美国历史发展中文学的促进作用和进步意义

Progressive significance and promoting effect of literature in American history

在美国 2 0 0余年的历史进程中 ,美国文学始终伴随着美国历史的发展。在美国各个历史阶段涌现出了许多杰出的文艺思想家、小说家和诗人 ,他们所创作的文学作品以其特有的时代生命力 ,探求人的精神价值 ,表现生活的深刻内涵 ,体现社会的发展变化 ,成为世代美国人民的精神文化食粮。这些文学作品反映了当时的历史、社会和文化环境 ,是各个历史时期和当时社会的真实写照 ,对美国的政治、经济、宗教和文化产生了巨大的影响 ,对美国历史的发展起到了积极的促进作用。

Since the American history is a little more than tow hundred years, its literary history is naturally very short. But the development of the American literature coincided with that of the American history. In each period, many outstanding literary thinkers or novelists and poets emerged and reflected through their works the human spiritual value, embodied the basic ideas about life and epitomized the change of society with it's special vitality and became the spiritual nourishment of the American people. These exerted a great influence upon the American politics, economy, religion and culture and had active promoting effect on the American history.