《美國文學大綱（第2版）/普通高等教育“十一五”國家級規劃教材》在打造完整的英語專業學科體繫，全面促進學生的語言技能、學科素養和創新能力的培養，必將為我國培養國際化、創新型、高素質的英語專業人纔奠定堅實的基礎！
先進性的體現：按照《高等學校英語專業英語教學大綱》提出的培養目標、課程設置、教學要求和教學原則精心設計，凝聚海內外英語專業教育界專家學者的智慧，反映英語專業教育、科研的新成果。
前瞻性和創新性的結晶：
基於廣泛的市場調研、詳盡的需求分析和嚴謹的科學判斷，梳理現有教程，優化教材結構，更新教學方法和手段，強化學生綜合能力的培養。
專業素質和人文素養的同步提升：
專業技能、專業知識、相關專業知識的完美匹配，幫助學生打下扎實的語言基本功，增強其分析問題、解決問題的能力，提高專業素質和人文素養，使學生真正成為國際化、創新型、高素質的英語專業人纔。

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Introduction
Chapter 1 Literature of Colonial America
Chapter 2 Early Romantics
Chapter 3 Transcendentalism
Chapter 4 High Romantics
Chapter 5 Realism
Chapter 6 Local Color Fiction
Chapter 7 Naturalism
Chapter 8 Modern Poetry
Chapter 9 Modern Fiction Before 1945
Chapter 10 Postwar Realism in Fiction
Chapter 11 Beat Generation
Chapter 12 Women Writers in America
Chapter 13 Jewish American Writers
Chapter 14 Black Literature
Chapter 15 Southern Literature
Chapter 16 Postmodern Fiction
Chapter 17 Modern Drama
Epilogue
Bibliography

After its republication in 1907， Sister Carrie has been very popular and become one of the key works in the Dreiser canon. This novel focuses on a female character， the new woman. The new woman of the late 19th century implies a woman who had more freedom in society， more independence， more ability to run her own life without being tied to a family， or without being tied to a husband. The emergence of the new woman was the beginning of what is now women's liberation movement. Often the movement goes back to find its roots in this time when women were emerging in their power and in their pafflcipation in everyday life. So Sister Carrie is one of these new women. However， Sister Carrie drifts without judgment of her own. Whatever comes along， she follows. The famous picture from this novel is Sister Carrie sitting in a rocking chair in her room in the evening， rocking back and forth. This is a picture of Came's drifting with the tide. She has no control， no freedom of will. She is a slave to her heredity and to her environment. Therefore， what she does cannot be considered imperative or necessary.
So，Dreiser presented the reader a picture of this woman who drifts in life. He neither condemned her nor praised her. This is the way she has to be. Dreiser once said， "It is not intended as a piece ofliterary craftsmanship， but as a picture of conditions done as simply and effectively as the English language will permit." Now， this sort of presentation， unquestioning， just giving the reader the facts， is very different from the realists， such as Mark Twain or Henry James. They would have examined the ethical basis of this woman's behavior. They would not just have presented her merely as a figure who drifts in life.
Dreiser's career as a full-time writer began in earnest with his second novellennie Gerhardt （1911）. Then he produced "The Trilogy of Desire" which includes The Fin.anaer （1912），The Titan （1914） ， and The Stoic （1947）.They deal with powerful businessmen in society. The Cenius （1915） is an aptly autobiograplucal novel examining the artistic temperament.
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