One cannot study American literature while disregarding its short story. According to Frank O'Connor, who is himself a writer of many collections of short stories, the 'Americans have handled the short story so wonderfully that one can say that it is a national art form.' Such a quote by ...
American literature - Novels, Short Stories, Fiction: Two distinct groups of novelists responded to the cultural impact, and especially the technological horror, of World War II. Norman Mailer’s The Naked and the Dead (1948) and Irwin Shaw’s The Young
1、a concise history of american literaturewhat is literature?literature is language artistically used to achieve identifiable literary qualities and to convey meaningful messages.chapter 1 colonial period i. background: puritanism1.features of puritanism(1)predestination: god decided everything before 2...
A Short History of American Literature Chapter 1. The Period of Colonization and Revolution (the early 17th century to the end of the 18th century) 1. Social background: The first permanent English settlement in North America was established at Jamestown, Virginia in 1617; The War for ...
American literature in the 17thcentury mostly consisted of Puritan literature. Puritanism had an enduring influence on American literature. It had become, to some extent, so much a state of mind, so much a part of national cultural atmosphere, rather than a set of tenets. Transcendentalism超验...
Literature, naturally, became the face of the blossoming American identity. Since then, the amount of American short story writers has grown exponentially, and readers of all ages are well-versed in the genre of American stories. While the length of a short story can be whatever the author ...
What is literature? Literature is language artistically used to achieve identifiable literary qualities and to convey meaningful messages. Chapter 1 Colonial Period I. Background: Puritanism 1. features of Puritanism (1) Predestination: God decided everything before things occurred. ...
Since the series inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT ...
This is as true of American literature as of any other. However, in the beginning American literature tended t... D Ross 被引量: 2发表: 1961年 2013年美国短篇小说印象 of the Year)和《最佳美国短篇小说集》(The Best American Short Stories).每年,它们都从美国和加拿大的众多期刊杂志中挑选出艺术...