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Representatives (Development)
Contemporary
Two WWs Early time
Vulgar Marxist economic determinism
Effect of the superstructure
Prosperity Various types
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the later development
of various kind
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Development of Marxist Criticism
1920s
Since then
Since then
systematized
impetus: 1917, October Revolution of Russia change in belief around socialist ideal
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Between the two World Wars

Feature Western Marxism was more concerned with the effect on the economic base by the superstructure Representatives Georg Luká cs Bertolt Brecht The Frankfurt School
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The Division of Marxism
Classical Marxism Early Western Marxism Late Marxism Note: It is to be noted that this division, though chronological in nature, by no means indicates that the later period was to replace the former. They in fact coexist with a complex inter-connection in between.

论劳伦斯《儿子与情人》的现代主义倾向一、本文概述Overview of this article《论劳伦斯《儿子与情人》的现代主义倾向》这篇文章旨在探讨英国作家D.H.劳伦斯的作品《儿子与情人》中所展现的现代主义文学特征。

通过对小说中主题、人物塑造、叙事手法和文学技巧的分析，本文旨在揭示劳伦斯如何在他的这部作品中反映出当时社会背景下人们内心世界的复杂性、矛盾性以及人与人之间关系的疏离与异化。

本文还将探讨劳伦斯如何运用现代主义手法，将传统的小说叙事与现代心理学、哲学思想相结合，从而构建出一个既真实又超现实的文学世界，为读者呈现出一个充满深刻思考的艺术作品。

The article "On the Modernist Tendency of Lawrence's Sons and Lovers" aims to explore the British writer D H. The modernist literary features depicted in Lawrence's work "Sons and Lovers". Through the analysis of the themes, character portrayal, narrative techniques, and literary techniques in the novel, this article aims to reveal how Lawrence reflects the complexity and contradictions of people's inner world inthe social context of that time, as well as the alienation and alienation of relationships between people in his work. This article will also explore how Lawrence employs modernist techniques to combine traditional novel narratives with modern psychology and philosophical ideas, in order to construct a literary world that is both real and surreal, presenting readers with a deeply thought-provoking artwork.本文将首先简要介绍劳伦斯及其作品《儿子与情人》的基本情况，包括作品的创作背景、主要情节和人物关系等。

❖“The king died and then the queen died.”
❖ “The king died and then the queen
died of grief.”
1. What is Literature?
❖ Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by university of intellectual and emotional appeal.
Other approaches(2)
❖ Post- structuralism ❖ Decostructuralism
❖ Our textbook is arranged in chronological order, but we deal with each period analytically with emphasis on theme.
4.How to Define American Literature
❖ American literature mainly refers to literature produced in American English by the people living in the US. This generalization does not exclude literature produced in other languages by American expatriates or literature produced in other languages by minorities in the country such as the American Indian literature in the Indian language and the Jewish American literature in the Yiddish language.

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•poet & essayist
the
Nature《论自然》(1836)
Transcendentalists （超验主义者）
challenged John Calvin’s doctrine and
the lost continent of Atlantis
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the golden “cities of Cibola”
Northwest Passage to the Orient
the continuous narrative of the pursuit of success and happiness
the Age of Romanticism the Age of Realism
Modern American Literature
the Age of Romanticism
American literature between the War of Independence and the Civil War
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• To help you complete your degree thesis
1. main themes
record of a quest / seeking
Brief Introduction to American Literature
Teaching Purposes
• To enlarge your basic knowledge about British and American literature;