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【American Literature】

《week 4》

《movie》

American dream in China: American dream in China is a 2013 Chinese film directed by Peter Chan. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.

Trailer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dreams_in_China

《When I was One – and – Twenty》

When I was One – and – Twenty: When I was One – and – Twenty or Poem XIII, is the informal name of an untitled poem by A. E. Housman, published in A Shropshire Lad in 1896. It is the 13^th in a cycle of 63 poems.

“When I was one – and – twenty

I heard him say again.”

“The heart out of the bosom

Was never given in vain;

Tis paid with sighs a plenty

And sold for endless rue.”

Alfred Edward Housman: Alfred Edward Housman was an English classical scholar and poet, best known to the general public for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad.

《Rip Van Winkle》

Rip Van Winkle: Rip Van Winkle is a short story by American author Washington Irving published in 1819 as well as the name of the story’s fictional protagonist.

Washington Irving: Washington Irving was an American author, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19^th century. He is best known for his short story “Rip Van Winkle” (1819)

《The Declaration of Independence》

The Declaration of Independence: The Declaration of Independence is the usual name of a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation – the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. A committee of five had already drafted the formal declaration, to be ready when Congress voted on independence. The term “Declaration of Independence” is not used in the document itself.