英国文学史及选读课件_8_The_Romantic_Period.pptVIP

The Romantic Period Objectives To have the basic knowledge about the brief history of the Romantic Period 2. To have an analysis of “I Wondered Lonely as a Cloud” 3. To be familiar with Jane Austen’s writing styles and major contribution to English literature Contents Background William Wordsworth: “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud” Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice Background Historical Background  Politically a. workers’ movement b. French Revolution (1789) watchwords口号;标语: “liberty, equality and fraternity友爱 ” Economically Britain - the “workshop车间,工场,作坊 of the world” after the Industrial Revolution a. No country was strong enough to compete with England. b. The Industrial Revolution pushed the bourgeoisie中产阶级 to the dominant position in the country and became the ruling class. c. The working class lived in dreadful遭透的;可怕的  poverty. Ideologically思想体系上;意识形态上 a.The principle of Reason was giving way to an individualized, free, liberal, imaginative attitude towards life; b.A tendency to turn or escape from the confusing Here and Now. Literarily A.The political struggle of the time was also reflected by the political writings at that time. Thomas Paine托马斯·潘恩 : The Rights of Man Writers got inspirations灵感;鼓舞人心的人(或事物) from the French Revolution and wrote beautiful poems and prose散文 . (William Blake, Byron, Shelley, Wordsworth, Lamb, etc.) B. Romanticism arose as a main literary trend which prevailed流行,盛行;普遍 in England during the period of 1798-1832. *Romanticism *Romanticism It prevailed in England during the period of 1798-1832, beginning with the publication of Coleridge?[k?ulrid?]科尔里奇 and Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads抒情歌谣集 (1798), ending with the death of Walter Scott (1832). *Romanticism There have been many varieties of Romanticism in many different times and places. *Romanticism Politically, it was inspired by the revolutions in America and France and popular wars