【英美文学】武大老师的课件 英国文学浪漫主义时期pptthe romantic period.ppt

Historical Background Politically: the French Revolution Declaration of Rights of Man 1791-2 , Thomas Paine Inquiry concerning Political Justice 1793 , William Godwin A Vindication of the Rights of Woman 1792 , Mary Wollstonecraft Ideologically The principle of Ration was giving way to an individualized, free, liberal, imaginative attitude towards life; a tendency to turn or escape from the tumultuous and confusing Here and Now Economically: the great Industrial Revolution Continued fast changes took place both in the country and in the cities; Many farmhands driven out of land rushed into the city; Women and children were employed as cheap labor; New machines were set up, rendering many out of work; Disparity was growing between the rich and the poor; Expansion abroad continued: America , Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, the West Indies and other nations. Romanticism / the Romantic Movement an attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of arts in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century. a rejection of the precepts of order, calm, harmony, balance, idealization, and rationality a reaction against the Enlightenment and against 18th-century rationalism and physical materialism in general. emphasizing the individual, the subjective, the irrational, the imaginative, the personal, the spontaneous, the emotional, the visionary, and the transcendental. Characteristic attitudes a deepened appreciation of the beauties of nature; a general exaltation of emotion over reason a turning in upon the self and a heightened examination of human personality and its moods and mental potentialities; creative spirit over strict adherence to formal rules and traditional procedures; an emphasis upon imagination an obsessive interest in folk culture, national and ethnic cultural origins, and the medieval era; and a predilection for the exotic, the remote, the mysterious Literature Poetry: the Ag