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1、ColonialAmerican(Early17thCentury–TheEndof18theCentury)ChineseConfucianismAmericanPuritanismThebeliefsandpracticescharacteristicofPuritans(mostofwhomwereCalvinistswhowishedtopurifytheChurchofEnglandofitsCatholicaspects)ThefoundingfathersofAmericaAmericanPuritans:thefoundingfath
2、ersSelf-assertedGod-chosenpeoplewithastrongsenseofmissiontobuildthewildernessintoanewGardenofEdenaccordingtotheirownidealasNottoleranttodissenters:StrictnessandausterityinconductandreligionCalvinistsPracticalidealistsAgroupofreligiouspeoplewithaparticularstateofmind:JohnCalvin(
3、1509–27)wasaninfluentialFrenchtheologianandpastorduringtheProtestantReformation.PuritansbelievedthathumanbeingswerepredestinedbyGodbeforetheywereborn.SomewereGod'schosenpeople(God'select上帝的選民)whileotherswerepredestinedtobedamnedtohell.Thesuccessofone'sworkortheprosperityinhisca
4、llinggivenbyGodwasthesignofbeingGod'select.Therefore,everyonemustworkhard,spendlittleandinvestformorebusiness.Workinghardandlivingamorallifeweretheirethics.TheyregardedBibletobetheauthorityoftheirdoctrine.TobeabletoreadtheBibleandunderstandGod'swill,educationwasessentialforPuri
5、tans.TheshapinginfluenceofPuritanismuponAmericanLiteratureAmericanliterature:TheexpressionoftheAmericanPuritanbequestFortheestablishmentoftheGardenofEden(practiceoftheGod-endowedmission)withtheindomitablecourageandconfidenthope,firedwithasenseofmissionandthespiritofoptimismThei
6、nevitableoutcome---themoodoffrustrationanddespair---inthewakeoftheinitialoptimismandidealismSymbolismaspartofAmericanintellectualtradition:ametaphoricalmodeofperceptionSimplicityinwritingtechniqueThephysicalphenomenalworldisasymbolofGod.Physicallifewassimultaneouslyspiritual;ev
7、erypassageoflife,enmeshedinthevastcontextofGod’splan,possessedadelegatedmeaning.Theworldwas,inaword,oneofmultiplesignificance.Makeme,OLord,thySpinningWheelecompleat; ?????ThyHolyWordemyDistaffmakeformee. MakemineAffectionsthySwiftFlyersneate, ?????AndmakemySoulethyholySpooletob
8、ee. ?????MyConversationmaketobethyReele, ?????Andreele
