英國(guó)文學(xué)史及作品選讀課件Chapter-8The-Age-of-Romanticism

英國(guó)文學(xué)史及作品選讀課件Chapter8TheAgeofRomanticism英國(guó)文學(xué)史及作品選讀課件Chapter8TheAgeoBythecloseoftheeighteenthcentury,theworldhadwitnessedseveralmajorpolitical

1.theAmericanandFrenchrevolutions,2.exceptionalsocialupheavals,3.prominentchangesinphilosophicalthought.1.Historicalbackground12/2/20222BythecloseoftheeighteenthAReviewofBritishLiteratureFrenchRevolution:-----ThetimespiritdescribedbyCharlesDickens:(ATaleofTwoCities)12/2/20223AReviewofBritishLiterature

Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheagefoolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity,itwastheseasonofLight,itwastheseasonofDarkness,itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair,wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus,wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway…12/2/20224Itwasthebestof

18thcentury19thcenturyValuedorderandreasonEmphasizedintuitionasaproperguidetotruthViewedtheworldasagreatmachinewithallitspartsoperatingharmoniouslyTheworldwasalivingorganismthatwasalwaysgrowingThecityhousedthecentersofartandliteratureandsetthestandardsofgoodtastefortherationalisticmindAruralsettingasaplacewherepeoplecoulddiscovertheirinnerself.Believedthattruthcouldbeattainedbytappingintothecoreofourhumanityorourtranscendentalnatures.Empiricalandrationalisticmethodologies12/2/20225

18thcentury19thcenturyEmpha2.Romanticism:

Inahistoricalsense,

Romanticismwasamovementinphilosophy,politicaltheory,andtheartsthatdevelopedinFranceandGermanyinthelatterhalfoftheeighteenthcenturyandflourishedinEnglandthroughtothefirstthreedecadesinthenineteenthcentury.ThemostprominenthistoricaleventassociatedwithRomanticismwastheFrenchRevolution(1789-1799),whichformanypresagedtheendofaristocraticruleandhereditarysocialdivisionsinEurope.12/2/202262.Romanticism:

Inahistoric2.1OriginsofRomanticismThetoneofRomanticismwasshapedbytheemotionalismofRousseau,andtheexoticlegendsandmythologyfoundinOrientalandHwriters.12/2/202272.1OriginsofRomanticismThe2.2ReneWellek:“TheConceptofRomanticisminLiteraryHistory”(1963):Romanticismisoftenassociatedwiththeprimacyofimagination,theworshipofnature,andtheuseofnaturalimageryandsymbolisminmyth–making.12/2/202282.2ReneWellek:“TheConcep2.3CommoncharacteristicsofthesecondgenerationofBritishRomantics—Byron,Shelley,andKeats:Theywroteswiftly,traveledwidely,anddiedprematurely.Theyhadanewintuitionforthepowerofthewildlandscape,andthespiritualcorrespondencebetweenManandNature,12/2/202292.3Commoncharacteristicso3.WilliamWordsworth

3.1“PrefacetoLyricalBallads”:ItisLyricalBalladsthatushersintheRomanticageinEnglishliterature.NotonlydoesWordsworthsuggestaradicalchangeinsubjectmatter,buthealsodramaticallyshiftsfocusconcerningpoetry’s“properlanguage.”UnlikePopeandhispredecessors,Wordsworthchooses“l(fā)anguagereallyusedby[people]’—everydayspeech.Wordsworthredefinespoetryitself:“Forallgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings.”Wordsworthhighlightedpoetry’semotionalquality.Imagination,notreasonordisciplinedthought,becomesitscore.12/2/2022103.WilliamWordsworth

3.13.2WilliamWordsworth:“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”(1807)

1.Backgroundofthispoem;2.Thepoet’smoodisinspiredbythenaturalscene,buthealsoseemstoexploitthenaturallandscapeinretrospecttoalterhismood.Inthisway,natureservesasameansofself-expression,butwhatisexpressedoftenbetokensself-absorption.12/2/2022113.2WilliamWordsworth:“IW4.SamuelTaylorColeridge(1772-1834):Poet,critic,andphilosopherofRomanticism.“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”AtWordsworth’ssuggestion,Coleridgecomposed“TherimeoftheAncientMariner”,whichrecountsanightmaresea-voyagewithpowerfulmetaphysicalovertones.Rime----rhyme:rhymedpoetryorverse.詩(shī)或韻文Theme:Exhortationtohumanitarianismtoanimals.Thepoemintroducesthereadertoasupernaturalrealm,butitmanagestocreateasenseofreality.12/2/2022124.SamuelTaylorColeridge(15.GeorgeGordonByron:DonJuan

(“TheIslesofGreece”)

AfterDonJuan,legendary14th-centurySpanishnoblemanandlibertineDonJuan:Alibertine;aprofligate.Amanwhoisanobsessiveseducerofwomen.Completedin1819,publishedin1821allusion:anindirectorinexplicitreferencebyonetexttoanothertext,toahistoricaloccurrence,ortomythsandlegends.Allusionsin“TheIslesofGreece”:persons,places,battles.ByronandChina:“TheIslesofGreece”isfullofRevolutionaryzeal,democraticideal.12/2/2022135.GeorgeGordonByron:Don6.P.B.Shelley:(1792—1822)hisintellectualcourageandoriginality;hishatredofoppressionandinjustice.Shelley:“SongtotheMenofEngland”(1819)Thepoetcallstheexploiters“ungratefuldrones”whodrainthesweatanddrinkthebloodof“l(fā)aboringpeople”—“theBeesofEngland”,andheillustrateswithconcreteexamplestherelationshipofeconomicexploitationbetweentherulingclassandtheworkingpeople.Hecalledontheproducersofwealthtoresistoppressionandexploitation.12/2/2022146.P.B.Shelley:(1792—1822)7.JohnKeats(1795-1821):

