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1、AmericanLiterature ——ColonialPeriodandRevolutionaryPeriodTime:thesettlementofNorthAmerica——1607theIndependenceWar——1783MajorTopic:AmericanPuritanismHistoricalBackgroundEarlyhistoryIn1542,ChristopherColumbusfoundthenewcontinentcalledAmericaIn1607,CaptainJohnSmithledsomeEnglishmena
2、crosstheocean.In1620,102passengerssailedontheshipMayfloweracrosstheoceanandsettledonthenewcontinent“NewEngland”HistoricalBackgroundPeopleNativeinhabitants:IndiansImmigrantsmostlyfromEuropeEnglishImmigrants:Jamestown,Virginia,1607PuritansAgroupofreligiouspeopleAdvocatedreligious&m
3、oralprinciplesHistoricalBackgroundAcodeofvaluesAphilosophyoflifeApointofview3)brief——PuritanismPuritanswantedtopurifythechurchtoitsoriginalstate,becausetheythoughtthechurchesarecorruptedandhadtoomanyrituals.DoctrinesofPuritansTakingreligionasthemostimportantthing;Livingforglorify
4、ingGod;Believingpredestination,originalsin,totaldepravityandlimitedatonement.AmericanPuritanismFeatures:idealist:theydreamtobuildanewEdenonearth.Becometougher,morepractical:hardconditionsforsurvival+preoccupiedwithbusinessandprofitAmericanPuritanismInfluenceofPuritanismonAmerican
5、literatureThebasisofAmericanliteratureWidelyusedtechniqueofsymbolismInfluencingthestyleofliterature:simple,freshanddirectBenjaminFranklinWriter,printer,publisher,Scientistanddiplomat,hewasThemostfamousandrespectedFigureOfhistime.Hewasthefirstgreatself-madeManinAmerica.TheLifeofBe
6、njaminFranklin1706BorninBoston,MassachusettsonJanuary171718BeginsanapprenticeshipinhisbrotherJames'printingshopinBoston1723Age17,leaveshisfamily,runningawaytoPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania1724MovestoLondon,continuinghistrainingasaprinter1726ReturnstoPhiladelphia1728OpenshisownPrinting
7、OfficeinPhiladelphia1729BecomessoleownerandpublisherofthePennsylvaniaGazetteTheLifeofBenjaminFranklin1730MarriesDeborahReadRogers1731BirthofBen'ssonWilliam;FoundsthefirstCirculatingLibrary1732BirthofBen'ssonFrancis1732-1758Annually,publishesPoorRichard:AnAlmanack1736DeathofBen'sy
8、oungsonFrancis;FoundstheUnionFireCompany
