Influence of Puritanism on American LiteraturePuritanism is the Puritan thoughts and their doctrines. Puritan is the middle of the sixteenth Century Church of England appeared in the reformist. Its radical advocate Republic, insist on the separation of church and state, because they represent, small bourgeois interest by the government persecution, so have to outward migration, seeking religious freedom. The original settlers in 1620by boat from the European continent, in the new England mixed began to colonial work and success began to make new world settlers believed that personal efforts and successful relationship. They realise soberly, honest and diligent work style is a purposive developed poineering personage essential quality. Moreover, according to the Puritan doctrine, although God has decided his voters, however, voters who are unknown, so everyone want to success through personal struggle, to prove who is likely to be the lamb of god. Thus, the personal attention, prompting American character in individualistic began to sprout, and led to the so-called " American Dream " form, this kind of ideal inspired generations of young people, in the United States of America development process plays a very important influence on American culture is more important in the performance of early American literature on the infiltration. Early colonial American literature has a certain purpose and Puritan religious zeal. The colonists or documented farming, or describe the immigrant life, or on religious thought and discussion, to describe the new continental life and preach puritanism. This kind of the worship of God and absolute trust in the early colonial American literature has a strong religious the religious fanaticism inevitably lead to human nature, freedom of thought suppression of the blind. On the problems reflected outstanding performance in the legendary romantic literature. Deeply influenced by Puritanism influence writers, not only reflects the Protestant view of life, also criticized the suppression of Puritanism on human in fact American Renaissance has begun, namely the United States first literary activities -- transcendentalism. Transcendentalism emphasized intuition, believe people can through perception and intuition to perceive the external world, meet with God and natural harmony; emphasis on individualism, believe that the person is the most important element, the ideal state is one of the independent. Transcendentalism surface abandoned the religious factors, but actually it retains the Puritan marked characteristics: moral integrity; God, people, nature harmony and unity; God is everywhere; thrifty life attitude. Thus, transcendentalism, essentially as a moral guide, tend to the best side of human nature, believe in the dignity and worth of the individual, called on people to abandon the old customs and traditions, to create a new own American in new England's rule has already become history, but its influence still exists. American high individualism, to promote individuality, emphasizing personal struggles and successes, advocating a pragmatic style, this character can be traced back to the original Puritan settlement development success and Puritanism about hard work, efforts to redeem their ideas. Early American literature, both colonial and early literature of religious fanaticism, or legendary romantic literature relating to Puritanism sin and the concept of narrative, or Transcendentalism literature to strengthen the harmony of human and nature and to the moral pure attention are visible to the influence of puritanism. And thereafter, regardless of realism, naturalism, the lost generation, or the United States now, contemporary literature, for the individual concerned about the fate of outliers, lonely hero preference are different from his country's literature. This kind of individuality, to escape from the theme of the stubborn American characteristic remains and Puritanism related -- the first Puritans precisely in order to escape religious persecution to immigrate to america. Thus, for the United States of America, Puritanism is not only a kind of doctrine, is also a kind of cultural atmosphere, the United States and the United States of America literature on personality have ingrained influence. In a sense, is the American people and American Puritan literature has its own characteristics.亲 好难 我是用翻译工具翻译的