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1、美国文学整理之静候佳音TermsPart1:ColonialandRevolutionaryPeriodSeparatists①Inthecolonialperiod,thePuritanswhogonetoextremewereknownas“Separatists”.②UnlikethemajorityofPuritans,theysawnohopeofreformingtheChurchofEnglandfromwithin.Theyfeltthattheinfluenceofpoliticsandtheco
2、urthadledtocorruptionswithinthechurch.TheywishedtobreakfreefromtheChurchofEngland.③AmongthemwasthePlymouthplantationgroup.TheywishedtofollowCalvin’smodel,andtosetup“particular”churches.Puritans/pilgrims①ItreferstothepeoplewhobelievedinPuritanism.②InEnglandthey
3、wantedto“purify”theChurchofEnglandandwasprosecuted.③Theyacceptthedoctrineandpracticeofpredestination,originalsinandtotaldepravityandlimitedatonementthroughaspecialinfusionofgracefromgod.PilgrimFathers①Theywerethepeople,mostlyPuritans,whoarrivedinNewEnglandin16
4、20inMayFlower.②Inabroadsense,theyrepresentedtheancestorsoftheAmericanpeople.AmericanPuritanism(美国清教主义)①Itaroseintheearly17thcentury.Puritanismisthepracticesandbeliefsofpuritans.②TheAmericanpuritans,liketheirEnglishbrothers,areidealist.Theyacceptthedoctrineandp
5、racticeofpredestination,originalsinandtotaldepravityandlimitedatonementthroughaspecialinfusionofgracefromgod.③Butduetothegrimstruggleforlivinginthenewcontinent,theybecomemoreandmorepractical.Besides,theAmericanPuritanismasaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluence
6、overAmericanmoralvalues,andthisPuritaninfluenceoverAmericanRomanticismwasconspicuouslynoticeable.Originalsin(原罪)①Originalsin,inChristiantheology,thesinofAdam:bywhichhumankindfellfromdivinegrace.②ItisthecentralreligiousbeliefofthePuritansthatpeoplearesinfulever
7、sincetheirbirth.③Thepurposeofbaptism(洗礼)istowashawayoriginalsinandtorestoretheindividualtoaninnocentstate,althoughevenafterbaptismatendencytosinremainsasaresultoforiginalsin.Theocracy(神权政体)①Itisastatesysteminwhichthestateandchurcharecombinedintoone,withtheidea
8、thatGodwouldgovernthroughthechurch.②ItwasthemajorformofgovernmentincolonialAmerican.LiteraryJournals①Ajournalisanindividual’sday-by-dayaccountofevents.Itprovidesvaluable16美国文学整理之静候
