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1、BritishLiteratureTheRomanticPeriod(1798-1832)AgeofRevolution.(socialandeconomicrevolutions.)一.TimeSpan:extendsfromthelate18thcenturytothethirddecadeofthe19thcentury.fromthepublicationofLyricalBallads抒怀歌谣集byWordsworthandColeridge,secondeditionobyWordsworthservesasthemanifestoofRomanticism,in1798,toth
2、edeathWalterScottin18322,closelylinkedtothefollowingsocialandintellectualeventsorfigures:1.TheIndustrialRevolution.2.AmericanRevolution3.TheFrenchRevolution4.LyricalBallads抒怀歌谣集5.JeanJacqueRousseau(17121778).6.EdmundBurke&ThomasPaine(twogreatthinkersandwriters),Romanticismanditsfeatures1,Definition:
3、Romanticism浪漫主义Romanticism,asaliterarymovementduringmostofthe19thcentury,appearedasarevoltagainstthebondageofneoclassicismwhichemphasizedreason,orderand“elegantwit”,Romanticismputemphasisonpassion,emotion,imagination,intuitionandnaturalbeauty.andinspiredmanyEnglishwritersandthedesireforpersonalfreed
4、omandindividualrightsencouragedamoredaringandimaginativeapproachtobothlifeandliterature.2,characteristics:(1)anemphasisonfeeling,imagination,intuitionandallinallansubjectivism.(2)alovefornature(3)abeliefinindividualityandfreedom(4)aglorificationofthecommonplace(5)aninterestinthepast,theunusual,theun
5、familiar,thebizarreorthepicturesque(6)afeelingofloneliness,Literarydevelopmentinthisperiod1,emphasisonfeelings,intuition,imaginationandindividualitybroughtabouttheflourishofpoetryThisisanageofpoetryWilliamBlake,andRobertBurnswerethetwonotableforerunnersofromanticpoetry.worksofWilliamWordsworth,Samue
6、lTaylorColeridge,GeorgeGordonByron,PercyByssheShelleyandJohnKeatsrepresentedthehighestachievementsinromanticpoetry.gainedfullmomentumwiththepublicationofLyricalBallads2,Theperiodisalsoagreatageofprose.CharlesLamb,WilliamHazlitt,ThomasDeQuinceyandLeighHunt.3,Theonlygreatromanticnovelistofthisperiodwa
7、sWalterScott,whosehistoricalnovelscombinedaromanticatmospherewitharealisticdescriptionofhistoricalbackgroundandcommonpeopleslife.Scottmarkedthetransitionfromromanticismtotheperiodofrealismwhichfollowedit.作家WilliamWordsworth(17701850)(p212-217)RomanticPeriod威廉伍兹沃斯I.HisfamePoetLaureate（桂冠诗人）:Poetoffic
8、iallyappointedbytheRoyalHouseholdinBritaintowritepoemsforstateoccasions.III.HisWorks1.LyricalBallads(p.213-214)2.PoemsonNatureandCountrylife(p.214)3.HisSonnetHisLongerPoems(p.217)CommentsonWordsworthWordsworthistherepresentativeofthefirstgenerationofRomanticpoets,whoexpressedthedeepestaspirationsfor
9、EnglishRomanticism.Wordsworthspoetryisdistinguishedbythesimplicityandpurityofhislanguage.(3)Histheoryandpracticeinpoeticalcreationstartedfromadissatisfactionwithrealityandtraditioninsocietyandinliterature(4)NearlyallofhisgoodpoetrywaswrittenduringthefirstdecadeofhisliterarycareerPercyByssheShelley(1
10、792-1822)(p.232-243)RomanticPeriod雪莱II.HisMajorWorks1.Hislongerpoeticalworksinclude:QueenMab麦布女王,TheRevoltofIslam伊斯兰的反叛;PrometheusUnbound解放了的普鲁米修斯,TheMasqueofAnarchy专制者的假面舞会2.HisShortLyricsonNatureandlove(240-243)Shelleysshortpoemsonnatureandloveformanimportantpartofhisliteraryoutput.CommentsonShell
11、ey1，Shelleyisoneoftheleadingromanticpoets,anintenseandoriginallyricalpoetinEnglishlanguage.,2，LikeBlake,hehasareputationasadifficultpoet,hispoetryisfullofcompleximagesandclassicalandmythologicalallusions.3，Hisstyleaboundsinpersonificationandmetaphorandotherfiguresofspeechwhichmakehisdescriptionvivid
12、andmoving.4，Shelleyisarevolutionaryandidealist,adedicatedseekerofanidealworldwhereloveandbrotherhoodofmanwouldprevail.5，WhatmakesShelleyagreatpoetisthesheermusicandmatchlessspontaneityofhisverse.Ode（颂诗）:itisalyricpoemofsomelength,dealingwithaloftythemeinadignifiedmannerandoriginallyintendedtobesung.
13、JaneAusten(17751817)RomanticPeriod简奥斯丁Hermajorworks:6novels,.NorthangerAbbey诺桑觉寺,SenseandSensibility,PrideandPrejudice,MansfieldPark曼斯菲尔的庄园,Emma爱玛andPersuasion开导III.PrideandPrejudice骄横与成见(2)ThethemetellsusdifferentattitudestowardmarriageinAustenstime.Elizabethsattitude,thatmarriageisnotbuiltuponweal
14、thandsocialpositionbutonspiritualunderstandingofeachother,ispraisedbytheauthor.Throughtheproblemofmarriage,thewriterrevealsthesocialpositionofwomenatthattime.Austenhaswovenvividpicturesofeverydaylifeofsimplecountrysociety.Throughthedescriptionofthedailytalksanddoingsofyoungmenandwoman,shepaintsveryr
15、ealandinterestingcharacters.Sheisatherbestinwritingaboutyounggirls,assheunderstandstheirheartsastonishinglywell.ThroughElizabeth,thewritershowswomensspiritoffightingfortheirindependence,happinessandrights.AustensWritingfeaturesJaneAustenisoneoftherealisticnovelists.Austensworkhasaverynarrowliteraryfield.Sheconfinesherselftosmallcountryparishes,whosesimplecountrypeoplebecomethecharactersofhernovelsHernovelsshowawealthofhumor,wit,anddelicatesatire.EnglishLiteratureinVictorianPeriod(18361901)(EnglishCriticalRealism)一CriticalRealisminn
