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1、实用文档CHAPTERSIXTHESEVENTEENTHCENTURY(1603——1688)1.Historicalbackground:TheStuart:Jamesfirst(1603—1625)HissonCharlesI(1625—1649)CommonwealthledbyOliverCromwell(1649——1660)CharlesII,thesonofCharlesI(1660——1665)JamesII,thebrotherofCharlesII(1665——1688)1）Causesofr
2、evolutionLackofrulingskillsWorseningrelationshipbetweentheparliamentandthemonarchPuritans’sdissatisfactionandfearofpersecution2）Processesofrevolutionbreakingoutofthebourgeoisrevolutionin1642:rejectionoftheGrandRemonstranceThenatureoftheLordProtectorrestoratio
3、nofthemonarchTheGloriousRevolutionin16883）Influencesofrevolution(1).supremacyofParliament(2).beginningofmodernEngland实用文档(3).finaltriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticalliberty4)Theliterarysceneofthetimea.DeclineoftheEnglishRenaissance:b.Declineofdramainearly17thcen
4、turytotheclosingofthetheatersinLondonin1642c.Anewliterarymovementgatheringway:amovementawayfromtheornamental(artificial)language,elaboratemetaphorstowardplainerlanguage2.TheKingJamesBibleof1611·Testament:covenantbetweenGodandHebrews·TheOldTestament:inHebrew·T
5、heNewTestament:inGreek·Contributions:a.influencedtheEnglishprosebyits“biblicallanguage”b.grantedordinarypeopleaccesstothebible.Thusitgreatlypromotedtheprotestantmovement.*Genesis·thefirstbookoftheOldTestament·Centraltheme:实用文档Godcreatestheworldandappointsmana
6、shisregent,butmanprovesdisobedientandGoddestroyshisworldthroughtheFlood.Thenewpost-Floodworldisequallycorrupt,butGoddoesnotdestroyit,insteadcallingoneman,Abraham,tobetheseedofitssalvation.AtGod'scommandAbrahamdescendsfromhishomeintothelandofCanaan,giventohimb
7、yGod,wherehedwellsasasojourner,asdoeshissonIsaacandhisgrandsonJacob.Jacob'snameischangedtoIsrael,andthroughtheagencyofhissonJoseph,thechildrenofIsraeldescendintoEgypt,70peopleinallwiththeirhouseholds,andGodpromisesthemafutureofgreatness.GenesisendswithIsraeli
8、nEgypt,readyforthecomingofMosesandtheExodus.ThenarrativeispunctuatedbyaseriesofcovenantswithGod,successivelynarrowinginscopefromallmankind(thecovenantwithNoah)toaspecialrelationshipwithon
