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1、1. featuresofPuritanism请教主义(1)Predestination:Goddecidedeverythingbeforethingsoccurred.(2)Originalsin:Humanbeingswereborntobeevil,andthisoriginalsincanbepasseddownfromgenerationtogeneration.(3)Totaldepravity(4)Limitedatonement:Onlythe“elect”canbesaved.2,AmericanPuritanism美国请教主义的BasicPuritanBel
2、iefs(1)TotalDepravity-throughAdamandEve'sfall,everypersonisbornsinful-conceptofOriginalSin.(2)UnconditionalElection-God"saves"thosehewishes-onlyafewareselectedforsalvation-conceptofpredestination.(3)LimitedAtonement-Jesusdiedforthechosenonly,notforeveryone.(4)IrresistibleGrace-God'sgraceisfre
3、elygiven,itcannotbeearnedordenied.GraceisdefinedasthesavingandtransfiguringpowerofGod.(5)Perseveranceofthe"saints"-thoseelectedbyGodhavefullpowertointerpretthewillofGod,andtoliveuprightly.Ifanyonerejectsgraceafterfeelingitspowerinhislife,hewillbegoingagainstthewillofGod-somethingimpossibleinP
4、uritanism.(6)Puritanvalues(creeds):Hardwork,thrift,piety,sobriety,simpletastes.Puritansaremorepractical,tougher,tobeeverreadyforanymisfortuneandtragicfailureandoptimistic..3.InfluenceonAmericanLiterature对美国文学影响定义:AmericaliteratureisingoodmeasurealiteraryexpressionofthepiousidealismoftheAmeric
5、anPuritanismbequest.AllliteratureisbasedonamythofgardenofEden.Symbolism象征theAmericanpuritan’smetaphoricalmodeofperceptionwaschieflyinstrumentalincallingintobeingaliterarysymbolismwhichisdistinctlyAmerican.SymbolismasatechniquehasbecomeacommonpracticeinAmericanliterature.Withregardtotheirwriti
6、ng,thestyleisfresh,simpleanddirect;therhetoricisplainandhonest,notwithoutatouchofnobilityoftentraceabletothedirectinfluenceoftheBible.4.TheliterarySceneincolonialAmerica殖民地的美国Humbleorigins:diaries,histories,journals,letters,travelbooks,autobiographies/biographies,sermons各种作家Writers:(1)JohnSmi
7、th:thefirstAmericanwriter(2)AnneBradstreet:aPuritanpoet,TheCompleteWork:TenthMuseLatelySprungUpInAmerica(3)EdwardTaylor:avarietyofverse:funeralelegies,lyrics,amedieval"debate,"anda500-pageMetricalHistoryofChristianity(mainlyahistoryofmartyrs)
