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1、ROMANTICISM17501850RomanticismRomanticism was a movement in literature that came into being in the latter half of the 18th century and dominated much of European culture in the first half of the 19th century. It was characterized by reliance on the imagination and subjectivity of nature. The French
2、philosopher, Rousseau, is generally regarded as the father of romanticism. Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey are passive romantic poets; Byron, Shelley and Keats are called active poets.WILLIAM WORDSWORTH(1770-1850)Lake Poets-Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey have often been mentioned as the “lake p
3、oets” because they lived in the Lake district in the northwestern part of England. The three traversed the same path in politics and in poetry, beginning as radicals and closing as conservatives. To them, literature is a means to escape from the turbulence and revolution of the real world.LIFEEarly
4、years: born and grew up in the Lake District1787: Cambridge University1790-91: tour to France1797: friendship with Coleridge1799: settled in the Lake District1843: Poet LaureatePOETIC PRINCIPLESPreface to Lyrical Ballads: the manifesto of the English RomanticismPoetry: “All good poetry is the sponta
5、neous overflow of powerful feelings.”Subject matters: incidents and situations from common lifeNature inspires poetryWordsworth defines poetry as: “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility.” - Lyrical Ballads诗歌是强烈情感的自然流露，它起源于在平静中回忆起来的情感。PE
6、RCY BYSSHE SHELLEY(1792-1822)1.life2. The theme and style of Ode to the West WindThe first stanza is the description of the power of west wind on the land. The second one is about the power of the wind in the air. The third one describes the wind in the sea. The fourth one is the expression of the p
7、oets strong desire to join the force of the wind and his dissatisfaction with the reality. The last one shows the poets determination and confidence in the future. The poem is ended with the famous line, ”if winter comes, can spring be far behind?” the theme of the poem is the mixture of death and r
8、ebirth. The west wind, image of the poet himself, is the symbol of the destroyer of the old as well as the preserver of the new.Each stanza is made up of four units of terza rima completed by a couplet. The first and the third lines rhyme and the second line provides with a new rhyme for the next un
9、it. The interlocking rhyme gives the reader a feeling of onward motion. The poet uses various rhetorical devices, making the poem more vivid and colourful.JOHN KEATS.The narrator interacts with the urn in a manner similar to how a critic would respond to the poem, which creates ambiguity in the poems final lines: Beauty is truth, truth beauty, Like many of Keatss odes, Ode on a Grecian Urn discusses art and arts audience.
