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V The Romantic PeriodThe romantic period began in 1798 the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s <Lyrical Ballads>, and end in 1832 with Sir WalterScott’s death.Romanticism:It emphasize the specialqualitie of each individual’s mind.(人应该是独立自由的个体)In it, emotion over reason, spontaneous emotion, a change from the outer world of social civilization to the inner world of the human spirit, poetryshould be free from all rules, imagination, nature, commonplace.Two major novelists of the Romantic period are Jane Austen (realistic) and Walter Scott (romantic).“The Lake Poets”湖畔诗人,who lived in the lake district.William Wordsworth; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Robert Southey1. William Wordsworth威廉•华兹华斯1770~1850柯尔律治、骚塞同被称为“湖畔派诗人。

The Lake Poets)circumstance. It is nature that give him “strength andknowledge fullof peace”2.It is bliss to recolled the beauty of nature in poet mind whilehe is in solitude.Comment:The poet is very cheerful with recalling the beautifulsights. In the poem on the beauty of nature, the reader ispresented a vivid picture of lively and lovelydaffodils(水仙) and poet’s philosophical ideas andmystical thoughts.③ Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey④ The Solitary Reaper孤独的割麦女② <The Prelude>序曲2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge塞缪尔•泰勒•科尔律治1772~1834The Lake Poets① <The Rime of the Ancient Mariner>古舟子颂Artistic features: mysticism, demonism with strong imagination, astrange territory④ <Frost at Night>半夜冰霜⑤ <Dejection, an Ode>忧郁颂⑥ <Lyrical Ballads>抒情歌谣集(with William Wordsworth)3. George Gordon Byron乔治•戈登•拜伦1788~1824(拜伦式英雄Byronic heroes孤傲、狂热、浪漫,却充满了反抗精神。

内心充满了孤独与苦闷,却又蔑视群小。

恰尔德·哈罗德是拜伦诗歌中第一个“拜伦式英雄”。

)“Byronic hero” is a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin, against tyrannical rules or moral principles.① <Don Juan>唐•璜<Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage>恰尔德•哈罗德尔游记<Cain>该隐①Poetic Drama:<Prometheus Unbound>解放了的普罗米修斯Theme: the drama celebraies man’s victory over tyranny and oppression② <Queen Mab>麦布女王<Revolt of Islam>伊斯兰的反叛<The Cenci>钦契一家<A Defence of Poetry>诗辩<The Necessity of Atheism>无神论的必要性to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality. Compare the west wind to destroyer ofthe old who drives the last signs of life from the trees, andpreserver of the new who scatter the seads shich sill come to lifein the spring. This is a poem about renewal, about the wind blowing life back intodead things, implying not just an arc of life (which would end at death) but a cycle,which only starts again when something dies.Comment: Percy Bysshe Shelley's "Ode to the West Wind" is written in iambic pentameter.It contains five sonnet length stanzas, each with a closing couplet. The rhymingscheme form is aba bcb cdc ded ee. The tone is poignant. Many will agree that thispoem is an invocation for an unseen force to take control and revive life.Artistic features:Using rerza rima(三行诗aba bcb cdc ded efe …)<To a Skylark>致云雀5. John Keats约翰•济慈1795~1821(“美即是真,真即是美”是他的著名诗句。

) ①Four great odes: <Ode颂6. Jane Austen简•奥斯丁1775~1817She compared her works to a fine engraving upon a literary piece of ivory only inches squire.<Mansfield Park>曼斯菲尔德庄园 <Emma>爱玛<Northanger Abbey>诺桑觉寺 <Persuasion>劝导7. Walter Scott沃尔特•斯科特1771~1832(历史小说之父”)Father of history novels① <Rob Roy> 罗伯•罗伊② <Ivanhoe> 艾凡赫VI The Victorian Period1. Charles Dickens查尔斯•狄更斯1812~1870(批判现实主义小说家)critical realist writer① <The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club>匹克威克外传② <Oliver Twist>奥利弗•特维斯特(雾都孤儿)③ <The Old Curiosity Shop>老古玩店④ <A Christmas Carol>圣诞颂歌⑤ <Dombey and Son>董贝父子⑥ <David Copperfield>大卫•科波菲尔⑦ <Bleak House>荒凉山庄<Hard Times>艰难时世⑧ <A Tale of Two Cities>双城记(London & Paris)⑨ <Great Expectations>远大前程⑩ <Our Mutual Friend>我们共同的朋友2. William Makepeace Thackeray威廉•麦克匹斯•萨克雷1811~1863①<Vanity Fair>or a Novel without a Hero名利场(the name is anexcerpt from <The Pilgrim’s Progress>by John Bunyan)②<The Book Of Snobs>•勃朗特1816~1855② <Shirley>雪莉③ <Professor>教师【TheEarnshaw Family】Mr. Earnshaw, his wife, the sonHindley, the daughter Catherine, Heathcliff【The Linton Family】Mr.Linton, his wife, son Edgar,daughter Isabella② < Old Stoic>5. George Eliot乔治•艾略特1819~1880① <The Mill on the Floss>弗洛斯河上的磨坊② < Adam Bede>亚当•比德③ < Silas Marner>织工马南④ < Middlemarch>米德尔马契6. Alfred Tennyson阿尔弗莱德•丁尼生1809~1892(维多利亚时代最具代表性的伟大诗人)Poet Laureate (桂冠诗人)① < In Memoriam>悼念To memorialize his friend② < Break, Break, Break>冲击、冲击、冲击③ < Idylls of the King>国王叙事诗7. Robert Browning罗伯特•白朗宁1812~1889① < My Last Dutchess>我已故的公爵夫人② <Home Thoughts From Abroad>海外乡思Elizabeth Barrett Browing:① <Sonnet from the Portuguese>葡萄牙十四行诗8. Robert Louis Stevenson① <Treasure Island>金银岛9. Thomas Hardy托马斯•哈代1840~1928(小说多以农村生活为背景;自然主义小说家。

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