1. Victorian literature自考英美文学选读课件.pptVIP

English literature Introduction to Victorian literature Let’s talk The Changes of Spring Festival The preparation: prepare food several days before the day, now some people prefer fresh food. The way of communicating: visit before, now send messages Setting firecrackers: should it be banned? Weather: warmer than before Revision: look at the contents Old and Medieval Renaissance : Shakespeare, Milton ( ): Defoe, ( ), ( ) ( ): ( ), Wordsworth, ( ), ( ) Victorian: Dickens, Bronte sisters, Hardy new Modern period: Shaw, T.S.Eliot, Lawrence The Victorian Literature historical background Victorian Literature Historical background Queen Victoria was the ruler of England from 1836 to 1901, so it is customary to call the writings produced during this long stretch of years Victorian literature. It is commonly divided into 3 phases: the 30s and 40s the 50s and 60s the last 3 decades the 30s and 40s Read the second paragraph on page 233 and fill in the blanks. The early years of the Victorian England was a time of __ economic development as well as __ social problems….For a time England was the “workshop of the __.” Meanwhile, the working conditions were unimaginably brutal, especially in textile factories and coal mines where __ and __ were widely employed. the 50s and 60s Read the second paragraph on page 234 and fill in the blanks. During the next 20 years, England settled down to a time of __ and relative __. The middle-class life of the time was characterized by prosperity, respectability and material __. People were trying to live up to a national __ of __, respectability and __. The last 3 decades Decline of the British Empire and the Victorian values Ideological background Read the second paragraph on page 235 and find out: the ideological changes the Victorians experienced: Change 1: People’s religious convictions were changed by: 1) 2) Chan