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Chapter 4 The Romantic period Historical Background 1. French Revolution 1789 American Revolution 1775-1783 national liberation movements and democratic民主 movements 2. “the full swing of English Industrial Revolution”英国工业革命开展brought great wealth to the rich and worsened working and living conditions of the poor Romanticism “It is a broad artistic and literary movement that affected the whole of Europe and America.” Romanticism stresses strong emotions, imagination, nature, freedom from classical art form, self and the value of individual Chief Literary Achievements Poetry Romanticists 华兹华斯, Coleridge柯尔律治, Byron拜伦, Shelly, Keats 2 Prose Essayists随笔作家Charles Lamb兰姆 Essays of Elia伊利亚随笔 3 Novel Two novelists Gothic novel哥特式小说 4 Poetic drama诗剧 1、Pre-romantic poets Robert Burns罗伯特.彭斯, William Blake威廉.布莱克 2、 passive消极 poets“Lake Poets”William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 3、 active poets George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats 一 、William Wordsworth Poet Lyrical Ballads “Preface to Lyrical Ballads”抒情歌谣 “Humble and rustic低卑乡村生活 life was generally chosen, in that condition, the essential passions本质的 of the heart find a better soil in which they can attain their maturity成熟,less under restraint限制, and speak a plainer and more emphatic language;” William Wordsworth’s poetic ideas 1、Poetry is Spontaneous.自发 2、 Nature inspires Poetry. 3、Common subjects can be poetic. I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud background 127页 also commonly known as “Daffodils” 1、Rhyme scheme of each stanza? ababcc 2、Theme? Harmony sings harmony between things in nature and the poet himself. Comments on Wordsworth Page 127 Leading figure of the English romantic poetry,the main poetic voice .His verse celebrate moral influence exerted by nature on human thought and feeling. 二 、Samuel Taylor Coleridge塞缪尔.泰勒.柯尔律治Lyrical poet Literary critic It tells a strange, supernatural sea tale in the form of a ballad 民谣. Page 130 “Kubla Khan”忽必烈汗 三 、George Gordon Byron拜伦 Poet 1 、S