文档介绍：Chapter 1,2 Colonial Period (第一二章) 1. [Puritanism] : American puritans accepted the doctrine of predestination, original sin and total depravity, and limited atonement through a special infusion of grace from God. 清教徒们接受命运,原罪,人全然堕落的教义, 相信只有通过有限的赎罪-- 或者称为拯救被挑选的人--这种特别的神典方式才能进行救赎。 2. [Puritanism's Influence] (1)A group of good qualities – hard work, thrift, piety, sobriety (serious and thoughtful) influenced American literature. (2)It led to the everlasting myth. All literature is based ona myth – garden of Eden. 它基于神话,即关于伊甸园的神话。(3)Symbolism: the American puritan ’s metaphorical mode of perception was chiefly instrumental in calling into being a literary symbolism which is distinctly American. 美国清教徒借助一种典型美国式的文学象征符号表现其感知。(4)With regard to their writing, the style is fresh, simple and direct; the rhetoric is plain and honest, not without a touch of nobility often traceable to the direct influence of the Bible. 提到写作,他们的风格是清新的,简单的,直接的;修饰手法是直白的,诚实的,也不无高贵的,这种高贵受到了圣经的直接影响。 T ypes of writing in Colonial Period : humble origins diaries, histories, journals, letters, travel books, autobiographies/biographies, sermons 写作形式:日记,历史记录,日报,信件,一般的书籍,自传/传记,说教代表:* Anne Bradstreet ---“ Tenth Muse ” Edward Taylor *Thomas Paine :《 Common Sense 》《 American Crisis 》《 The Right of Man 》《 The Age of Reason 》*Charles Brockden Brown :《 Wieland 》/《 An American Tale 》---“ the first American novel ”[Benjamin Fr