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The Colonial Period 关键词 : America Puritanism Calvinism特点 : total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, Perseverance of the saints 3. Anne Bradstreet( P17 ): a Puritan poet be known as “ The Muse” Thomas Paine: one of continual, unswerving fight for the rights of man. works: “ Common Sense” “ American Crisis ” “ The Rights of Man ” “ The Age Reason”理性时代 Phillip Freneau(P22): 美国文学史上的重要人物 dawning nationalism 代表人物 Poems: The Wild Honeysuckle野生的金银花 first modern American the last medieval man Jonathan Edwards( Calvinism ) a critical role in shaping the First Great Awakening works: “ The Freedom of the Will 《自由”意志论》 “ The Great Doctrine of Original Sin Defended ”《伟哉原罪论辩》 “ TheNature of True Virtue ” “ American Dream ” -“madeSelf” Benjamin Franklin(puritanism) “ Poor Richard ’ s Almance“autobiography”新文”学形式 th ” “ 18 century enlightenment Romanticism Washington Irving（1783-1859） ①titles: “the father of American literature ” “ the American Goldsmith” works: The Sketch Book (marked the beginning of American Romanticism and the beginning of short stories as a genre in American literature) James Fenimore Cooper（1789-1851） ①One of the first writer to write American Westward movement ②“The Leatherstocking Tales ” (novel) first is The“Pioneers ” ---Plot: ---theme conflict between Natty Bumppo and Judge Temple----character: Natty Bumppo---innocent, simple, honest and generous, for freedom, against civilization, wilderness is good Judge Temple---just, reasonable, for civilization and law Writing style: intriguing plot majestic landscape descriptions rich imagination wooden characterization not authentic dialect New England Transcendentalism---the culmination of American Romanticism Beginning of the Transcendentalism---1836, Nature, Emerson (1830s – theCivil War) Features：a:emphasizing on spirit or the Over -soul；b:stressing the importance of the individual ；c:offering a fresh perception of nature as symbolic of the Spirit or God. Ralph Waldo E