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1、PartITheLiteratureofColonialAmerica(1607—1783)TeachingAims:1,Knowoneimportantconcept:AmericanPuritanism2,LearnaboutsomepoetsandtheirpoemsPointsofImportanceandDifficulty:AmericanPuritanismandPuritanRequitedTeachingTime:TwoclassesTeachingAids:1,ABriefHistoryofEnglishLiteraturewithSelected
2、Readings2,ASurveyofAmericanliterature3,ABriefIntroductiontoAmericanLiteratureTeachingSteps:I.HistoricalIntroductionTheNewworld(p1—2)IIAmericanPuritanism:(Astateofmind,anationalculturalatmosphere,ashapinginfluenceonAmericanthoughtandliterature.ChangsaysthatwithoutsomeunderstandingofPurit
3、anism,therecanbenorealunderstandingofAmericaanditsliterature.)1,Puritans(imageofgaunt,lank-haired,seriouspersonwearingablacksteeplehat)a,membersoftheChurchofEngland(amixtureofCatholicstructureandProtestantdoctrine)/(InthedarkMiddleage,theChurch(theChurchofRome)hadasupremacyoverthekingso
4、fEuropeannations.Man’sthoughtwasstrictlyboundbyreligiousbelief.However,in1531,EnglandbrokeawayfromtheChurchofRome,andHenryVIIIdeclaredhimselfheadoftheChurchofEngland)b,restoringsimplicitytochurchservices(p8)c,re-establishingtheauthorityofBibleintheology(P8)d,beingzealousandintolerantrel
5、igiously(P8)e,disciplinedandhardworking(P9)2,Puritanprinciples--Puritanisma,thedoctrinesofCalvinism:Predestination(Godhasdecidedthatpartofmankindshallhaveeternalblissandparteternalpunishment)originalsin(thestoryofAdamandEve)totaldepravity(sinfulnessofmanthroughtheFallofAdam)andlimitedat
6、onement(Christdidnotdieforall,butonlyforthosewhoaretobesaved.Ifhehadnotdiedonthecross,nonecouldhavebeensaved)b,thesovereigntyofGod(P8)(manwas,sincetheFall,basicallyevilandenslavedbyhissenseofsin,andthatGodwasall,andwouldinHismercyandloveworkforman’ssalvation,butasforman,allhecoulddowast
7、oworshiptheAlmightyandhope.)c,supremeauthorityoftheBible(p8)ThesedoctrinesledthePuritanstoexaminingtheirsoulstofindwhethertheywereoftheelectandtosearchtheBibletodetermineGod’swill.3,puritantraits:hardwork,thrift,pietyandsobriety(P5)4,CharacteristicsofAmericanPuritansa,religious
