwoofhismostfamous

legendarytales:

RipVanWinkleandLegendoftheSleepyHollow

2.3Cooper’sLeatherstockingTalesandhisimportanceasthebuilderofthe

Americanmyth

3.ReadandanalyzesomepassagesfromRipVanWinklebyWashington

Irving

IV.Homework

ReadIrving’sLegendoftheSleepyHollowandCooper’sTheLastMahican

LectureFiveAmericanTranscendentalistLiterature

（1）

I.Teachingobjectives

Throughthislecture,thestudentsareexpectedtohaveageneralideaaboutthefollowingpoints:

thespiritoftheperiod;themajorwritersandtheirworks.

II.Teachingfocus

1.ThesourcesanddoctrinesofTranscendentalism

2.Emerson’sworkandinfluenceduringtheTranscendentalperiod

III.Teachingsteps

1.Pointstobecoveredbytheteacher

1.1thevarioussourcesofTranscendentalism,suchastheidealisticphilosophyofGermanyandFrance,andOrientalmysticism.

1.2themajorfeaturesofTranscendentalism:

Oversoul,importanceofindividual,andnatureassymbolicoftheSpiritorGod.

1.3Emerson’sroleintheTranscendentalistmovement,thedean,theeditoroftheitsmajorjournalDial,andthefounderoftheTranscendentalclub.

1.4Emerson’sNatureandTheAmericanScholar,oneisconsideredtobethemanifestoofTranscendentalism,theotherisconsideredtoAmerica’sdeclarationofintellectualindependence.

2.ReadandanalyzepassagesfromNaturebyRalphEmerson

IV.Homework

ReadTheAmericanScholarbyEmerson

LectureSixAmericanTranscendentalistLiterature

（2）

I.Teachingobjectives

Throughthislecture,studentsareexpectedtohaveageneralideaaboutthefollowingpoints:

Thoreauandhisexperience;Thoreau’smasterpieceWalden

II.Teachingfocus

1.Thoreau’slifeexperience

2.Thoreau’smaterializationofthedoctrinesofTranscendentalisminasmall

hutonthebankofWaldenpond

3.TherediscoveryandreevaluationofWaldeninthetwentiethcentury

III.Teachingsteps

1.Warming-upquestions

DoyouhaveanyideaaboutwhatisWaldenabout?

2.Pointstobecoveredbytheteacher

2.1Thoreau’slifestyleandthecommentariesofhiscontemporariestohim

2.2rediscoveryandreevaluationofThoreau’sWaldeninthetwentiethcentury

2.3Waldenandeco-criticism

3.ReadandanalyzecertainpassagesfromWalden

IV.Homework

ReadThoreau’sWalden

LectureSevenHawthorneandMelville

I.Teachingobjectives

StudentsareexpectedtolearnsomethingaboutthenotoriousSalemWitchcraftTrialandthemajordoctrinesofCalvinismandtheirimpactsonHawthorneandhiswritings,theyarealsoexpectedtoknowMelville’sprofessionasasailorandthetremendousinfluenceofhisprofessionasasailoronalmostallhisworks.

II.Teachingfocus

1.HawthorneandhisScarletLetter

2.MelvilleandhisMobyDick

III.Teachingsteps

1warmingupquestions

1.1DoyouhaveanyknowledgeaboutMoses’tencommandmentsintheOldTestament,andoneofthecommandmentssaysthat“Thoushaln’tcommitadultery”,doyouknowthemeaningofadultery?

1.2Saysomethingaboutyourunderstandingofalienation

2.Pointstobecoveredbytheteacher

2.1AroughsummaryofSalemWitchcraftTrialof1692andtheroleplayedbyoneofHawthorn’spreeminentancestors

2.2Hawthornepervadingsenseofsinandevilandthereflectionofthesethemesinalmostallhisworks,eithershortstoriesornovels.

2.3AnalysisofthefourmajorcharactersinTheScarletLetter

2.4Melville’sexperienceasawhalerontheseaanditsinfluenceonhisworks

2.5AnanalysisofhishighlysymbolicworkMobyDick

3.ReadandanalyzecertainpassagesfromTheScarletLetter

IV.Homework

ReadthenovelTheScarletLetterandseethefilmadaptedfromthisnovel,andthenmakeacomparisonbetweenthem

LectureEightWhitmanandDickinson

I.Teachingobjectives

StudentsareexpectedtohaveageneralideaaboutWhitmanandDickinsonandthedifferencesbetweenthethemeandstyleoftheirpoems.

II.Teachingfocus

1.WhitmanandhisSongofMyself

2.Dickinsonandseveralofherpoems

III.Teachingsteps

1.Pointstobecoveredbytheteacher

1.1Whitman’sgregarioushabitandthedemocratictendencyreflectedinhisLeavesofGrass

1.2ThedifferentevaluationofLeavesofGrassbyWhitman’scontemporariesandcriticsofthetwentiethcentury.

1.3Dickinson’sreclusivelivinghabitandmeditationondeathandimmortality

1.4RediscoveryandreevaluationofDickinson’spoemsinthetwentiethcentury

1.5WhitmanandDickinson’sinfluenceonAmericanmodernpoetry

2.ReadandanalyzecertainpassagesfromLeavesofGrassandsomepoemsbyDickinson

IV.Homework

TrytowriteashortpoemofDickinsonianstyle

LectureNineAmericanRealistLiterature

（1）

I.Teachingobjectives

Throughthislecture,thestudentsareexpectedtogetsomeknowledgeabouttheAmericanCivilWaranditsimpactonliterarycreation,andalsothemajordoctrinesandfocusofAmericanRealistliterature.

II.Teachingfocus

1.TheAmericanCivilWar

2.DoctrinesandfocusofAmericanRealism

3.WilliamDeanHowellsandhisinfluenceonthewritingsofotherwritersofthis

Period

III.Teachingsteps

1.Warming-upquestions

2.Lecturebytheteacher

3.Readandanalyzes