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1、AnOutlineofAmericanLiteraturebyKathrynVanSpanckerenglossaryAbolitionismActivemovementtoendslaveryintheU.S.NorthbeforetheCivilWarinthe1860s. AllusionAnimpliedorindirectreferenceinaliterarytexttoanothertext. BeatnikArtisticandliteraryrebellionagainstestablishe
2、dsocietyofthe1950sandearly1960s,associatedwithJackKerouac,AllenGinsberg,andothers."Beat"suggestsholiness("beatification")andsuffering("beatendown"). BostonBrahminsInfluentialandrespected19th-centuryNewEnglandwriterswhomaintainedthe"genteeltradition"ofupper-c
3、lassvalues. CalvinismStricttheologicaldoctrineoftheFrenchProtestantchurchreformerJohnCalvin(1509-1564)andthebasisofPuritansociety.CalvinheldthatallhumanswerebornsinfulandonlyGodsgrace(notthechurch)couldsaveapersonfromhell. CaptivitynarrativeAccountofcaptureb
4、yNativeAmericantribes,suchasthosecreatedbywritersMaryRowlandsonandJohnWilliamsincolonialtimes. CharacterwritingPopular17th-and18th-centuryliterarysketchofacharacterwhorepresentsagrouportype. CivilWarThewar(1861-1865)betweenthenorthernU.S.states,whichremained
5、intheUnion,andthesouthernstates,whichsecededandformedtheConfederacy.ThevictoryoftheNorthendedslaveryandpreservedtheUnion. ConceitExtendedmetaphor.TermusedtodescribeRenaissancemetaphysicalpoetryinEnglandandcolonialpoetry,suchasthatofAnneBradstreet,incolonialA
6、merica.DecadentsLate19th-andearly20th-century"aesthetic"artistsandwriters,chieflyBritishandFrench,involvedwith"turnofcentury"ideasofendings,decay,andartificiality. DeconstructionControversialmodeoftextualanalysisthatcanrevealhiddenideologicalassumptions.Ques
7、tionshierarchicalthinkinginwhichonetermisprivilegedoveranother(e.g.cultureversusnature,manversuswoman).DrawsonthoughtofFrenchtheoristJacquesDerrida,whoelaboratedonlinguistFerdinanddeSaussuresvisionoflanguageasasystemofdifferences. DeismAn18th-centuryEnlighte
8、nmentreligionemphasizingreason,notmiracles;partlyareactionagainstCalvinismandreligioussuperstition. ElectionAPuritandoctrineinwhichGod"elects,"orchooses,theindividualswhowillenterheavenaccording
