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AmericanLiteratureIntroductionHistoricalBackground1.Earlyhistory:1)In1542,ChristopherColumbusfoundthenewcontinentcalledAmerica.2)In1607,CaptainJohnSmithledsomeEnglishmenacrosstheocean.3)In1620,102passengerssailedontheshipMayfloweracrosstheseaandsettledonthenewcontinent“NewEngland”.HistoricalBackground2.People:nativeinhabitants:IndiansImmigrantsmostlyfromEurope:Spanish;Dutch;FrenchEnglishimmigrants,Jamestown,Virginia,1607HistoricalBackground3.Belief---PuritanismPuritanswantedto“purifythechurch”toitsoriginalstate,becausetheythoughtthechurchwascorruptedandhadtoomanyritualsDoctrinesofPuritanstakingreligionasthemostimportantthing;livingforglorifyingGod;believingpredestination（命运天定）,originalsin(原罪，人生下来就是有罪的，因为人类的祖先亚当和夏娃是有罪的),totaldepravity(人类是完全堕落的，所以人要处处小心自己的行为，要尽可能做到最好以取悦上帝),limitedatonement(有限救赎，只有被上帝选中的人才能得到上帝的拯救)AmericanPuritanismFeaturesofAmericanPuritanAmericanPuritanismEnduringshapinginfluenceonliterature①BasisofAmericanliteratureAmericanPuritanism②ContributingtothedevelopmentofSymbolism（象征主义）:atechnique,widelyusedAmericanPuritanism③Influencingthestyleofliterature:simple,freshanddirect(justasthestyleoftheAuthorizedVersionofHolyBible)BriefOutlineofAmericanLiterature1.ColonialperiodandRevolutionaryperiodColonialperiodandRevolutionaryperiodColonialperiodandRevolutionaryperiodRomanticism(1783-1861)SummitofRomanticism-Transcendentalism(AmericanRenaissance)LateRomanticismRomanticPoetsRomanticismTheageofRealismTheAgeofRealism(1861-1914)NaturalismConclusionHomework1.WhataretheinfluencesofAmericanPuritanismonAmericanLiterature?2.Rememberthetimeofeachperiodandthewriters.*********WhatdoyouknowaboutAmericanearlyhistory?Puritansagroupofreligiouspeopleadvocatedreligiousmoralprinciplesacodeofvaluesa