殖民地时期的美国文学.pptx

1492,ChristopherColumbusdiscoveredtheAmericancontinent.1607,ThefirstBritishcolonywasestablishedinJamestown,Virginia.1620,:1776,TheDeclarationofIndependencewassigned,togetherwiththreeotherdocuments,thetreatyofalliancewithFrance,theTreatyofParisandtheConstitution.1789,eWashingtonwaselectedthefirstpresident.1791,’:peoplehungryforthegoodandextensivelandinAmericapeoplewhowantedtogetawayfromthereligiouspersecutionbackhomepeoplewhoheldawrongpoliticalopinion“undesirables”—paupers,convicts,criminals,,originalsinandtotaldepravity,,;hewasasoldierofJehovahwhonevercameoutonthelosingsideofbargain…Hewasapracticalidealist…HecametoNewEnglandtofoundtheperfectsocietyandtheKingdomoftheelectandneverexpectedittobeperfect,;hisbeliefswerehandeddownonhighandhisconductwasregulatedbyexpediency方便,私利,.-----PerryMillerNOconsensus:thefirstfewdecadesofthe20thcentury–beingattackedfortheirintoleranceandbigotry,:Ahealthylegacy-----piousidealismwithindomitablecourageandconfidenthopetowardbuildinganewGardenofEdeninAmerica;optimisticPuritanhasexertedgreatinfluence,butwhendreamdidnotmaterialize,GildedAgenotGoldenAge,atthelatterendofwealstandwoe,…?IneitherwayAmericanliteraturewasconditioned.-----itsmetaphoricalmodeofperceptionw