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1、AmericanliteratureXueLingChapterOneBenjaminFranklin(1706–1790)-He’sawriter.-He’sascientist.-He’sabusinessman.-He’sapolitician.-He’saninventor.BornonMilkStreetinBoston,Massachusettsfromaverylargefamily.Attheageof12,apprenticedtobeanewspaperprinterinBo

2、ston.In1729,alreadyownedhisownprintingshopandpublishedthenewspaperPennsylvaniaGazette《宾夕法尼亚报》.In1732,offeredhisPoorRichard’sAlmonac《格言历书》.From1771to1790,wrotehisAutobiography《自传》.BeingoneofthosewhodraftedarticlesleadingtotheDeclarationofIndependence.

3、Servedontheconventiontodrafttheconstitution,whichwasfinallyadoptedin1789.LiterarytermAutobiography:-Awrittenaccountofone’sownlife.-Autobiographicalwritingasaliterarygenre.StyleHisstyleisclearandevenplaininhistime,butformodernreaders,itisabithardtorea

4、d.Hisstyleisratherformal,buttheorganizationofhismaterialisinformalItisabookontheartofself-improvement.Itissignificant:(1)itisaclassicofitskindinAmericanliterature;(2)itindicatesthefactthatFranklinwasthespokesmanofAmericanenlightenment.Franklinembodie

5、dthetransitionfromPuritanpiety,idealismandprovincialismtothemoresecular,utilitarian,andcosmopolitanvaluesoftheAmericanenlightenment.SignificanceofFranklin’sAutobiographyFranklin’sautobiographyremainsoneoftheclassicsofitskind.ItshowsFranklinasamanofve

6、rsatileenergyandnewideas,amanwhorepresentedAmerican.enlightenmentandthefulfillmentofAmericandream.Itisahumorousandfascinatingrecordofanoldman’sreflectionsonhisrisefromapoorboytoarichandfamouspersonagethroughself-examination,self-reliance,andselfimpro

7、vement.QuestionstoponderWhyisBenjaminFranklinconsideredagreatmaninAmericanliteratureandhistory?WhatarethemajorcontributionshemadetoAmerica?InwhatwaysareyouimpressedbyBenjaminFranklin?