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1、美国文学选读复习资料AmericanPuritanism:thesettlementofNorthAmericancontinentbyEnglishstartedintheearly17thcentury.Undersiegefromchurchandcrown,itsentanoffshootinthethirdandfourthdecadesoftheseventeenthcenturytothenorthernEnglishcoloniesintheNewWorld—amigrationthatlaidthefoundationforthereligiou
2、s,intellectual,andsocialorderofNewEngland.Puritanism,howeverwasnotonlyahistoricallyspecificphenomenoncoincidentwiththefoundingofNewZealand;itwasalsoawayofbeingintheworld—astyleofresponsetolivedexperience—thathasreverberatedthroughAmericanlifeeversince.Asacultureheritage,Puritanismdidh
3、aveaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmind.AmericanPuritanismalsohadaenduringinfluenceonAmericanliterature.AmericanRomanticismTheRomanticPeriodstretchesfromtheendofthe18thcenturythroughtheoutbreakoftheCivilWar.•Romanticismwasarebellionagainsttheobjectivityofrationalism.(subjectivity
4、)•Forromantics,thefeelings,intuitionsandemotionsweremoreimportantthanreasonandcommonsense.•Theyemphasizedindividualism,placingtheindividualagainstthegroup,againstauthority.•Theaffirmedtheinnerlifeoftheself,andwantedtobefreetodevelopandexpresshisowninnerthoughts.NewEnglandPoets:William
5、CullenBryant;HenryWadsworthLongfellow;Writers:JamesFenimaoreCooperTheSpy(1821)TheLeatherstockingTales(1823—1841)ThePilot(1824)TheRedRover(1827)WashingtonIrving(“TheSketchBookofGeoffreyGrayon”“BracebridgeHall”“TalesofaTraveller”“TheHistoryoftheLifeandVoyagesofChristopherColumbus”) Amer
6、icanTranscendentalismIntherealmofartandliteratureitmeanttheshatteringofpseudo-classicrulesandformsinfavorofaspiritoffreedom,thecreationofworksfilledwiththenewpassionfornatureandcommonhumanityandincarnatingafreshsenseofthewonder,promise,andromanceoflife.Transcendentalism①TheTranscenden
7、talistsplacedemphasisonspirit,ortheOversoul,asthemostimportantthingintheuniverse.②TheTranscendentalistsstressedtheimportanceoftheindividual.Tothem,theindividualisthemostimportantelementofSociety.③TheTranscendentalistsofferedafreshperceptionofnatureassymbolicoftheSpiritorGod.Naturewasn
8、otpur
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