Abstract: America’s history of literature began with the swarming in of immigrants with different background and After that， American literature had been greatly influenced by the European culture for a long It was not until America’s independence， did Americans realized that they need national literature strongly， and American literature began to The Civil War was a watershed in the history， after which American literature entered a period of full Romantics， which emphasized individualism and intuition and Tnscendentalism represented by Emerson came out into This was an exciting period in the history of American Like the flowers of spring， there were suddenly many different kinds of writing at the same They have given depth and strength to American literature， and accelerated the forming of High R But due to the influence of Civil War， the American society was in a turbulent The writings about local life， critical realism and unveiling the dark side of the society were After The First World War， Americans were at a loss postwar， and the Modern American literature My piece of paper is written in chronological order as these periods developed in order to have a clear outline of its Keywords: National Literature， Romanism， Transcendentalism， Local Color， Realism， Modern literature
American culture The main content of American culture is the emphasize on individuals' value， the pursue of democracy and freedom， the promotion of deploitation(开拓， 经营) and competition and the need of realistic and Its core is individualism: self first， personal need first， pursue of individual benefit and enjoyment， emphasize on achieving individual value by self-strive and self- This type of intentionally build up of personality and pursue customized individualism has its pros and cons， it gives incentives to people and make them exert on their potential and wisdom and as a result accelerate the development of the entire race and nation; on the other hand it is difficult to keep good relationship among people if everyone is egocentric thus make the entire society lack of American citizens emphasize on achievements and respect They have great sense in their hearts to praise success and Personal achievements are one of those with the highest value in Americans Americans have very strong senses of Success is the pursuit of most Americans， it is their attractive future and the incentives for moving They believe that one's personal value is equivalent to his achievements in his Some high achievers in their career such as entrepreneurs， scientists， artists and all kinds of super starts became modern The process and result of how they strived have become the frame of reference of social culture value and the real life text book for parents to educate their American society has great movements within These movements are shown in two aspects: movements amongst locations and movements inside the The United States are relatively more open and have more Developed transport and the tradition of adventure and sporty makes a lot of American migrate from countryside to cities， from downtown to uptown; and from north to the southern sunny land， from one city to Unlike European countries， the social classes in America is not so Further more， with the advocation of public education， movements upwards along the social ladder have become Many people living in the states， no matter whether they are Native American or immigrants from overseas， have the same dream of changing their social class and make their lifetime dream come true through their own This is what they often called "American dream"
I am very sceptical about the idea that there is this new approach called the Third Way or the Neue M We have， to varying degrees across the continent， basically neo-liberal policies dressed up with talk of a new form of politics which is not terribly new at So we find social democratic rhetoric being deployed to destroy the social democratic policies which grew up in the period after the Second World W In France many of those pushing this offensive hail from the 1968 They became radicalised then， but now are incorporated into the The failure of the Mitterrand years generated a backlash against the French Socialist P Of course， the great revolt of December 1995 ushered in a wave of social movements which brought the Socialists back into But the aim of the government and its technocrats is to curtail and destroy those Ministers and advisers use their prestige and experience from 1968 against the When students occupied the ole Normale Supieur， the government figure arguing to send the police in firmly and swiftly had himself taken part in the occupations of People in Germany and in Britain often tell me that it must be wonderful to live in France with the 35 hour week and other But those gains are a result of the pressure of the They are not freely given by the The left government believes it can be more successful than the right in controlling those How do your sociological ideas influence your political stance? You developed your ideas when structuralism was the main influence on French
