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人文知识 – 美国文学部分 美国文学主要分为五个时期 The Literature in Colonial PeriodThe Literature Around the Revolution of IndependenceAmerican RomanticismAmerican RealismAmerican Modernism Early Colonial Literature. 1607-1700The Literature of Colonial America Puritan Thoughts: (The Mayflower voyage 1620) “Puritans”, named after those who wished to “purify” the church of England. The First American Writer: Captain John Smith Anne Bradstreet: (1612-1672) One of the most important figures in the history of American Literature.  She is considered by many to be the first American poet. Her first collection of poems – The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America – The first book written by a woman to be published in the United States. Edward Taylor (1642-1729)：The best of the Puritan poets THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY The literature of Reason And RevolutionThe Age of Reason in AmericaThe Age of Enlightenment The 18th-century American Enlightenment was a movement marked by an emphasis on rationality rather than tradition, scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious dogma, and representative government in place of monarchy. Enlightenment thinkers and writers were devoted to the ideals of justice, liberty, and equality as the natural rights of man. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)Americas first great man of letters,He embodied the Enlightenment ideal of humane rationality.He was the first great self-made man in America. Franklins Poor Richards Almanac, begun in 1732 and published for many years, made Franklin prosperous and well-known throughout the colonies.God helps them that help themselves. Early to Bed, and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy, and wise. One To-day is worth two tomorrow. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is an inspiring account of a poor boy’s rise to wealth and fame and the fulfillment of the American dream.It is a book on the art of self-improvement. Thomas Paine (1737-1809)Thomas Paines pamphlet Common Sense (Jan. 10,