美国文学史及作品选读PPT1.ppt

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1、Lecture1TheLiteratureoftheColonialAmericaandofReasonandRevolutionTeachingObjectivesandRequirements1MakethestudentsknowclearaboutAmericanPuritanismanditsinfluenceonAmericanLiterature.2Helpthestudentstoknowaboutthemainliteraryform,contentandthemeinColonialAmericaandtherepresentativewritersofthispe

2、riod.3HelpthestudentsknowabouttheAmericanhistoryofIndependenceWarandtherepresentativesintheperiodofReasonandRevolution,especiallytheirinfluenceonAmericanLiterature.4MakethestudentshaveagoodunderstandingofJonathanEdwardsandBenjaminFranklin.5MakesurethestudentsunderstandclearlyaboutBenjaminFrankli

3、n’sAutobiographyanditsinfluenceonthelatterAmericans.1LiteratureoftheColonialAmerica(1607-1765)2LiteratureofReasonandRevolution(1765-Endof18thC)1.1HistoricalBackgroundIn1492,ChristopherColumbusfoundthenewcontinentcalledAmerica.Spanish(thefirsttownonthenewcontinent)Dutch(NewYorkcity)French(French:

4、lotsofpeople’smothertongueinNorthAmerica);English(firstsettledinJamestownofVirginiain1607)In1620,thefamous“MayFlower”shipped102PuritanstoPlymouth.1.2PuritanThoughtPuritanism:thepracticesandbeliefsofthePuritans◆Puritans:Calvinists.◆Puritanswantedto“purifythechurch”toitsoriginalstate.◆TobeaPuritan

5、:religion—themostimportantthing;livingforglorifyingGod;believingpredestination,originalsin,totaldepravity,limitedatonement◆LifestyleofPuritans:piousaustereoftastediligentthriftrigidsenseofmoralityself-reliantAmericanPuritanism:thepracticesandbeliefsoftheAmericanPuritans◆AmericanPuritanswereorigi

6、nallymembersofadivisionoftheProtestantChurch,whocameintoexistenceinthereignsofQueenElizabethandKingJamesI.◆Theywereagroupofserious,religiouspeople,advocatinghighlyreligiousandmoralprinciples.Theywantedtopurifytheirreligiousbeliefsandpractices.TheycametoAmericaoutofvariousreasons.◆Theywereidealis

7、ts,believingthechurchshouldberestoredtocomplete“purity”anddreamingthattheywouldbuildthenewlandtoanEdenonearth.Theyacceptedthedoctrineofpredestination,originalsin,totaldepravity,andlimitedatonementthroughaspecialinfusionofgra