大家好！美国文学精品视频课的录制是一次难忘的经历。现在如果您在屏幕前，我想，您一定满怀对于美国文学、历史、文化的喜爱！欢迎您，和我一同走进十九世纪美国文学简介。

这门课程，既包含对于文学发展的评介，又不乏对于主要作家作品的解读。您可以把它当成一门完整的课程，从19世纪初，和我们一起品味19世纪的故事，迎接20世纪的到来。也可以选取代表性作家的某个片段，如他（她）的生平经历、写作风格、作品的美学价值、文本细读等等。这里能够聆听关于美国浪漫主义、自然主义、现实主义的分析，也能够赏鉴这个阶段的重要作家的代表性作品。文学发展的诸多因素，如写作背景、文化思潮、文学流派、社会政治、经济、文化等将得以分析，主要作家的文学生涯、创作思想、艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构、人物刻画、语言风格、思想意义等，也将做不同程度的解读。

我们希望这场文学盛宴能够激发学生对于文学阅读的兴趣，而阅读能够增加人们对于生命的感悟，文学将使生活变得更有价值，更有味道。我们诚然希望课中选读能够开启你们的文学阅读之旅。相应地，阅读、欣赏、理解英语文学原著的能力，文学批评的基本知识和方法，对于美国历史文化的了解也会一并增加。最后，祝大家19世纪美国文学之旅愉快！

    Hello, everyone! Teaching Am. Literature online has been an extraordinary experience. If you are watching me now, I imagine, you have specialized interests in Am. Literature, history and culture. Welcome!

    The Am. Literature of the 19th century combines the evaluation of literary development with specific interpretation of major writers and their representative works. You can appreciate it from the beginning till the end as a complete story, or you may select any section of any writer, varying from life experience, writing style, aesthetics to interpretation of major works, including the themes, characters, language features and so on. General terms as Am. Romanticism, Am. Naturalism and Am. Realism have been discussed, and major writers with their distinctive features in the periods are included. Factors influencing the development of literature, such as the background information, cultural trends, literary schools, and social, political, economic situations will also be analyzed.

    The course assumes that understanding and appreciation enhance the pleasure of reading literature, while reading literature offers a valuable and pleasurable means of approaching the true meaning of life. It also assumes that the selections included will initiate students’ interest in their lifelong reading of literature. Consequently, the abilities of appreciating and understanding original English writing, basic methods of literary criticism and knowledge of American history and culture will all be increased.

Before I finish, let me wish you a happy adventure in the Am. Literature of the 19th century. Bon voyage!