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 (彻底的堕落 ), and limited atonement ( 有限的赎罪 )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 :Common Sense (1776) 《常识》American Crisis (1776-1783)《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