The Influence of Puritan Virtues upon the American Mind-- A Case Study on Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography

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1、TheInfluenceofPuritanVirtuesupontheAmericanMind--ACaseStudyonBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiographyAbstractItisgenerallyacknowledgedPuritanismisoneofthemostsignificantshapinginfluencesinAmericanmindandAmericanliterature.Ithasformed,tosomeextent,astateofmindandanationalc

2、ulturalatmospherewhichtheAmericanlivein.ratherthanakindofreligion.WecouldsaywithoutsomeunderstandingofPuritanism,onecanneverunderstandtheAmericaanditsliteraturedeeply.ThispaperaimstostudytheinfluenceofpuritanvirtuesontheAmericanmindwithBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiogr

3、aphyasacasestudy.ItmainlyanalyzeshowthePuritanisminfluencedtheAmericanmindsuchasAmericanpeople’spoliticalview,pioneeringspirit,workingethicandtheirfortunevalue.AsanationalheroandmouldoftheAmericanpeoplefromgenerationtogeneration,wecouldsayFranklin’sAutobiographyi

4、snotonlyaliteraryworkbutalsoareflectionoftheAmericanmind.AlthoughlivinginthetimewhenEnlightenmentisprevailing,wecouldstillfindthestrongpuritanhintonFranklinhimself.AndthispuritaninfluencehaslastedformanycenturiesontheAmericanpeopleevenintoday.Thispaperisdividedin

5、tofourpartsandismainlytostudyhowdothepuritanicaldoctrinesandmethodinfluenttheAmericanpeople’scharacterswithBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiographyasacasestudy.Thefirstpartismainlyfocusedonthebackgroundintroduction,andthesecondonemainlydealswiththeformingofAmerican’spurit

6、anvirtueswithFranklin’sAutobiographyasatextstudy.ThethirdandtheforthpartsmainlystudytheembodimentofthesepuritanvirtuesinFranklin’slifeandtheAmericanmindaswell.ByusinganationalidoltostudytheAmericanmindfromtheperspectiveofPuritanismisaworkabletask.Itnotonlyavoidst

7、hedullnessofreligiousstudybutalsoputthereligiousstudyintothereallife.However,foritisanAutobiographyofa49singleperson,somepuritanvirtuesdonotappearinthisbook,sowecouldonlystudysomepuritanvirtuesinthispaper.Keywords:Americanmind,Puritanism,BenjaminFranklin,Autobiog

8、raphy摘要我们都知道清教主义对美国精神及美国文学产生了极其深远的影响。从某种程度来讲，清教主义已经成为了一种思维模式，一种民族的文化，而不仅仅是一门宗教。因此，我们可以说，如果一个人想要真正地了解美国文化和美国文学，那么他必须要对清教有一定的了解。本文旨在用富兰可林的自传为案例来分析清教美德对美国精神的影响，阐述