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1、AmericanRomanticismRomanticPeriodisoneofthemostimportantperiodsinthehistoryofAmericanliterature.WhenAmericanswereconstructingtheircountry,theyalsobegantorealizetheirdifferencesfromtheirEuropeancounterparts.TheybegantohopetoseeanentirelydifferentliteraturemodelwhichexpressedAmeri
2、cancultures.Greatwritersofthatperiodcapturedontheirpagestheenthusiasmandtheoptimismofthatdream.RomanticismreferstoanartisticandintellectualmovementoriginatinginEuropeinthelate18thcenturyandcharacterizedbyaheightenedinterestinnature,emphasisontheindividual’sexperienceofemotionand
3、imagination,departurefromtheattitudesandformsofclassicism,andrebellionagainstestablishedsocialrulesandconventions.TheromanticperiodofAmericanliteraturestretchesfromtheendofthe18thcenturytotheoutbreakoftheCivilWar.Itwasanageofwestwardexpansion,oftheincreasinggravityoftheslaveryqu
4、estion,ofanintensificationofthespiritofembattledsectionalismintheSouth,andofapowerfulimpulsetoreformintheNorth.InliteratureitwasAmerica’sfirstgreatcreativeperiod,afullfloweringoftheromanticimpulseonAmericansoil.1.TheuniquecharacteristicsofAmericanRomanticismAlthoughgreatlyinflue
5、ncedbytheirEnglishcounterparts,theAmericanromanticwritersrevealeduniquecharacteristicsoftheirownintheirworksandtheygrewonthenativelands.Forexamp1e，(1)theAmericannationalexperienceof"pioneeringintothewest"provedtobearichsourceofmaterialforAmericanwriterstodrawupon.TheycelebratedA
6、merica'slandscapewithitsvirginforests,meadows,groves,endlessprairies,streams,andvastoceans.Thewildernesscametofunctionalmostasadramaticcharacterthatsymbolizedmoral1aw.(2)ThedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonaturebecameapermanentconventionofAmericanliterature.Suchadesireis
7、particularlyevidentinCooper’sLeatherStockingTales,inThoreau'sWaldenand，later,inMarkTwain’sAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.(3)WiththegrowthofAmericannationalconsciousness,Americancharactertypesspeakinglocaldialectsappearedinpoetryandfictionwithincreasingfrequency.(4)ThentheAmericanPu
8、ritanismasaculturalheritageexertedgreatinfluenc
