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1、ColonialAmericaFranklinAmericanPuritanismPredestinationOriginalsin&totaldepravityLimitedatonement(salvationofafew)Aschosenpeople,theyenjoyHisblessings.BenjaminFranklin(1706-90)Franklin’spersonalexperience1sthalfPoorRichard’sAlmanac穷理查日历Autobiographyarecordofamanrisingtowealthandfamefromthe

2、stateofpovertyandobscurityintowhichhewasborn,thefaithfulaccountofthecolorfulcareerofthefirstAmerica’sself–Mademan.Content:amanrisingtowealthandfamefrompovertyandobscurity,America’s1stself-mademanAPuritandocument:self-examination,self-improvement&self-analysisGodhelpthosewhohelpthemselvesan

3、deverycallingisaservicetoGodOthercomment13virtuesasProtestantprinciples:temperance节制,silence,order,resolution决心,frugality节俭,industry勤奋,sincerity,moderation适度,cleanliness,tranquility安静,chastity贞节andhumility谦逊AmericanRomanticismWashingtonIrving&JamesFenimoreCooperAmericanRomanticismArisingAm

4、erica:political,economicandculturalindependenceDemocracyandpoliticalequalityIndustrialism,immigration,thewestwardpioneersAneconomicboom,optimism&hopeAmericanRomanticismForeigninfluences:TheRomanticmovementinEnglandandEuropeAmericanworksaremodeledonEnglishandEuropeanworks.NewnessofAmericanR

5、omanticismAmericanmoralvalue:PuritanismIndividualismPoliticalindependence&equalityTheAmericandreamofclimbingthesocialladdersBuildinganewGardenofEdenformanImitativeRomanticismTheme:ignoreAmericanlifebutcastanostalgic怀旧glanceacrossEuropeanlifeTechnique:traditionalmeters韵律andstanzaformsLangua

6、ge:BritishstyleHenryWadsworthLongfellow:Hiawatha---tentativetreatmentofthefrontierandtheIndians.WashingtonIrving(1783-1859)fatherofAmericanliteratureIrving’sworksTheSketchBook(1819)woninternationalfameforIrving.“RipVanWinkle”“TheLegendofSleepyHollow”“RipVanWinkle”Origin:GermansourceCharact

7、er:agood-natured,hen-peckedmanContent:Hesleepsfor20yearsandfindseverythingchanging.Historicsetting:fromtheWarofIndependencetotheUnionTheme:Irvingargumentofrevolution,itsupsetofthenaturalorder,hisrefusalofamodernAmericaFoundvalueinthepastandinthetraditionoftheo