第六讲 The Age of Romanticism.pptVIP

2. The Industrial Revolution Agricultural society – industrial society (rulers: bourgeoisie instead of the old aristocracy) “Enclosure”– class conflicts – Poets no more praise the existing social order, but show dissatisfaction at it or long for a better world - rebellious, fantasy imagination, faraway II. Romanticism as a revolution to Enlightenment Romanticism cannot be defined. It never had a coherent philosophy. The differences among Romantics were greater than that between they and their predecessors. The typical Romantic turned away from Enlightenment to extremes. He was a godless revolutionary in his youth and, if he lived long enough, an orthodox traditionalist in his age. Libertinism --------- Shelley and Byron Bigoted Catholicism----------the older German Romantics The only thing that bring them together is their common intellectual enemy--Newtonian rationalism . Romanticism emerges out of Enlightenment. It was the revolutionary reawakening of Enlightenment, yet it was not fundamentally a rebellion against Enlightenment. romanticism shares many core values of enlightenment. They both show great honor to Hellenism despite their dislike to Neoclassicism. Enlightenment and Romanticism III. The Special Qualities of Romanticism Chapter III. The First Generation of Romantics 1. The Lake poets: I. William Wordsworth (1770- 1850) His best poems: descriptions of nature reminiscences of his childhood youth; (张隆溪：从平淡无奇的事物中悟出不平凡的哲理，升华为诗；童心的可爱、可贵) “The Lyrical Ballads” II. Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772- 1834) His finest poems: a sense of mystery demonism: supernatural fantastic atmosphere, their peculiar mystic imagery, haunting music; “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, “Kubla Khan” III. Robert Southey (1774- 1843) Poet Laureate during 1813- 43, winning respect admiration beyond the merits of his poetic gifts; 3. Literary ideas (“Preface to the