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1、精品好文档，推荐学习交流英美浪漫主义比较BritishRomanticismandAmericanRomanticismaredifferentinmanyways,includingtheirtimespan,historicalandpoliticalbackground,definition,theme,contentsandcharacteristics.HereIwilltake"IWanderedLonelyasaCloud"byWilliamWordsworthand“ScarletLetter”astwoexamplestodemonstratethedifferenc
2、esbetweenthem.Firstly,intermsoftheirrespectivedefinition,EnglishromanticismisgenerallyregardedasarevoltoftheEnglishimaginationagainstoftheneo-classicalreason,whileAmericanromanticismisgenerallyconsideredasarevoltagainstclassicism.Secondly,thethemeisalsodifferentwithEnglishromanticismfocusingonbi
3、tternessandmelancholyandAmericanromanticismonastrongsenseofoptimismandamoodof“feelinggood”ofthewholecountry.Thirdly,theydiffergreatlyincontents.Englishromanticismmainlyinvolvesfouritems,namely,spontaneousoutflowofpowerfeelings,imagination,natureandescapefromsocietyandreturntonature.Ontheotherhan
4、d,theAmericanromanticismismainlyconcernedaboutthefreeexpressionsofemotionsandpsychicstatesofthecharacter,theemphasisonimaginativequalities:仅供学习与交流，如有侵权请联系网站删除谢谢4精品好文档，推荐学习交流picturesque,exotic,sensuous,thesupernatural,thewildnessandAmericanPuritanismandescapefromsocietyandreturntonature.Besides,i
5、tismoremoralizing.Fourthly,theyhavedifferentcharacteristics.Englishromanticismcontainsmanynatureimages,dream-likeatmosphere,musicbeautyandGothicelements.AmericanromanticismincludesalotofCalvinisticviewoforiginalsinandismorederivative.Forinstance,in"IWanderedLonelyasaCloud",Wordsworthwrotethisbea
6、utifulpoemofnatureafterhecameacrossalongbeltofgolddaffodilstossing&reeling&dancingalongthewaterside.Thereisavividpictureofthedaffodilshere,mixedwiththepoet'sphilosophical&somewhatmysticalthoughts.Thepoetthinksthatitisablisstorecollectthebeautyofnatureinhismindwhileheisinsolitude.Thispoemisfilled
7、withimagination,natureimages,dream-likeatmosphere,melancholyandotherpowerfulfeelings,whichfullyexemplifytheattributesofEnglishromanticism.In“ScarletLetter”,Hawthorneexploresinto“theconflictofthehumanheartwithitself”anddealsw
