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1、I.Explainthefollowingliteraryterms.1.RomanticismThemostprofoundandcomprehensiveideaofromanticismisthevisionofagreaterpersonalfreedomfortheindividual.Appealstoimagination;Stressonemotionratherthanreason;optimism,geniality.Subjectivity:informandmeaning.2Americant
2、ranscendentalismAmericantranscendentalismwasanimportantmovementinphilosophyandliteraturethatflourishedduringtheearlytomiddleyearsofthenineteenthcentury(about1836-1860). Forthetranscendentalists,thesoulofeachindividualisidenticalwiththesouloftheworldandcontainsw
3、hattheworldcontains.3Realism:“nothingmoreandnothinglessthanthetruthfultreatmentofmaterial.”theCivilwara.verisimilitudeofdetailsderivedfromobservationb.representativeinplot,settingandcharacterc.anobjectiveratherthananidealizedviewofhumanexperience4.Modernismlike
4、modernismingeneralisatrendofthoughtthataffirmsthepowerofhumanbeingstocreate,improve,andreshapetheirenvironment,withtheaidofscientificknowledge,technologyandpracticalexperimentation,andisthusinitsessencebothprogressiveandoptimistic.Thegeneraltermcoversmanypoliti
5、cal,culturalandartisticmovementsrootedinthechangesinWesternsocietyattheendofthenineteenthandbeginningofthetwentiethcentury.AmericanmodernismisanartisticandculturalmovementintheUnitedStatesstartingattheturnofthe20thcenturywithitscoreperiodbetweenWorldWarIandWorl
6、dWarIIandcontinuingintothe21stcentury.II.QuestionsandAnswers.GivebriefanswerstoeachofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish.1.Whatislocalcolor？anamalgamofromanticplotsandrealisticdescriptionsofthingsimmediatelyobservable:thedialects,customs,sights,andsoundsofregionalAm
7、erica”2.WhatisAmericanPuritanism1).TotalDepravity-theconceptofOriginalSi2).UnconditionalElection- theconceptofpredestination3).LimitedAtonement-Jesusdiedforthechosenonly,notforeveryone.4).IrresistibleGrace-God'sgraceisfreelygiven,itcannotbeearnedordenied.5).Per
8、severanceofthe"saints"-thoseelectedbyGodhavefullpowertointerpretthewillofGod,andtoliveuprightly.Ifanyonerejectsgraceafterfeelingitspowerinhislife,hewillbegoingagainstthewill
