美国文学9-文学史 the age of romanticism

美国文学9-文学史 the age of romanticism

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1、TheHistoryofAmericanLiteraturePartOne:EarlyAmericanLiterature(1620-1770)Chapter1:TheSeventeenthCenturyLiterature(alsocalledthecolonialliterature)1.AmericanPuritanism:AmericanPuritanismwasoneofthemostenduringshapinginfluencesinAmericanthoughtandAmeric

2、anliterature.Ithasbecome,tosomeextent,somuchastateofmind,ratherthanasetoftenets,somuchapartofthenationalculturalatmospherethattheAmericanbreathes,thatwemaystatewithadegreeofsafetythat,withoutsomeunderstandingofPuritanism,therecanbenorealunderstanding

3、ofAmericaanditsliterature.(JustliketheinfluenceofConfuciandoctrineupontheideologyofChinesepeople)PuritanismisthepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans.ThePuritanswereoriginallymembersofadivisionoftheProtestantChurch,whocameintoexistenceinthereignsofQueenEl

4、izabethandKingJamesⅠ.ThefirstsettlerswhobecamethefoundingfathersoftheAmericannationwerequiteafewofthemPuritans.TheycametoAmericaoutofvariousreasons,butitshouldberememberedthattheywereagroupofserious,religiouspeople,advocatinghighlyreligiousandmoralpr

5、inciples.Astheworditselfhints,Puritanswantedtopurifytheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices.TheyfeltthatthechurchofEnglandwastooclosetotheChurchofRomeindoctrineformofworship,andorganizationofauthority.TheAmericanPuritansbackinEngland,wereidealists,believin

6、gthatthechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete“purity”.Theyacceptedthedoctrineofpredestination,originalsinandtotaldepravity,andlimitedatonement(orthesalvationofselectedfew)throughaspecialinfusionofgracefromGod.Butinthegrimstruggleforsurvivalthatfollowedimm

7、ediatelyaftertheirarrivalinAmerica,theybecamemoreandmorepractical,theybecamemoreandmorepreoccupiedwithbusinessandprofits,asindeedtheyhadtobe.Puritans’liveswereextremelydisciplinedandhard.Theydroveoutoftheirsettlementsallthoseopinionsthatseemeddangero

8、ustothem.Andhistoryhascriticizedtheiractions.TheywerealsodeterminedtofindaplacewheretheycouldworshipinthewaytheythoughttrueChristiansshould.Theymeanttoreestablishacommonwealth,basedontheteachingsoftheBible,restorethelostparadiseandbuildthewildernessi

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