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1、Chapter4TheRomanticPeriodITeachingtime:12teachinghoursI.TeachingAim:thestudentsshouldknowthereasonandeffectofAmericanRomanticism,andthecharacteristicsoftheliterature.Throughlearningtheselectedworks,thestudentsgettoknowthewritingstyleofthem.II.TeachingMethod:a.presentation,b.analysisofthecont
2、extsoftheworks,c.questionsanddiscussion.III.Keypoints:writingstyleoftheproseworks.1・TheAmericanPuritanismanditsgreatinfluenceoverAmericanmoralvalues,asisshowninAmericanromanticwritings.(1)AmericanPuritanismPuritanismisthepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans.(ThePuritanswereoriginallymembersofadi
3、visionoftheProtestantChurch,whocameintoexistenceinthereignsQueenElizabethandKingJamesI・ThefirstsettlerswhobecamethefoundingfathersoftheAmericannationwerequiteafewofthemPuritans.TheycametoAmericaoutofvariousreasons,butitshouldberememberedthattheywereagroupofserious,religiouspeople,advocatingh
4、ighlyreligiousandmoralprinciples.Astheworditselfhints,Puritanswantedtopurifytheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices・TheyfeltthattheChurchofEnglandwastooclosetotheChurchofRomeindoctrineformofworship,andorganizationofauthority.)TheAmericanPuritans,liketheirbrothersbackinEngland,wereidealists,believi
5、ngthatthechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete"purityn.Theyacceptedthedoctrineofpredestination,originalsinandtotaldepravity,andlimitedatonementthroughaspecialinfusionofgracefromGod.ButinthegrimstruggleforsurvivalthatfollowedimmediatelyaftertheirarrivalinAmerica,theybecamemoreandmorepractical,asin
6、deedtheyhadtobe.Puritanswerenotedforaspiritofmoralandreligiousearnestnessthatdeterminatedtheirwholewayoflife.Puritans'liveswereextremelydisciplinedandhard・Theydroveoutoftheirsettlementsallthoseopinionsthatseemeddangeroustothem,andhistoryhascriticizedtheiractions・Yetinthepersecutionofwhatthey
7、considerederror,thePuritanswerenoworsethanmanyothermovementsinhistory.Asacultureheritage,PuritanismdidhaveaprofoundinfluenceontheearlyAmericanmindandAmericanvalues・AmericanPuritanismalsohadaconspicuouslynoticeableandanenduringinfluenceonAmericanlit
