清教主义对美国文学的影响

Influence of Puritanism on American literature

清教主义的传播和渗入伴随着早期的移民拓荒、定居北美的整个过程。作为一种教义 ,清教主义不再具有原有的意义 ,但它对新英格兰乃至整个美国由来已久的影响 ,却在美国形成了一种特殊的文化氛围 ,不仅与美国人性格中的个人主义有联系 。

The spread and permeation of Puritanism accompanied the whole course of the early immigrants’ cultivation and settlement in North America.As a set of tenets,Puritanism has lost its original meaning,but it has become a part of the national cultural atmosphere in America because of its enduring influence on New England and even the whole America.Puritanism connects with American individuality and has played an important role in the development of American literature.