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1、PartI.TheLiteratureofColonialAmericaandtheEnlightenmentAgeColonialAmerica(1620---1776)PuritanismPuritanismistheattitudewhichdesiredamorethorough-goingreformofthechurchinthedirectionofProtestantism.ItstressedthatThechurchshouldberestoredtothepurityofthe1stchurchasestablishedbyJesusChristHimself.Thedo
2、ctrineofpredestination,originalsin,totaldepravityandallthatCalvinismpreached.Aperfectorderofliving,inwhichpeoplecanworkwithgreatcourageandconfidencetowardbuildinganewGardenofEden.Astrictnessinmoralityandausterityinmattersoftaste,hardworking,thrift,toleranceandpatience.ThefeaturesofthecolonialAmerica
3、nliteraturePuritanismwascentraltocolonialAmericanliterature.ReligioussermonsbecamethemosthighlydevelopedandthemostpopularofPuritanliteraryforms.Thecolonialliteraryworksmainlytooktheformofdiaryandautobiography,whicharefullofstrenuousself-analysisandconstantsearchingofconscience.Practicalmatter-of-fac
4、taccountsoffamily,hurtingandtraveletc.,whicharemainlyinformativeratherthanillumination.Politicaldebatesaboutthecolonists’relationswiththemothercountrywerequitecommon.ColonialAmericanliteraryworksarecharacterizedwithlogicalstructure,preciseandcompactexpression,avoidanceofrhetoricaldecoration,homeline
5、ssofimageryandsimplicityofdiction.SampleofcolonialreadingBeingthusarrivedinagoodharbor,andbroughtsafetoland,theyfellupontheirkneesandblessedtheGodofHeavenwhohadbroughtthemoverthevastandfuriousocean,anddeliveredthemfromtheperilsandmiseriesthereof,againtosettheirfeetonthefirmandstableearth,theirproper
6、element…ButhereIcannotstandhalfamazedatthispoorpeople’spresentcondition;andsoIthinkwillthereader,too,whenhewellconsidersthesame.Beingthuspassedthevastocean,…theyhadnofriendstowelcomethemnorinnstoentertainirrefreshtheirweather-beatenbodies,norhousesormuchlesstownstorepairto,toseekforsuccor.fromWillia
7、mBradford’sHistoryofPlymouthPlantationSampleofcolonialreadingBesidesIhaveoneofmychildrenthatwasformerlymostlamentablyhandledwithsorebreakingoutofbothhishandsandfeetofthekin’sevil,butsincehecamehitherh
