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1、Lecture2AmericanLiteratureObjectivesEnabletheSstoknowthebackground,representativewritersandtheirworksoftheEnlightenmentperiodinAmericanliteraryhistory;EnabletheSstoknowthethirteenmoralvirtuesinBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiography;EnabletheSstolearntoappreciatePhilipFreneau’s“TheWildHoneySuckle”Teachin

2、gMaterialBenjaminFranklin:AutobiographyPhilipFreneau:“TheWildHoneySuckle”TeachingMethodologyLecturingPoemsappreciationandanalysisChapterTwoEnlightenmentandRevolutionaryPeriod(1750-1810)“TheAgeofReason”“AmericanEnlightenment”Inthe18thcentury,peoplebelievedinman’sownnatureandthepowerofhumanreason.W

3、ithFranklinasitsspokesman,the18thcenturyAmericaexperiencedanageofreason.Wordshadneverbeensousefulandsoimportantinhumanhistory.Peoplewrotealotofpoliticalwritings.Numerouspamphletsandprintingswerepublished.TheseworksagitatedrevolutionarypeoplenotonlyinAmericabutalsoaroundtheworld.The18th-centuryAme

4、ricanEnlightenmentwasamovementmarkedbyanemphasisonrationalityratherthantradition,scientificinquiryinsteadofunquestioningreligiousdogma,andrepresentativegovernmentinplaceofmonarchy.Enlightenmentthinkersandwritersweredevotedtotheidealsofjustice,liberty,andequalityasthenaturalrightsofman.Thecolonist

5、swhowouldformanewnationwerefirmbelieversinthepowerofreason;theywereambitious,inquisitive,optimistic,practical,politicallyastute,andself-reliant.LeadingwritersandtheirworksJonathanEdwards(1703-1758):-TheGreatDoctrineofOriginalSindefended(1758)ThomasJefferson(1743-1826):-TheDeclarationofIndependenc

6、e(1776)ThomasPaine(1737-1809):-CommonSense(1776)BenjaminFranklin:AutobiographyPhilipFreneau:“TheWildHoneySuckle”JonathanEdwardsBornintoaveryreligiousNewEnglandfamily,educatedinYaleThefirstmodernAmericanandthecountry’slastmedievalmanHerepresentstheelementofpiety,thereligiouspassion,theaspectofemot

7、ionandecstacy,ofNewEnglandtraditionEdwardswasagreatdealofatranscendentalistThomasPaine-tofightfortherightsofman-tohelpspurandinspiretwogreatestrevolution-HebecameamajorinfluenceintheAmericanRevolution-CommonSense,Ameri