美國文學（簡體書）
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Ⅰ指導思想
厚今薄古、刪繁就簡、準確定位、有利自學、系統全面、突出重點、綱目清晰、風格創新、l翔實可靠、評價中肯。
Ⅱ基本原則
1．編年性：基本依照歷史時間順序，在主要章節的標題后面注明年代跨度，全書各章節基本銜接，使這部教材相當于《美國文學史》那樣的簡明教科書。
2．流派性：文學史性質的《美國文學》，如果以文學流派為主線，則綱目清晰，主次分明，便于取舍：否則，像美國的幾部文學讀本，動輒一千多頁，甚至幾千頁，篇幅雷人?即使再編一部下冊，也難把所有應當收入的主要作家及其作品收齊。著名的美國作家有百名之多，若以主要流派為綱，則涉及幾十位作家，但仍有太多遺漏，只好忍痛割愛。通過介紹47位主要流派的代表作家進入美國文學的殿堂，解剖麻雀，舉一反三，只好如此了。激起興趣，負擔不重．以點帶面，一斑窺豹，任務只能定位在這個檔次上。在文學流派問題上，許多問題尚無定論。比如女性文學、猶太文學、紐約學派、黑山詩歌、東方文學、外域文學等，如果用專章去介紹，似乎尚無先例。
3．完整性：從l620&至2010年的390年跨度的系統文學流派史，包括各個時期在文體風格上有代表性的小說家、詩人、劇作家和演說家。
所選作品盡量選取完整的短篇小說、獨幕劇、短詩和演講詞，例外的只有《湯姆叔叔的小屋》中的“殉難者”，還有《隨風而飄》的最后一章。有興趣的學習者完全可以在這些基礎上去閱讀整本原著。而我們選用的完整獨立的作品，既減輕了學習者的沉重負擔，確保他們在這個殿堂門前不望而卻步，不知難而退，同時又被那些世界經典名篇吸引得喜聞樂見、廢寢忘食、津津樂道、反復捉摸、終生難忘，同時受到思想熏陶、精神洗禮與心靈凈化。這也是美國文學的無窮魅力和迷人之處。
4．可讀性：這部教材處理入圍材料的原則是，避難就易，避繁就簡，避長就短，避濫就鮮。最后一條的意思是，盡量避免各家都選的長篇材料，增加點新鮮材料，讓人耳目一新。
本教材收錄了許多作家的短小精悍的作品，比如：杜波依斯、海明威、華盛頓·歐文、菲茨杰拉德、蘭斯頓．休斯最短的短篇小說，奧涅爾、亞瑟·米勒、杰克·倫敦的獨幕短劇，福克納的簡短演說詞，還有著名詩人的短詩等，都是美國文學中短小精悍、寓意深刻、朗朗上口、膾炙人口、極少入選的精品。
5．文學性：各個主要文學流派的主要代表作家與各種題材、體裁的作品盡量包含，文學手段、文學術語盡量體現，英文索引把文學術語等信息按英文字母順序列出，便于查詢。
6．趣味性：美國文學本身就是一個趣味無窮的寶庫、一個欣賞不完的富金礦；故事和詩歌本身就是一部叫人愛不釋手、過目難忘的全景式的系統材料，幽默、嘲弄、諷刺等文學元素充滿字里行間，作家們的文學簡歷映襯了美國的文學史。課本還提供作家照片、經典插圖、詩意繪畫等資料，圖文并茂，提高了教材的吸引力。
7．綱目性：這部教材的綱目大致參照了博士論文的模式進行編排，提綱挈領，一目了然，主次分明，便于掌握要領。
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With his new success),Dreiser took a trip to Russia but came away unimpressed. Dreiserbecame a communist in later years. Politically),Dreiser was involved in several campaignsagainst social injustice. He was often forced to battle against censorship. Unable to write welltowards the end of his life),he moved to Hollywood in 1939 and supported himself by the sale offilm rights of his earlier works. He died there in 1945 at the age of seventy-four.
Among the American giants),one of the very few American giants they have had is Dreiser.His heavy style),not polished),but very serious and well calculated to achieve his tragic endings),was vague after the First World War by a simpler),more sparse style),as exemplified by ErnestHemingway. The author offers no comment),no judgment),but facts of life in a realistic way. Hewas a great artist),and that no other American of his generation left so wide and handsome amark upon the national literature. He was a man of large originality),of profound feeling),and ofunshakable courage.8.1.1 Extended Reading： Married
-by Theodore Dreiser
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