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常耀信美国文学史教案
Lecture 1
1. Self-introduction
2. Introduction of the course
⑴Similar with History of English Literature
⑵Course book: A Survey of American Literature by Chang Yaoxin; good and authoritative one; a little bit difficult and lack in order; prepare a notebook and copy the outline I provide
⑶Especially important to your graduate entrance examination
⑷Suggestions: 左金梅《美国文学》青岛海洋出版社(条理较好);李公昭《20世纪美国文学导论》(可以帮助理解20世纪美国文学);吴伟仁《美国文学史及选读》(很多学校考研的指定书目,但过于简单)
⑷ Preview; taking notes; homework (two papers); attendance
Chapter 1 Colonial America
(US is a quite special country in the world. Although it only has a very short history, it is the most powerful country today. )
1. Historical Background
⑴ In 1942, Christopher Columbus found the new continent called America.
⑵ Immigrants: Spanish (they built the first town on the new continent); Dutch (they built New York city at the beginning stage); French (today still lots of people’s mother tongue is French in North America)
⑶ English immigrants, Jamestown, Virginia, 1607
1620 “May Flower”, Plymouth
(Imagine: transportation not convenient, why some many immigrants left their hometown and came to such a remote place as America? Economic reasons; Religious reasons)
(Reformation and religious conflicts in Europe; persecution of Protestants)
2. American Puritanism(清教主义)
⑴ Puritans=Calvinists
◆ John Calvin, a theologian, Puritans believed most doctrines preached by him, so they were also called Calvinists
◆ Puritans wanted to “purify the church” to its original state, because they thought the church was corrupted and had too many rituals
◆ To be a Puritan: taking religion as the most important thing; living for glorifying God; believing predestination(命运天定), original sin(原罪,人生下来就是有罪的,因为人类的祖先亚当和夏娃是有罪的), total depravity(人类是完全堕落的,所以人要处处小心自己的行为,要尽可能做到最好以取悦上帝), limited atonement(有限救赎,只有被上帝选中的人才能得到上帝的拯救)
◆ Life style of Puritans: pious, austerity of taste, diligence and thrift, rigid sense o
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