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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
