美国文学简史复习资料.doc

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美国文学简史
复****资料
2016年12月23日
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目录
殖民时期及十八世纪美国文学
美国浪漫主义早期
新英格兰超验主义
美国浪漫主义后期
美国现实主义文学
美国乡土文学
美国现代诗歌
美国现代小说
美国南方文学
美国现代戏剧
美国黑人文学
美国华裔文学
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殖民时期及十八世纪美国文学
New England：Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, named by Captain John Smith
Puritanism
Doctrines of Puritanism：predestination〔命运神定), original sin, total depravity (彻底的堕落), and limited atonement (有限的赎罪)from God’s grace
Puritans left Europe for America in order to prove that they were God’s chosen people who would enjoy God’s blessings on earth and in Heaven. They felt that they were exiles under the special grace of God to establish a theocracy in the New World.
Style of writing：the style is fresh, simple and direct; the rhetoric is plain and honest；a touch of nobility often traceable to the direct influence of the Bible
Puritans’ way of Life：hard work, thrift, piety, and sobriety.
In Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter there is a good description of the Puritans’ life.
Main writers
William Bradford
Of Plymouth Plantation普利茅斯垦殖记
Thomas Paine
Common Sense 常识；American Crisis美国危机；The Rights of Man人权；The Age of Reason理性