美国文学教程（A COURSE BOOK OF AMERICAN LITERATURE）

A Coue Description of American Literature
A Brief Introduction of American Literature
Part One Colonial Period and Early AmericanLiterature(1620-1800)
Chapter 1 The Plante and the Purita
　Background Information
　　1.1 Captain John Smith
　　From The Generall Historie
　　Captain Smith Among the India
　　1.2 William Bradford
　　From The Pilgrims Meet the India
　　1.3 Edward Taylor
　　The Jov of Church Fellowship Righdy Attended
Chapter2 The Founde ofthe Nation
　Background Information
　　2.1 Benjamin Franklin
　　From The Whisfle
　　A Receipt to Make a New England Funeral Elegy
　　From The Way to Wealth
　　2.2 Thomas Paine
　　From Common See
　　2.3 Thomas Jeffeon
　　The Declaration of Independence
Part Two The Romantic Period(1780-1860)
Chapter 3 The New National Literature
　　Background Information
　　3.1 Washington Irving
　　The Devil and Tom Walker
　　3.2 James Fenimore Cooper
　　An Overview of The Deelayer
　　From The Deelayer
　　3.3 William Cullen Bryant
　　Thanatopsis
　　To a Waterfowl
　　3.4 Edgar Allan Poe
　　The Masque of the Red Death
　　Annabel Lee
　　To Helen
Chapter 4 The Tracendentalism
　Background Information
　Tracendentalism
　　4.1 Ralph Waldo Emeon
　　From Self-Reliance
　　The Rhodora
　　4.2 Henry David Thoreau
　　An Overview ofWalden
　　From Walden
　　Where I Lived，and What I Lived for
　　4.3 Henry Wadsworth Long fellow
　　The Aenal at Springfield
　　The Tide Rises，the Tide Falls
　　Nature
　　The Sound ofthe Sea
　　4.4 Nathaniel Hawthorne
　　The Maypole of Merry Mount
　　An Overview of The Scarlet Letter
　　The Summary of Chapter 12
　　From The Scarlet Letter Chapter 12
　　The Minister's Vigil
Part Three The Aae of Realism(1860-1910)
Chapter 5 The Codflict between North and South
　Background Information
　　5.1 Walt Whitman
　　Young Grimes
　　From Song of Myself
　　Cavalry Crossing a Ford
　　5.2 Abraham Lincoln
　　Second Inaugural Address，March 4，1865
　　5.3 Emily Dickion
　　I Like to See It Lap the Miles
　　I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose
　　Because I Could Not Stop for Death
　　5.4 Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe
　　An Overview of Uncle Tom's Cabin
　　The Summary of Chapter 12
　　From Uncle Tom's Cabin Chapter 12
　　Select Incident of Lawful Trade
Chapter 6　New American Outlooks
　Background Information
　　6.1 Mark Twain
　　From life on the Mississippi
　　The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
　　An Overview of Ihe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
　　The Summary of Chapter 31
　　From The Adventures ofHuckleberry Finn Chapter 31
　　6.2 Henry James
　　An Overview ofThe Portrait of a Lady
　　The Sunanary of Chapter 7
　　From The Portrait of a Lady Chapter7
　　6.3　Stephen Crane
　　A Mystery of Heroism
　　6.4 Theodore Dreiser
　　An Overview of Sister Carrie
　　A Summary of Chapter 47
　　From Sister Carrie Chapter 47.
　　The Way of the Beaten—A Harp in the Wind
Part Four Modern American Literature(1910-　)
Chapter 7 American Literature after WW Ⅰ
　Background Information
　　7.1 Ezra Pound
　　In a Station of the Metro
　　The River-Merchant's Wife：A Letter
　　A Pact
　　7.2 Sherwood Andeon
　　From Winesburg，Ohio
　　Sophistication
　　From Winesburg，Ohio
　　Mother
　　7.3 Robert Frost
　　Nothing Gold Can Stay
　　Fire and Ice
　　To a Young Wretch
　　Mending Wall
　　7.4 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
　　An Overview ofThe Great Gatsbv
　　From The Great Gatsby Chapter 3
　　7.5 Ernest Hemingway
　　In Another Country
　　An Overview.ofA Farewell to Arms
　　From A Farewell to Arms Chapter 36
　　7.6 Eugene O’Neill
　　An Overview ofThe Hairy Ape
　　From The Hairy Ape SCENE Ⅰ
　　From The Hairy Ape SCENE Ⅱ
　　From The Hairy Ape SCENE Ⅲ
　　7.7 John Ert Steinbeck
　　The Leader of the People
　　An Overview ofThe Grapes of Wrath
　　From The Grapes of Wra山Chapter 9
　　7.8 William.Faulkner
　　The Bear
Chapter 8 American Literature after WW Ⅱ
　Background Information
　　The War Novelists
　　The Southern Write
　　The Jewish Write
　　The Beat Generation and the Beat Write
　　The Black Humor/Black Humorist
　　The Black Write
　　The Feminist Write
　　8.1　Saul BeHow
　　An Overview ofThe Adventures of Augie March
　　From The Adventures of Augie March Chapter 21
　　8.2 Norman Mailer
　　From“The White Negro”2
　　From“The White Negro”4
　　An Overview ofThe Armies of the Night
　　From The Armies of the Night
　　Part 6—A Trafer of Power
　　8.3 J.D.Salinger
　　An Overview ofThe Catcher in the Rye
　　From The Catcher in The Rye Chapter 22
　　From The Catcher in the Rye Chapter 24
　　8.4 Joseph Heller
　　An Overview of Catch-22
　　From Catch-22 Chapter 40
　　From Catch-22 Chapter 42
　　8.5 The Black WIite
　　Background Information
　　Langston Hughes
　　Negro Speaks of Rive
　　Richard Wright
　　From Black Boy
　　James Baldmn
　　An Overview of Tell Me How Long the Train’s Been Gone
　　From TeU Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
　　8.6 The Southera Write
　　Background Information
　　Robert Penn Warren
　　Infant Boy at Midcentury
　　Truman Capote
　　From In Cold Blood
　　Flannery O'Connor
　　An Overview of A Good Man is Hard to Find
　　From A Good Man Is Hard to Find
　　8.7 The Jewish Write
　　Isaac Bashevis Singer
　　Gimpel the Fool
　　The Son from America
　　8.8 The Feminist Write
　　Sylvia Plath
　　Words
　　Daddv
　　Alice Walker
　　Everyday Use
　　For Your Grandmama
Appendix Ⅰ A Chronology of American Literature and Life
Appendix Ⅱ Literary Terms
Appendix Ⅲ Suggested Awe to the Questio
Appendix Ⅳ Tests
Appendix Ⅴ 试卷参考答案
Appendix Ⅳ Bibliography