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§Literature period

*每個時期都有一個燦爛的文體

*每個時期都是上一個時期的反動

+1. Classicism (tragedy/comedy/epic)

-2. Medieval (courtly love/3M: morality play, mystery play, miracle play)

§Let it Snow (video)

-lyrics:

Oh the weather outside is frightful

But the fire is so delightful

And since we've no place to go

§Free verse的代表→Walt Whithman, Emily Dickenson

1. Walt Whitman

→An American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse. His work was very controversial in its time, particularly his poetry collection Leaves of Grass, which was described as obscene for its overt sexuality.

*詩：多慷慨激昂 →在那當時，被人成之為"淫穢之作"(講義p.172)

* (p.1082)When Lilacs last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

§Emily Dickinson

→An American poet. Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, to a successful family with strong community ties, she lived a mostly introverted and reclusive life. Considered an eccentric by the locals, she became known for her penchant for white clothing and her reluctance to greet guests or, later in life, even leave her room. Most of her friendships were therefore carried out by correspondence.

→free verse (P.1212)

§Transcendentalism

→A religious and philosophical movement that developed during the late 1820s and '30s in the Eastern region of the United States as a protest against the general state of spirituality and, in particular, the state of intellectualism at Harvard University and the doctrine of the Unitarian church as taught at Harvard Divinity School.

**notice:

12/9 send Blog URL to Sara

1.Advent

-天主教 12月點四根蠟燭

-purple的祭壇，stands for royal

*News：黑人青年被槍殺→但是白人無罪？

-basic problem: GDP、失業率(unemployment)、黑人的剝奪感很重

*莎莎經典名句：

-先求有→再求好

-讀書是必要的→放進腦子裡的不會爛 (rationale)

1. 葉丙成教授

-Benson’s Flip

→care(很在乎”成績”)

→video(給學生先看，之後再討論)

→工商時間

Moby Dick白鯨記

→ The Great White Whale

→ A novel by Herman Melville, in which Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on the albino sperm whale Moby Dick, which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee.

*naturalism

§Nathaniel Hawthorne

→An American novelist and short story writer. He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning. His ancestors include John Hathorne, the only judge involved in the Salem witch trials who never repented of his actions.

(故居:Salem /祖父是法官，曾經參與燒女巫的案子)

→The Scarlet Letter

*通姦: adulterous affair

§American Renaissance

→具爭議性的議題

→In the history of American architecture and the arts, the American Renaissance was the period ca 1876–1917 characterized by renewed national self-confidence and a feeling that the United States was the heir to Greek democracy, Roman law, and Renaissance humanism. 

§Salem, Massachusetts

→原：海港城市，現在：已被砂石堆積

§p.119

*Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)

-The most prominent of early English poets of North America and first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. She was also a prominent Puritan figure in American Literature. Her first volume of poetry was The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, published in 1650. It was met with a positive reception in both the Old World and the New World.

-female subjectivity

§p.145

*The Declaration of Independence

‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.' __Thomas Jefferson

1.Anne Bradstreet

→ The most prominent of early English poets of North America and first female writer in the British North American colonies to be published. Her first volume of poetry was The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, published in 1650. It was met with a positive reception in both the Old World and the New World.

→雙關語：寫夫妻情趣or期待