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§Literature period

*每個時期都有一個燦爛的文體

§Let it Snow (video)

§Free verse的代表→Walt Whithman, Emily Dickenson

§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.

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*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

1. 葉丙成教授

-Benson’s Flip

Moby Dick白鯨記

§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.

§American Renaissance

→具爭議性的議題

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*Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)

*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

*movie: American Dream in China 海闊天空

*American Renaissance

→In American literature, the American Renaissance was a period during which many of the literary works most widely considered American masterpieces were produced. The period is generally defined as the mid-19th century but especially the years roughly from 1850 to 1855. For example, major works from those years include Ralph Waldo Emerson's Representative Men, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables and so on.

1. Pilgrim and Puritan
*五月花號(Mayflower) 1620

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