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1、TheLiteratureofColonialAmericaHistoricalIntroduction1.colonialsettlement(1607-1776)In1492,ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredAmericaandhemistookthenativepeopleonthenewcontinentforIndians.2.characterofcolonialliteraturecontent:religious,politicalform:diary,journal,lett
2、ers,travelbooks,sermons,history(personalliterature)style:simple.direct,conciseoutofhumbleoriginsThefirstAmericanwriterCaptainJohnSmithTheGeneralHistoryofVirginiaEarlyNewEnglandLiterature1.NewEngland:sixstatesinNorth-eastofAmerica:Maine,NewHampshire,Vermont(佛蒙特),
3、Massachusetts,RhodeIsland,Connecticut.2.WilliamBradfordTheHistoryofPlymouthPlantationJohnWinthropTheHistoryofNewEnglandPuritanThoughts1.God’schosenpeopleTheyweremeanttoreestablishacommonwealth,basedontheteachingsoftheBible,restorethelostparadiseandbuildthewilder
4、nessintoanewGardenofEden.2.JohnCalvina.predestinationb.originalsinandtotaldepravityc.thesalvationofaselectedfew3.practical,optimistic，idealistic4.adoctrinaireopportunist(教条主义的机会主义者)5.AmericanPuritanscameunderviolentattacksfortheirkilljoywayoflife,religiousintole
5、rance（宗教偏狭）,bigotry（偏执）andausterity（苦修、禁欲）.6.AmericanPuritanismandChineseConfucianism7.JonathanEdwards,BenjaminFranklinJohnCottonandRogerWilliamsAnneBradstreetandEdwardTaylortheInfluenceofPuritanismtoAmericanLiteratureTheoptimisticPuritanhasexertedagreatinfluenc
6、eonAmericanliterature.TheAmericanPuritan’smetaphoricalmodeofperceptionwaschieflyimportantincallingintobeingaliterarysymbolismwhichisdistinctlyAmerican.WithregardtotechniqueonenaturallythinksofthesimplicitywhichcharacterizesthePuritanstyleofwriting.BenjaminFrankl
7、in(1706-1790)ManofActionBenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)A.Status:oneofthegreatestfoundingfathersoftheAmericanNationararegeniusinhumanhistoryJackofalltrades:essayist,autobiographicalwriter,printer,scientist,postmaster,almanacmaker,orator,statesman,philosopher,politica
8、leconomist,ambassador,almosteverythingB.LifeandCareer(EarlyYears):1.CalvinistbackgroundinBoston2.Candle-maker’sfamily–“poorandobscure”3.LittleformaleducationSelf-taug
