清教主义对美国精神及美国文学产生的影响【完整版】(文档可以直接使用，也可根据实际需要修订后使用,可编辑放心下载）TheInfluenceofPuritanVirtuesupontheAmericanMind--ACaseStudyonBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiography〔tobecompleted〕(informationaboutauthor,supervisor)AbstractItisgenerallyacknowledgedPuritanismisoneofthemostsignificantshapinginfluencesinAmericanmindandAmericanliterature.Ithasformed,tosomeextent,astateofmindandanationalculturalatmospherewhichtheAmericanlivein.ratherthanakindofreligion.WecouldsaywithoutsomeunderstandingofPuritanism,onecanneverunderstandtheAmericaanditsliteraturedeeply.ThispaperaimstostudytheinfluenceofpuritanvirtuesontheAmericanmindwithBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiographyasacasestudy.ItmainlyanalyzeshowthePuritanisminfluencedtheAmericanmindsuchasAmericanpeople’spoliticalview,pioneeringspirit,workingethicandtheirfortunevalue.AsanationalheroandmouldoftheAmericanpeoplefromgenerationtogeneration,wecouldsayFranklin’sAutobiographyisnotonlyaliteraryworkbutalsoareflectionoftheAmericanmind.AlthoughlivinginthetimewhenEnlightenmentisprevailing,wecouldstillfindthestrongpuritanhintonFranklinhimself.AndthispuritaninfluencehaslastedformanycenturiesontheAmericanpeopleevenintoday.ThispaperisdividedintofourpartsandismainlytostudyhowdothepuritanicaldoctrinesandmethodinfluenttheAmericanpeople’scharacterswithBenjaminFranklin’sAutobiographyasacasestudy.Thefirstpartismainlyfocusedonthebackgroundintroduction,andthesecondonemainlydealswiththeformingofAmerican’spuritanvirtueswithFranklin’sAutobiographyasatextstudy.ThethirdandtheforthpartsmainlystudytheembodimentofthesepuritanvirtuesinFranklin’slifeandtheAmericanmindaswell.ByusinganationalidoltostudytheAmericanmindfromtheperspectiveofPuritanismisaworkabletask.Itnotonlyavoidsthedullnessofreligiousstudybutalsoputthereligiousstudyintothereallife.However,foritisanAutobiographyofasingleperson,somepuritanvirtuesdonotappearinthisbook,sowecouldonlystudysomepuritanvirtuesinthispaper.Keywords:Americanmind,Puritanism,BenjaminFranklin,Autobiography〔以下中文摘要同以上英文摘要在内容上要大体对应〕摘要我们都知道清教