Division Seven Romanticism.ppt

Division Seven: Romanticism I. Romanticism浪漫主义  late 18th and early 19th century starting from the ideas of Rouseau in France and from the Storm and Stress Movement in GermanyThe enlightenment brought about two revolutions and they caused Romanticism to rise: the French Revolution and the Industrial revolutionNew economic ideas were put forward by Adam Smith in his book The Wealth of Nations, which laid the theoretical groundwork for capitalism. II. Romanticism in GermanyThe Storm and Stress Movement prepared the way for European Romanticism.A. Goethe combined Romanticism with Classicism.B. It was Love and Intrigue that made Schiller the best dramatist for the Storm and Stress.C. The Jena School: Schlegel Brothers, Novalis and Tieck (They were based in Jena耶拿 , therefore, came to be known as the Jena School.) D. Heine: Book of Songs《诗歌集》， Die Lorelei《罗蕾莱》:海涅在1836年发表论浪漫派，宣告浪漫主义在德国文学中的统治地位的结束 Schlegel Brothers (August W. von Schlegel Friedrich von Scholegel):施莱格尔兄弟在18世纪最后几十年中成为德国浪漫主义的领袖。施莱格尔兄弟编辑的刊物《雅典娜神殿》，在推动浪漫主义运动的宣传和理论建设方面起了重要作用，被称为耶拿派浪漫主义。他们要求个性解放，主张创作自由. 莎翁剧作最出色的德语译者，施莱格尔兄弟中的威廉?冯?施莱格尔August Wilhelm von Schlegel，人称大施莱格尔，曾在波恩大学教书。1796年奥古斯特·威廉·施莱格尔来到耶拿，1798年与他的弟弟弗里德里希·施莱格尔一起在柏林出版了《雅典娜神殿》，并以他们为核心形成了一个文学中心，文学史上称为早期浪漫派或耶拿浪漫派。除了施莱格尔兄弟，重要的作家有蒂克，诺瓦利斯，瓦肯罗德等。他们的基本倾向是怀古遁世，重视童话和传奇。1802年以后，早期浪漫派逐渐解体。 Heine: German poet of Jewish origin, whose lyrics have inspired such composers as Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Schumann. Heinrich Heine lived at a time of major social and political changes: the French Revolution (1789-99) and the Napoleonic wars deeply influenced thinking. Heine died in Paris, where he had lived from 1831 as one of the central figures of the literary scene. One of Heines most famous poems is Die Lorelei, set to music by Silcher in 1837. It has become one of the most popular of German songs. I do not know what haunts me, What saddened my mind all day; An age-old tale confounds me, A spell I cannot allay. (from Lorelay