Interpretation of Terms in British and American Literature

English and American literary terms are explained as follows:

1. Literary works created and published in Britain and British colonies are called English literature, and American literature refers to literary works created and published in the United States.

English literature is written in British English, while American literature is written in American English.

3. English literature mainly reflects British culture and style, while American literature reflects American culture, history and revolutionary ideas, such as the relationship with the church and the country and the supernatural factors in the country. Like the battle of Massachusetts.

English literature is older than American English.

American literature is generally considered to be more realistic in portraying characters, while English literature is famous for its wit, plot and theme description in portraying characters.

From the above obvious and subtle differences, we can understand that although American literature was once a part of English literature, English literature and American literature are two different concepts.

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English literature has a long history and has gone through a long and complicated process of development and evolution.

In this process, all kinds of realistic, historical, political and cultural forces outside literature itself have influenced literature, and literature has followed its own laws and experienced different historical stages such as Anglo-Saxon, Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Realism and Modernism. On the whole, postwar English literature showed a trend from realism to experimentalism and pluralism.

The history of American literature is not long. It appeared almost at the same time as American liberal capitalism and was less bound by feudal aristocratic culture.

The United States is vast and sparsely populated, and there are large areas of undeveloped land in the early days, which provides great possibilities for the realization of personal ideals. The American people are full of the spirit of democracy and freedom, and the ideas of individualism and personality liberation are relatively strong, which is prominently reflected in literature.

The United States is a multi-ethnic country. Immigrants keep pouring in, each bringing its own culture, which determines the diversity and complexity of American literary style. The development of American literature is a process of constantly absorbing and integrating the characteristics of national literature.