安徽三联学院外语学院美国文学课件Chapter 1 The Literature of Colonial Period.ppt

Puritanism * What are the periods of British literature or English literature? Brief outline of American Literature please. General Introduction The Periods of American Literature 1.The Colonial Period (1607 - 1765) 2.The Period of Enlightenment and the Independence War (1765 -1800) 3.The Romantic Period (1800 - 1865) 4. The Realistic Period (1865 - 1914) 5.The Period of Modernism (1914 - 1945) 6.The Contemporary Literature (1945 - 2000) Group Discussion Preview some paragraphs on P12-13、P15-16 in Chapter One The Literature of Colonial Period in Outline, and answer the following question: What do you know about American early history? The Literature of Colonial Period (1607 - 1765) Contents Ⅱ Ⅲ American Literature (P17-19) Puritan and Puritanism (P16-17) Ⅰ Historical Introduction Ⅰ. Historical Introduction 1 2 In 1492,Christopher Columbus found the new continent called America. In 1607,Captain John Smith led some Englishmen across the ocean. In 1620,102 passengers sailed on the ship Mayflower across the sea and settled on the new continent “New England”. 3 Native inhabitants: Indians Immigrants: Spanish; Dutch; French;English Two Important New England Settlements: 1. The Plymouth Colony (1620) 2. The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630) A group of English Protestants who in the 16th and 17th centuries advocated strict religious discipline along with simplification of the ceremonies and creeds of the Church of England. They regard pleasure or luxury as sinful. To them, religion should be a matter of personal faith rather than a ritual. Ⅱ. Puritans and Puritanism Puritans The American puritans accept the doctrine and practice of predestination, original sin and total depravity, and limited atonement through a special infusion of grace from God. But due to the grim struggle for living in the new continent, they become more and m