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1、Chapter1ColonialAmericaoutlineAmericanPuritanism:originanddevelopment;Calvinism;heritageandcurse;thebiblicalmythoftheGardenofEdenasthebaseofAmericanL.outlineTheliterarysceneinColonialAmerica:1origins:personalliteratureinvariousforms;2earlypoets:AnneBradstreetandEdwardTaylor;3Auth
2、orsforcivilandreligiousfreedomandagainstBritishcolonialrule:RogerWilliams,JohnWoolman,ThomasPaine,andPhilipFreneau;4CharlesBrockdenBrownOriginofAmericanPuritanismPuritanismisthepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans,whowereoriginallymembersofadivisionoftheProtestantchurch,whocameintoex
3、istenceinthereignsofQueenElizabethandKingJamesⅠ.Thefirstsettlers,thefoundingfathersoftheA.nationwerequiteafewofthemEnglishPuritans,whocametoA.outofvariousreasons;buttheywereagroupofserious,religiouspeople,advocatinghighlyreligiousandmoralprinciples.A.Puritanism’sdevelopmentTheAme
4、ricanPuritans,liketheirbrothersbackinEngland,wereidealists,believingthatthechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete‘purity’.TheyacceptedthedoctrineofJohnCalvin,thegreatFrenchtheologianwholivedinGeneva:predestination,originalsinandtotaldepravity,andlimitedatonement(orthesalvationofaselect
5、edfew)throughaspecialinfusionofgracefromGod.(Calvinism)PuritanismasheritageandcurseA.PuritansbecamemoreandmorepracticalinthegrimstruggleforsurvivalimmediatelyaftertheirarrivalinA.Theydroveoutoftheirsettlementsallthoseopinionsthatseemeddangeroustothem.A.Puritans’liveswereextremely
6、disciplinedandhard,theycameunderviolentandoftenvirulentattacksfortheirreligiousintolerance(persecution)andbigotry,fortheirausterityoftasteandkilljoywayoflife.PuritanismascultureheritageAmericanPuritanismhadanenduringshapinginfluenceonAmericanthoughtandAmericanLiterature.Ithadbeco
7、me,tosomeextent,somuchastateofmind,somuchapartofthenationalculturalatmosphere,ratherthanasetoftenets.thebiblicalmythoftheGardenofEdenasthebaseofAL.thesenseofmission:ThinkingthattheywereGod’schosenpeople,A.Puritans,withatremendousamountofoptimisminthefaceoftheworstoflife,dreamedto
8、rebuildanewGardenofEdentorestorethelostp
