The Influence of Puritan Virtues upon the American Mind -- A Ca Study on Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography
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Abstract
It is generally acknowledged Puritanism is one of the most significant shaping influences in American mind and American literature. It has formed, to some extent, a state of mind and a national cultural atmosphere which the American live in. rather than a kind of religion .We could say without some understanding of Puritanism, one can never understand the America and its literature deeply. This paper aims to study the influence of puritan virtues on the American mind with Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography as a ca study. It mainly analyzes how the Puritanism influenced the American mind such as American people’s political view, pioneering spirit, working ethic and their fortune value. As a national hero and mould of the American people from generation to generation, we could say Franklin’s Autobiography is not only a literary work but also a reflection of the American mind.
Although living in the time when Enlightenment is prevailing, we could still find the strong puritan hint on Franklin himlf. And this puritan influence has lasted for many centuries on the American people ev
en in today. This paper is divided into four parts and is mainly to study how do the puritanical doctrines and method influent the American people’s characters with Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography as a ca study. The first part is mainly focud on the background introduction, and the cond one mainly deals with the forming of American’s puritan virtues with Franklin’s Autobiography as a text study. The third and the forth parts mainly study the embodiment of the puritan virtues in Franklin’s life and the American mind as well.By using a national idol to study the American mind from the perspective of
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Puritanism is a workable task. It not only avoids the dullness of religious study but also put the religious study into the real life. However, for it is an Autobiography of a single person, some puritan virtues do not appear in this book, so we could only study some puritan virtues in this paper.
Key words: American mind, Puritanism, Benjamin Franklin, Autobiography
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摘要
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消防技能培训我们都知道清教主义对美国精神及美国文学产生了极其深远的影响。从某种程度来讲，清教主义已经
成为了一种思维模式，一种民族的文化，而不仅仅是一门宗教。因此，我们可以说，如果一个人想要真正地了解美国文化和美国文学，那么他必须要对清教有一定的了解。本文旨在用富兰可林的自传为案例来分析清教美德对美国精神的影响，阐述清教对美国人政治观、创业精神、职业观以及财富观的影响。作为几代美国人的民族英雄及国民偶像，我们可以说（可以删除）《富兰克林自传》不仅仅只是一部文学作品，它也是美国精神的真实反映。虽然生活在一个启蒙运动盛行的年代，我们仍能在富兰克林的身上找到清教的影子，时至今日清教精神仍对美国民众产生着巨大的影响。（以下需要细化：逐一简单介绍各部分内容）这篇论文分为四个部分目的在于以《富兰克林自传》为例来阐述清教主义对美国人民的影响。但论文的第一章是背景介绍，第二章是研究清教美德形成的过程，第三章及第四章是以富兰克林为例来阐述清教主义在美国精神中的体现。从这个角度出发，用美国国民英雄做案例来分析研究美国精神的影响是可行的。它不仅避免了纯粹宗教研究的枯燥，还能将宗教研究与真实生活融为一体。自传是对某个人的单独描写，因此它不可涵盖所有的清教美德，所以此篇论文只是择其中几个具有代表性的美德加以研究论述，以期贡献出本文论述的积极价值.(。)
关键词：美国精神、清教主义、富兰可林、自传(note the punctuation marks)
Contents
Introduction
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Chapter One Background Introduction
1.1 The Status of Benjamin Franklin and His Autobiography in America
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1.2 The Influence of Puritanism on the American People
建议：将以上Introduction与Chapter One Background Introduction两个部分合二为一为Introduction，以下变为三章，最后是Conclusion
Chapter Two The Main Factors in Forming （还是the Formation of ?）Franklin’s Virtues （too general）(need to be more specific)
2.1 Being the Offspring of Tho (the?) Flit Puritans
2.2 Living in the Colonial Time关云长刮骨疗毒
2.3 Puritan’s （Puritans’）Asceticism
2.4.Puritan’s （Puritans’）Calling
Chapter Three The Main Puritan Virtues Embodied in Autobiography
3.1 Franklin’s Rebellion Against the (to be deleted)―Authority‖
3.2 Franklin’s Pioneering Spirit
3.3 Franklin’s Thriftiness
3.4 Franklin’s Diligence
Chapter Four The Main Influence of the Puritan Virtues on the American Mind
夫子庙灯会4.1 Puritan’s （Puritans’）Worship for Democracy Embodied in the American Politics
4.2 Puritan’s （Puritans’）Pioneering Spirit Embodied in the American Entrepreneurship
4.3 the American’s （American）Theory of Fortune
4.4 Puritan’s （Puritans’）Ascetic View Embodied in the American Work Ethic
Conclusion
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