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1、美国文学教案HistoryofAmericanLiteratureFromWashingtonIrvingtoMarkTwainI.WritingsbeforetheRomanticismQuestionstoponder:1.Whatarethemainfeaturesofthewritingsbeforetheromanticism?2.WhatisPuritanism?AndhowdiditinfluenceAmericanliterature?3.WhatwasthemissionofthePuritansettlers?4.Howdidthesocialandpolitica
2、leventsencouragethegrowthofthenewnation?ImportantSocialandHistoricalEvents1．JamestownColony(1607)intheSouthThefirstsettlersfromtheVirginiaCompany,cametotheNewWorldformercantilepurposes.2．Plymouth(1620)intheNorth●他们双膝跪下，感激上帝带他们越过了浩瀚汹涌的大洋，把他们从危险和苦难中解救出来，使他们安全无恙地又一次踏上了坚实的大地……---威廉·布雷德福总督，1620，11●Al
3、thoughwehaveourdifferences,weareallGod’schildrenandassuchwebebutspecksinthevastnessofthisocean,butpreciousuntoourLordandtogetherwearevoyagers,pilgrims,andlooktoThineinfinitemercyandprovidence.----WilliamBradford,ontheMayflower●我要讴歌基督教创造的奇迹。为逃避欧洲的腐败堕落，他们来到美洲的海滩；……感谢上帝的庇佑，把印第安人的荒芜之地变得辉煌灿烂。---科顿·马瑟
4、3.MassachusettsBay(1630)●我们将成为整个世界的山巅之城(acitysetuponahill)，全世界人民的眼睛都将看着我们。如果我们在实现这一事业的过程中欺骗了上帝，如果上帝不再像今天那样帮助我们，那么我们终将成为世人的笑柄。---约翰·温思罗普●Theyestablishedagovernment,withtownmeetings,popularelections,andofficialpolicies,andalsoHarvardCollegein1636.EarlyWriters341.AnneBradstreet(1617-1672)安妮·布拉兹特里特A
5、nneBradstreetwasthefirstAmericanpoet.ShecametoAmericawithherhusbandwhenshewas18,settlingintheMassachusettsBayColony.Thoughamotherof8children,shemanagedtowritepoems.HerfirstvolumeofpoetrywaspublishedinLondon,entitledTheTenthMuseLatelySprungUpinAmerica(1650)《第十位诗神》.2.JonathanEdwards(1702-1758)乔纳森·
6、爱德华兹JonathanEdwardswasatalentandagreatthinker,wholearnedLatinat6,andbeganhisreligiouseducationat7,partlyinfluencedbyhisfather,apowerfulminister.HewasnotverystronginacceptingPuritanideas,butafterhisseriousillness,beforegraduatingfromYaleCollege,heturnedtowardGod.JonathanEdwardswasafamilymanandave
7、rygoodministeraswell,with11childrenand20yearsofchurchservice.HewasrememberedforhiscontributionstoTheGreatAwakening,whichlastedfornearlytenyearsinNewEngland.Hisrepresentativeworks:1.SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGod(1741)《罪人在愤怒的上
