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1、I.Explainthefollowingliteraryterms.1.RomanticismThemostprofoundandcomprehensiveideaofromanticismisthevisionofagreaterpersonalfreedomfortheindividual.Appealstoimagination;Stressonemotionratherthanreason;optimism,geniality.Subjectivity:informandmeaning.2Americantranscendentalism
2、Americantranscendentalismwasanimportantmovementinphilosophyandliteraturethatflourishedduringtheearlytomiddleyearsofthenineteenthcentury(about1836-1860). Forthetranscendentalists,thesoulofeachindividualisidenticalwiththesouloftheworldandcontainswhattheworldcontains.3Realism:“no
3、thingmoreandnothinglessthanthetruthfultreatmentofmaterial.”theCivilwara.verisimilitudeofdetailsderivedfromobservationb.representativeinplot,settingandcharacterc.anobjectiveratherthananidealizedviewofhumanexperience4.Modernismlikemodernismingeneralisatrendofthoughtthataffirmsth
4、epowerofhumanbeingstocreate,improve,andreshapetheirenvironment,withtheaidofscientificknowledge,technologyandpracticalexperimentation,andisthusinitsessencebothprogressiveandoptimistic.Thegeneraltermcoversmanypolitical,culturalandartisticmovementsrootedinthechangesinWesternsocie
5、tyattheendofthenineteenthandbeginningofthetwentiethcentury.AmericanmodernismisanartisticandculturalmovementintheUnitedStatesstartingattheturnofthe20thcenturywithitscoreperiodbetweenWorldWarIandWorldWarIIandcontinuingintothe21stcentury.II.QuestionsandAnswers.Givebriefanswerstoe
6、achofthefollowingquestionsinEnglish.1.Whatislocalcolor？anamalgamofromanticplotsandrealisticdescriptionsofthingsimmediatelyobservable:thedialects,customs,sights,andsoundsofregionalAmerica”2.WhatisAmericanPuritanism1).TotalDepravity-theconceptofOriginalSi2).UnconditionalElection
7、- theconceptofpredestination3).LimitedAtonement-Jesusdiedforthechosenonly,notforeveryone.4).IrresistibleGrace-God'sgraceisfreelygiven,itcannotbeearnedordenied.5).Perseveranceofthe"saints"-thoseelectedbyGodhavefullpowertointerpretthewillofGod,andtoliveuprightly.Ifanyonerejectsg
8、raceafterfeelingitspowerinhislife,hewillbegoingagainstthewill
