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1、TheLiteratureofColonialAmericaHistoricalIntroduction1.colonialsettlement(1607-1776)In1492,ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredAmericaandhemistookthenativepeopleonthenewcontinentforIndians.2.characterofcolonialliteraturecontent:religious,politicalform:diary,journal,letters,travel
2、books,sermons,history(personalliterature)style:simple.direct,conciseoutofhumbleoriginsThefirstAmericanwriterCaptainJohnSmithTheGeneralHistoryofVirginiaEarlyNewEnglandLiterature1.NewEngland:sixstatesinNorth-eastofAmerica:Maine,NewHampshire,Vermont(佛蒙特),Massachusetts,RhodeI
3、sland,Connecticut.2.WilliamBradfordTheHistoryofPlymouthPlantationJohnWinthropTheHistoryofNewEnglandPuritanThoughts1.God’schosenpeopleTheyweremeanttoreestablishacommonwealth,basedontheteachingsoftheBible,restorethelostparadiseandbuildthewildernessintoanewGardenofEden.2.Joh
4、nCalvina.predestinationb.originalsinandtotaldepravityc.thesalvationofaselectedfew3.practical,optimistic，idealistic4.adoctrinaireopportunist(教条主义的机会主义者)5.AmericanPuritanscameunderviolentattacksfortheirkilljoywayoflife,religiousintolerance（宗教偏狭）,bigotry（偏执）andausterity（苦修、禁
5、欲）.6.AmericanPuritanismandChineseConfucianism7.JonathanEdwards,BenjaminFranklinJohnCottonandRogerWilliamsAnneBradstreetandEdwardTaylortheInfluenceofPuritanismtoAmericanLiteratureTheoptimisticPuritanhasexertedagreatinfluenceonAmericanliterature.TheAmericanPuritan’smetaphor
6、icalmodeofperceptionwaschieflyimportantincallingintobeingaliterarysymbolismwhichisdistinctlyAmerican.WithregardtotechniqueonenaturallythinksofthesimplicitywhichcharacterizesthePuritanstyleofwriting.BenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)ManofActionBenjaminFranklin(1706-1790)A.Status:
7、oneofthegreatestfoundingfathersoftheAmericanNationararegeniusinhumanhistoryJackofalltrades:essayist,autobiographicalwriter,printer,scientist,postmaster,almanacmaker,orator,statesman,philosopher,politicaleconomist,ambassador,almosteverythingB.LifeandCareer(EarlyYears):1.Ca
8、lvinistbackgroundinBoston2.Candle-maker’sfamily–“poorandobscure”3.LittleformaleducationSelf-taug
