An Analysis of the Law of the Development: From Colonial to Modern American Literature

Although American literature is only a small spray in the long river of history, its rich literary works and literary forms occupy a place in the history of literature. This article attempts to analyze the characteristics of American literature from the colonial period to the modernist period from the perspective of the yin and yang poles and the historical and social background of the United States, further summarizes the inevitable law of its development, and draws the enlightenment for the overall grasp of the history of national literature.