Hawthorne was not a Puritan himself, but his view of man and hum

Hawthorne was not a Puritan himself, but his view of man and human history originated, to a great extent, in（）.
A、Calvinism
B、Puritanism
C、Realism
D、Naturalism
【正确答案】：B
【题目解析】：本题考查的是霍桑的文学思想特点。美国小说家霍桑自己并不是清教徒，但他的祖先信奉清教，他对人类和人类历史的看法在很大程度上起源于清教主义。代表作品有The Scarlet Letter《红字》(1850)。