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Characteristics of Puritan Literature

Characteristics of Puritan Literature. Strenuous and Serious. because life was an unremitting moral struggle. Very Sober. did not want to show light-mindedness or worldliness. Rational and Orderly.

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Characteristics of Puritan Literature

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  1. Characteristics of Puritan Literature

  2. Strenuous and Serious because life was an unremitting moral struggle

  3. Very Sober did not want to show light-mindedness or worldliness.

  4. Rational and Orderly because God’s creation was logical and harmonious, all verbal representation should exhibit the same traits.

  5. Very Realistic Attempted in writing to present life exactly as they saw it.

  6. Plain Style • Very distinct and orderly • Used scriptural analogies • Used incidents from daily life and allusions from the Bible

  7. Primary Dramatic Element was the struggle between Christ and Satan Puritans believed themselves to be God’s predestined champions.

  8. PURITANS

  9. Wanted to “purify” the church of England • Get rid of the rituals that resembled Catholicism • Reestablish the authority of the Bible • Restore simplicity to services

  10. Left England in the early 1600’s because of profound religious differences • Set up a colony in Massachusetts Bay • Colonial government was a theocracy (church state) • Religious laws = civil laws

  11. Ministers had “unofficial” authority, but profound importance • Only male members of the church could vote. • Outsiders were not welcome – if they wanted to stay they had to convert to Puritanism • Puritans were very nosy, always checking to be sure their neighbors were being “good” Puritans

  12. 7 tenets of 17th Century Puritanism 1. Absolute Sovereignty of God: God rules all things.

  13. 7 tenets of 17th Century Puritanism 2. Predestination: everything has been decided by God beforehand

  14. 7 tenets of 17th Century Puritanism 3. Providence: God directly intervenes in this world

  15. 7 tenets of 17th Century Puritanism 4. Natural Depravity: Since Adam’s fall, all men are born in sin and deserve damnation

  16. 7 tenets of 17th Century Puritanism 5. Doctrine of the Elect: Through God’s mercy a few are saved by God’s grace alone not by own efforts.

  17. 7 tenets of 17th Century Puritanism 6. Evil is Inner: Man needs to reform himself, not institutions

  18. 7 tenets of 17th Century Puritanism 7. God is revealed in the Bible

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