美国文学名词解释.doc

美国文学名词解释。。仅供参考 1. American Puritanism: Puritanism is the practices and beliefs of the puritans. The Puritans were originally members ofa division of the protestant church who wanted to purify their religious beliefs and practices. They accepted the doctrines of predestination, original sin and total depravity, and limited atonement through a special infusion of grace from God. Puritanism had an enduring influence on American literature. It had e, to some extent, so much a state of mind, so much a part of national cultural atmosphere, rather than a set of s. 2. Transcendentalism : transcendentalism was a group of new ideas in literature, religion, culture and philosophy that emerged in New England in the early to middle 19 th century. It placed emphasis on spirit, or the Over soul, as the most important thing in the world. It stressed the importance of individual and offered a fresh perception nature ad symbolic of the spirit of God. Prominent transcendentalists included Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thorough. 3. American Realism isa literary movement that came in the latter half of the eenth century in the form of local color asa reaction against “ the lie”of romanticism and sentimentalism. It reacts against romanticism ’s emphasis on intuition, imagination, a dreamy (or innocent) sense of wonder, idealism, faith in nature, and general optimistic belief in the goodness of