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1、“美国梦”的历史进程字数：4256 字号:大中小 Abstract:ThispaperisdesignedtodisclosethehistoryoftheAmericanDream:thetwoversionsoftheAmericanDreaminitiatedbytheearlyimmigrants,thatis:thereligiousversionoftheDreamandthequestforwealth;thelegacyoftheEnlightenmentmovementandthetwogreatarchit
2、ectsofAmericancultureproducedbythemovement:BenjaminFranklinandThomasJefferson,whoinitiatedrespectivelythepragmatismandthedemocraticidealoftheDream;thedevotionoftranscendentalismheadedbythechiefspokesmanoftranscendentalism——RalphWaldoEmersontotheAmericanDreamandthefinalW
3、itheringoftheDream. KeyWords:theAmericandream;theseculardream;thepoliticalideal;transcendentalism “TheAmericanDream”isoneoftheessentialelementsforpeopletoknowtheAmericancultureandtheAmericanpeople.ThispaperisdesignedtodisclosethehistoryoftheAmericanDream. Howev
4、er,What’s“theAmericanDream”?Thereisnodefinitedefinition.Differentpeoplehavedifferentunderstandingandinterpretation.Initsbroadsense,itreferstotheidealofanationsuchasdemocracy、equalityandfreedom;whileinitsnarrowsense,itreferstothepursuitofindividualstoobtainsuccessoflifeo
5、ntheirowninitiative.“TheAmericanDream”embracesnearlyallhigherAmericanideals:thereligiousidealofamodelnation,theseculardesireforaffluence,thepoliticalidealofademocraticcountryandthedreamofbothmaterialandspiritualadvancement.Inreallife,itincludeseverythingthatisrelatedtoa
6、happylife——agoodeducation,ahappymarriage,lovelychildren,goodhealth,anexpensivecarandanextravaganthouse,etc.Asongnamed“theAmericanDream”givesvividexpressionoftheDream.Itgoeslikethis:“TheAmericanDream,sweetasamillionaire”,“theAmericanDream,busboyscanbuythehotels”and“theAm
7、ericanDream,comeandgetmorethanyourshare”.Accordingtothesong,successiswithinthereachofeveryonewhostrivesforit.Essentially,“theAmericanDream”isaconfidentbeliefaswellasanoptimisticdesireforperfectionbymeansofprogress. Sincethefirstsettlerslandedonthenewcontinent,thisidea
8、lizedlandhasbeencharacterizedwithdreams.ThenewlydiscoveredworldentitledaCarnivalofEuropeanfantasies,itmeantthe
