美国文学史及选读的名词解释(全).docxVIP

1. America n Purita nism it comes from the American puritans, who were the first immigrants moved to American continent in the 17th century. Original sin, predestination （预言） and salvation （拯救） were the basic ideas of American Puritanism. And, hard-working, piousness（虔诚，尽职），thrift and sobriety （清醒） were praised. th Romanticism: the literature term was first applied to the writers of the 18 century in Europe who broke away from the formal rules of classical writi ng. Whe n it wasused in American literature it referred to the writers of the middle of the19thce ntury who stimulated （刺激） the sen