Part One Colonial America Chapter Ⅰ American Puritanism 1.The New World 2.Puritan Fathers 3.The Puritan Principles 4.Characteristics of American Puritans 5.The Puritan Heritage Chapter Ⅱ The Colonial Literature 1.Characteristics of the Colonial Literature 2.William Bradford 3.Anne Bradstreet 4.Edward Taylor 5.Jonathan Edwards Part Two America Independence Chapter Ⅰ American Revolution and Enlightenment 1.American Revolution 2.Enlightenment Chapter Ⅱ The Literature of Revolution and Enlightenment 1.The Literary Features 2.Thomas Paine 3.Thomas Jefferson 4.Philip Freneau Chapter Ⅲ Benjamin Franklin Part Three The Age of Romanticism Chapter Ⅰ The Rise of American Romanticism 1.Historical Background 2.Characteristics of Romanticism 3.Features of American Romanticism Chapter Ⅱ Early Romanticism 1.Characteristics of Early Romanticism 2.Early Romantic Novelists 3.Early Romantic Poets Chapter Ⅲ Late Romanticism 1.Characteristics of Late Romanticism and the Flowering of American Literature 2.Late Romantic Poets--Whitman,Dickinson,Poe 3.Late Romantic Essayists--Emerson and Thoreau 4.Late Romantic Novelists--Hawthorne and Melville Part Four The Age of Realism Chapter Ⅰ The Rise of Realism 1.Realism 2.Features of Critical Realism 3.Historical Background of American Realism 4.Features of American Realism Chapter Ⅱ Three Major Novelists of Realism Chapter Ⅲ Four Novelists of Naturalism Chapter Ⅳ Other Writers of Social Criticism Part Five The Age of Modernism Chapter Ⅰ The Rise of Modernism 1.Modernism 2.Features of Modernism 3.Historical Introduction of American Modernism 4.Modern American Poetry 5.Modern American Drama 6.Modern American Fiction Chapter Ⅱ Modern Poets 1.Poets of Native Traditions 2.Imagist and Symbolist Poets 3.Confessional Poets 4.Beat Poets Chapter Ⅲ Modern Novelists 1.Midwest Novelists 2.Novelists of Lost Generation 3.Novelists of Depression 4.African American Novelists 5.Jewish Novelists 6.Southern Novelists 7.War Novelists 8.Asian American Novelists 9.Women Novelists 10.Other Contemporary Novelists Chapter Ⅳ Modern Playwrights 1.Eugene O'Neill 2.Three Dominant Playwrights 3.Contemporary Playwrights Appendix Glossary of Literary Terms References
