美Part++Colonial+Period.ppt

Literature (Definition) Language artistically used to achieve identifiable literary qualities and to convey meaningful messages. Literature is characterized by beauty of expression and form and by universality of intellectual and emotional appeal. Literature (Forms / Genres) Fiction: (4 genres) poetry novel drama short story Non-fiction : Essay (4 categories) description narration exposition argumentation Colonial Period (1607-1765) I.???? Historical Background II.????Puritanism III.??The Literary Scene 1. The early settlers Christopher Columbus discovered the American continent in 1492. Captain John Smith reached Jamestown, Virginia in 1607. Puritans came the New England area, by Mayflower in 1619. The first settlement was established in Plymouth in 1620. Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in 1630. 2. Why did they come to America to escape religious persecution to reform the Church of England to have an entirely new church 1. Puritanism: American Puritans Puritans was the name given in the 16th century to the more extreme Protestants（新教徒） within the Church of England who thought the English Reformation （英国宗教改革）had not gone far enough in reforming the doctrines and structure of the church. They wanted to purify their national church by eliminating every shred of Catholic influence. In the 17th century many Puritans emigrated to the New World, where they sought to found a holy Commonwealth in New England. 1. Puritanism: American Puritans Puritans want to make up pure their religious beliefs and practices. Puritans wish to restore simplicity to church services and the authority of the Bible to theology. Puritans look upon themselves as a chosen people, and it follow logically that anyone who challenged their way of life is opposing God’s will and is not to be accepted. Puritan opposition to pleasure and the arts sometimes has been exaggerated. Religious teaching tended to emphasize the image of a wrathful God. 2. Puritanism: Basic Beliefs