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1、班级：2010级英语九班姓名：卫武红学号:20100201426TheinfluenceofdemocraticidealsonearlyAmericanliteratureandthecharacteristicsofliteratureunderthisparticularsocialconditionAbstract:Literatureistheproductofsocialconditionandculturaltradition,aswellasthemanifestationofhistory.Anation'
2、sliteratureisalwayssubordinatedtoitssocialstateandpoliticalconstitution・Itmayexhibitsomeofitsinfluenceatleast.Thisisalsotrueifwemakeafullinvestigationofeighteenth-centuryAmericanliteraturewhentheideaofdemocracybegantotakefootonthisnewland.Thispaperissupposedtoexpos
3、ehowthedemocraticideasexertitsinfluenceonearlyAmericanliteratureandthecharacteristicsofliteratureunderthisparticularsocialcondition.Keywords:democraticideals;earlyAmericanliterature;characteristicsofliterature摘要：文学是社会状态和文化传统的产物，同时也是历史的体现。一个国家的文学总是从属于它的社会形态和政治体制。至少文
4、学能体现社会和政治某方面的影响。18世纪的美国，民主的种子在这块新大陆上生根发芽。所以仔细调查那时的美国文学，会发现民主思想对文学的极大影响。这篇文章旨在揭示民主思想怎样对早期的美国文学产生影响以及在此影响下早期美国文学的特征。关键词：民主思想；早期美国文学；文学特征1.BriefBackgrounds:AfterthefirstvoyageofColumbusin1492,theearly1600switnessedthebeginningofagreattideofemigrationfromEuropetoNorthA
5、merica.Spanningmorethanthreecenturies,thismovementgrewfromatrickleofafewhundredEnglishcoloniststoafloodtideofnewcomersnumberedinthemillions.Impelledbypowerfulanddiversemotivations,theybuiltanewcivilizationonaoncesavagecontinent.PeopleoftheUnitedStatescamefromdiffer
6、entcontinents.Theyhadvariousorigins.Oneofthemostprincipalmotivationsthatdrovethemtothenewlandisthepursuitoffreedom,liberty,andequality,economically,mentally,orreligiously.Whentheyarrivedandsawthevirginforests,thevirginland,andthevastexpanseofwildernessthatstretched
7、milesaroundbeforethem,theybecameawarethatGodmusthavesentthemthereforadefinitepurposeandthat,asGod'schosenpeople,theyweremeanttoreestablishacommonwealthbasedontheteachingoftheBible,restorethelostparadise,andbuildthewildernessintoanewGardenofEden.1.DemocraticIdeals:T
8、hesefirstsettlersadheretotheprinciplethatallmembersofthesocietyhaveequalaccesstopowerandallcitizensenjoyuniversallyrecognizedfreedomsandliberties