“ToAutumn”:Image:Aword,phrase,orafigureofspeech,asimileorametaphorthataddressesthesenses,suggestingmentalpicturesofsights,sounds,smells,tastes,feelingsoractions.Imagesoffersensoryimpressionstothereaderandalsoconveyemotionsandmoodsthroughtheirverbalpictures.12/2/2022157.JohnKeats(1795-1821):

“英國(guó)文學(xué)史及作品選讀課件Chapter8TheAgeofRomanticism英國(guó)文學(xué)史及作品選讀課件Chapter8TheAgeoBythecloseoftheeighteenthcentury,theworldhadwitnessedseveralmajorpolitical

1.theAmericanandFrenchrevolutions,2.exceptionalsocialupheavals,3.prominentchangesinphilosophicalthought.1.Historicalbackground12/2/202217BythecloseoftheeighteenthAReviewofBritishLiteratureFrenchRevolution:-----ThetimespiritdescribedbyCharlesDickens:(ATaleofTwoCities)12/2/202218AReviewofBritishLiterature

Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheagefoolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity,itwastheseasonofLight,itwastheseasonofDarkness,itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair,wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus,wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway…12/2/202219Itwasthebestof

18thcentury19thcenturyValuedorderandreasonEmphasizedintuitionasaproperguidetotruthViewedtheworldasagreatmachinewithallitspartsoperatingharmoniouslyTheworldwasalivingorganismthatwasalwaysgrowingThecityhousedthecentersofartandliteratureandsetthestandardsofgoodtastefortherationalisticmindAruralsettingasaplacewherepeoplecoulddiscovertheirinnerself.Believedthattruthcouldbeattainedbytappingintothecoreofourhumanityorourtranscendentalnatures.Empiricalandrationalisticmethodologies12/2/202220

18thcentury19thcenturyEmpha2.Romanticism:

Inahistoricalsense,

Romanticismwasamovementinphilosophy,politicaltheory,andtheartsthatdevelopedinFranceandGermanyinthelatterhalfoftheeighteenthcenturyandflourishedinEnglandthroughtothefirstthreedecadesinthenineteenthcentury.ThemostprominenthistoricaleventassociatedwithRomanticismwastheFrenchRevolution(1789-1799),whichformanypresagedtheendofaristocraticruleandhereditarysocialdivisionsinEurope.12/2/2022212.Romanticism:

Inahistoric2.1OriginsofRomanticismThetoneofRomanticismwasshapedbytheemotionalismofRousseau,andtheexoticlegendsandmythologyfoundinOrientalandHwriters.12/2/2022222.1OriginsofRomanticismThe2.2ReneWellek:“TheConceptofRomanticisminLiteraryHistory”(1963):Romanticismisoftenassociatedwiththeprimacyofimagination,theworshipofnature,andtheuseofnaturalimageryandsymbolisminmyth–making.12/2/2022232.2ReneWellek:“TheConcep2.3CommoncharacteristicsofthesecondgenerationofBritishRomantics—Byron,Shelley,andKeats:Theywroteswiftly,traveledwidely,anddiedprematurely.Theyhadanewintuitionforthepowerofthewildlandscape,andthespiritualcorrespondencebetweenManandNature,12/2/2022242.3Commoncharacteristicso3.WilliamWordsworth

3.1“PrefacetoLyricalBallads”:ItisLyricalBalladsthatushersintheRomanticageinEnglishliterature.NotonlydoesWordsworthsuggestaradicalchangeinsubjectmatter,buthealsodramaticallyshiftsfocusconcerningpoetry’s“properlanguage.”UnlikePopeandhispredecessors,Wordsworthchooses“l(fā)anguagereallyusedby[people]’—everydayspeech.Wordsworthredefinespoetryitself:“Forallgoodpoetryisthespontaneousoverflowofpowerfulfeelings.”Wordsworthhighlightedpoetry’semotionalquality.Imagination,notreasonordisciplinedthought,becomesitscore.12/2/2022253.WilliamWordsworth

3.13.2WilliamWordsworth:“IWanderedLonelyasaCloud”(1807)

1.Backgroundofthispoem;2.Thepoet’smoodisinspiredbythenaturalscene,buthealsoseemstoexploitthenaturallandscapeinretrospecttoalterhismood.Inthisway,natureservesasameansofself-expression,butwhatisexpressedoftenbetokensself-absorption.12/2/2022263.2WilliamWordsworth:“IW4.SamuelTaylorColeridge(1772-1834):Poet,critic,andphilosopherofRomanticism.“TheRimeoftheAncientMariner”AtWordsworth’ssuggestion,Coleridgecomposed“TherimeoftheAncientMariner”,whichrecountsanightmaresea-voyagewithpowerfulmetaphysicalovertones.Rime----rhyme:rhymedpoetryorverse.詩(shī)或韻文Theme:Exhortationtohumanitarianismtoanimals.Thepoemintroducesthereadertoasupernaturalrealm,butitmanagestocreateasenseofreality.12/2/2022274.SamuelTaylorColeridge(15.GeorgeGordonByron:DonJuan

(“TheIslesofGreece”)

AfterDonJuan,legendary14th-centurySpanishnoblemanandlibertineDonJuan:Alibertine;aprofligate.Amanwhoisanobsessiveseducerofwomen.Completedin1819,publishedin1821allusion:anindirectorinexplic