Franklin is an earliest writer in American history and he is the most important writers during American colonial period.The most important works of him are Poor Richard's Almanac and his Autobiography. His works h...Franklin is an earliest writer in American history and he is the most important writers during American colonial period.The most important works of him are Poor Richard's Almanac and his Autobiography. His works have a tremendous impact on American literature later. What more important is that in his Autobiography he wrote out American dream, the spirit of business and good qualities, and some others. Franklin explained that everyone can get rich by hard work and thrift, and he called on people to come to America to make money. The American dream then became an important theme in American literature. It occurred in many works of many writers in his later time. Since Franklin was such a successful person in many areas, worldrenowned inventor, writer, diplomat and one of the leaders of the American war of independence, he brought a tremendous impact on American society. And because of his success, many Americans later took him as an example and his works were popular and read widely. Both Franklin and his works affected American society deeply.展开更多
Benjamin Franklin,a leading author,scientist,inventor,diplomat and politician,is the symbol of self-discipline and a role model who fulfills American dream.This paper attempts to bring Franklin back into discussions o...Benjamin Franklin,a leading author,scientist,inventor,diplomat and politician,is the symbol of self-discipline and a role model who fulfills American dream.This paper attempts to bring Franklin back into discussions of American pragmatism,and it concludes origins of pragmatism,reasons for Franklin’s pragmatic spirit,manifestation of pragmatic spirit and pragmatism in China.展开更多
Written in the form of a letter to his illegitimate son William,Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography remains one of the classics of the genre and the first American book to be taken seriously by Europeans as literatu...Written in the form of a letter to his illegitimate son William,Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography remains one of the classics of the genre and the first American book to be taken seriously by Europeans as literature.As a work produced by an enlightened representative under the influence of the American Enlightenment,The Autobiography reflects many elements of this great movement:empiricism,deism,religious tolerance,moral philosophy,economic liberalism,republicanism,revolutionary utopianism,and so forth.However,these disparate elements interact in this work in a way that attempts to redefine the meaning of human reason.展开更多
Puritanism behold great infulence on Americans and their basic thinking. In the 18th centory of Amercia, Franklin represent respectively the two facts of Puritainsim.
文摘Franklin is an earliest writer in American history and he is the most important writers during American colonial period.The most important works of him are Poor Richard's Almanac and his Autobiography. His works have a tremendous impact on American literature later. What more important is that in his Autobiography he wrote out American dream, the spirit of business and good qualities, and some others. Franklin explained that everyone can get rich by hard work and thrift, and he called on people to come to America to make money. The American dream then became an important theme in American literature. It occurred in many works of many writers in his later time. Since Franklin was such a successful person in many areas, worldrenowned inventor, writer, diplomat and one of the leaders of the American war of independence, he brought a tremendous impact on American society. And because of his success, many Americans later took him as an example and his works were popular and read widely. Both Franklin and his works affected American society deeply.
文摘Benjamin Franklin,a leading author,scientist,inventor,diplomat and politician,is the symbol of self-discipline and a role model who fulfills American dream.This paper attempts to bring Franklin back into discussions of American pragmatism,and it concludes origins of pragmatism,reasons for Franklin’s pragmatic spirit,manifestation of pragmatic spirit and pragmatism in China.
文摘Written in the form of a letter to his illegitimate son William,Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography remains one of the classics of the genre and the first American book to be taken seriously by Europeans as literature.As a work produced by an enlightened representative under the influence of the American Enlightenment,The Autobiography reflects many elements of this great movement:empiricism,deism,religious tolerance,moral philosophy,economic liberalism,republicanism,revolutionary utopianism,and so forth.However,these disparate elements interact in this work in a way that attempts to redefine the meaning of human reason.
文摘Puritanism behold great infulence on Americans and their basic thinking. In the 18th centory of Amercia, Franklin represent respectively the two facts of Puritainsim.
