美国文学史整理一、Colonial America 殖民时期1、 New England : Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut 、 2、 Doctrines of Puritanism 清教American Puritanism stressed predestination(命运神定), original sin(原罪), total depravity (彻底得堕落), and limited atonement (有限得赎罪)from God’s grace、3、 Writing style:fresh, simple and direct and with a touch of nobility; the rhetoric is plain and honest、4、 Life style: hard work, thrift, piety, and sobriety 、 5、 Main writer: ①Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩work:mon Sense (1776) 《常识》American Crisis (17761783) 《美国危机》The Rights of Man《人权》The Age of Reason《理性时代》②Benjamin Franklin(本杰明·富兰克林)Poor Richard’s Almanac 《穷查理历书》 Autobiography 《富兰克林自传》 ③Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰弗逊 Declaration of Independence (1776)《独立宣言》二、American Romanticism (early period) 浪漫主义前期1、Characteristics:①A rebellion against the objectivity of rationalism、 反对理性主义得客观性。②Feelings, intuitions and emotions were more important for romantics than reason and mon sense、 感受、直觉与情感重于理性与常识。③An emphasis on individualism; placing the individual against the group, against authority、强调个人主义,将个人与团体,反对权威。④Stress on the close relationship between man and nature、 强调人与自然之间得密切关系。⑤Fascination with the wild, the irregular, the indefinite, the remote, the mysterious, and the strange 疯狂得迷恋,不规则,不定,远程,神奇,奇怪⑥Cherishing a strong interest in the past, especially the medieval、 对过去有强烈得兴趣,特别就是中世纪。2、Features:New experience in the American Romanticism、A deep influence from th...
