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1、ThecharacteristicsoftheAmericanRomanticism——fromtheaspectofthecauseofAmericanRomanticismAsoneoftheimportantperiodsofAmericanliterature,romanticismperiodstartsfromtheendofthe18thcenturyuntilthecivilwar.Duringthisperiod,Americahasexperiencedlotsofchanges,whic
2、hinvolvessociety,politics,andculture.AllthesechangesnotonlyaffectthedevelopmentofAmerica,butalsoshowthemselvesintheliterature.Therefore,wecanfindsomethingthroughthecauseofthisperiod——romanticism——inordertoexplainitscharacteristics.America,asanewcountry,hast
3、ostartfromthebeginning,whichmeansithastosetitsownrulesandmakesthebestoftheresourcesofthenewland.Peopleinthisnewlandmaketheirownhomeswithconfidenceandindependence.Theambitionofestablishingthebestcountryintheworldmakesthemfeelproud.Theexpectationexistsnotonly
4、intheirhardwork,butalsointheliterature.Theywanttomaketheirownstyleofwritingthatshowstheirpositiveattitudetothenewlifeandrecordhowtheymakethenewlandpowerful.Spontaneously,theromanticismstarts.Americanromanticism,differentfromtheonefromBritain,hasitsownunique
5、features,whichinclude:(1)richsourceofmaterialfrompioneeringintothewest;(2)thedesireforanescapefromsocietyandareturntonature;(3)frequentuseoflocaldialectsinpoetryandfiction;(4)greatinfluencesexertedbyAmericanPuritanismasaculturalheritageoverAmericanmoralvalu
6、esandAmericanRomanticism.ThispassagewillexplainhowthecharacteristicsareformedfromtheperspectivesofthecauseofAmericanRomanticism.Aroundtheperiodoftheendof18thcentury,thenew-boredAmericamakeseffortstostretchitsterritorythatnearlyreachesthewestshoreofthePacifi
7、cOcean.Inthemovement,peopleactastheexplorers,holdingthewillofsuccessandmarchingtothedesertedwest.Theybelievethattheycanbesuccessfuliftheyarethriftyandhardworking.Asaresult,itprovidesabundantsourceofwritingmaterialwhichbecomesthemainthemeofAmericanromanticis
8、m.Intheworksaboutthewest,thewritersuselotsofbeautifulwordstodescribetherichvirginforests,meadows,groves,endlessprairies,streams,andvastoceans.Throughadmiringthelandscapeofthewest,theseworksshowthespiri