Colonial America.pptVIP

General Introduction to Colonial Literature （17C—18C） 06级8班1组 田晓 刘玮 卢玉霞 王永艳 吴静 Historical Background In 1492 Christopher Columbus found the new continent called America. English immigrants； Jamestown Virginia 1607 1620 “May Flower” Plymouth; Establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Independent War(1776-1783); the formation of the United States of America American Puritanism（清教主义） Puritan Beliefs : predestination（命运天定）； original sin（原罪）； total depravity（人类是完全堕落的）； limited atonement（有限救赎） American Puritan Puritans “purify the church” to its original state； escape religious persecution；move North America ；worship as they pleased. Idealist: build the new land to an Eden on earth； “American dream ” Practical: the severe conditions they faced. Life style of Puritans: pious虔诚； austerity 朴素节约； diligence ； sense of morality ；self-reliance Influence on literature Basis of American literature: the dream of building an Eden of Garden on earth Symbolism（象征主义）: lots of American writers liked to employ symbolism in their works(对于虔诚的基督教徒来讲，所感知的世界仅仅是上帝的一个象征，一切事物都是神的影像和反映) General features Humble origins: diaries ；histories letters； journals； travel books；semorns；autobiographies/biographies ； Content: serving either God or colonial expansion or both.（William Bradford 威廉.布拉德福德—Plymouth Plantation《普利茅斯种植园史》） Form: imitating English literary traditions Style: simple fresh and direct (often traceable to the direct influence of the Bible );rhetoric plain honest; not without a touch of nobility Writers of colonial period Anne Bradstreet 布莱德斯特律 (美国女诗人) Edward Taylor 爱德华·泰勒 (美国的最佳诗人) Roger Williams 罗杰·威廉斯 John Woolman 约翰.伍尔曼 Thomas Paine 托马斯.潘恩（美国最激进革命家） Philip Freneau 菲力浦.弗瑞诺（独立革命后最杰 出的一位作家） Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克 Jonathan Edward 乔纳森.爱德华兹 Hector St.John de Crevecoeur 约翰克.雷福科 Benjamin Franklin 本杰明·富兰克林 Poor Richard’s Almanac 《穷查理的年历》 an annual collection of proverbs ，poems， essays (集格言、诗歌、杂文等为一体的历书） A