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1、TheColonialPeriodandtheRevolutionaryPeriodOutlinePuritanismLiteratureintheearlyperiodsBenjaminFranklinI.HistoricalBackground1.Earlyhistory:1)In1492,ChristopherColumbusfoundthenewcontinentcalledAmerica.2)In1607,CaptainJohnSmithledsomeEnglishmenacrosstheocean.3)In1620,102passengerssailedontheshipMa
2、yfloweracrosstheseaandsettledon“NewEngland”ofthenewcontinent.WhatdoyouknowaboutAmericanearlyhistory?HistoricalBackground2.Reasonsforcomingtothenewworldwealthadventurereligion:puritansPuritanswantedto“purifythechurch”toitsoriginalstate,becausetheythoughtthechurchwascorruptedandhadtoomanyritualsHis
3、toricalBackground3.Belief---PuritanismacodeofvaluesaphilosophyoflifeapointofviewtookrootintheNewWorldDoctrinesofPuritanstakingreligionasthemostimportantthing;livingforglorifyingGod;believingpredestination（命運(yùn)天定）,originalsin(原罪，人生下來就是有罪的，因?yàn)槿祟惖淖嫦葋啴?dāng)和夏娃是有罪的),totaldepravity(人類是完全墮落的，所以人要處處小心自己的行為，要盡可能做
4、到最好以取悅上帝),limitedatonement(有限救贖，只有被上帝選中的人才能得到上帝的拯救)AmericanPuritanismFeaturesofAmericanPuritanidealistdreamtheywouldbuildthenewlandtoanEdenonearth.morepractical,tougherthesevereconditionsstruggleforsurvivalpreoccupiedwithbusinessandprofitsItisoneofthemostenduringshapinginfluencesinAmericanthought
5、andAmericanLiterature.First,itisabranchofProtestantismholdingtheteachingsofCalvinism,believingthathumanbeingsarebasicallyevil,andcoulddonothingaboutit,andmany,althoughnotall,willsurelybecondemnedtohell.PeopleshouldtrytotrytopleaseGodbyworkinghard,beingthrifty,pious,andsober.Itismoreacodeofvalues,
6、aphilosophyoflifeandapointofviewthanakindofreligion,stressinghardwork,thrift,piety,andsobriety.Itisopposedtosocialpleasuresandindulgences.PuritanismAmericanPuritanismEnduringshapinginfluenceinliterature①BasisofAmericanliteraturewentintothemakingofAmericanliteraturedreamedoflivingunderaperfectorde
7、rworkedwithcouragehopedtobuildaGardenofEdenonearthfacedtheworstoflifewithoptimismAllliteratureisbasedonamyth–gardenofEden.AmericanPuritanism②ContributingtothedevelopmentofSymbolism（象征主義）:atechnique,widelyusedPuritansth
