Enlightenment 英国文学史启蒙运动.docVIP

The 18th century 1．Enlightenment Intellectual movement an expression of struggle of the bourgeoisie against feudalism. against class inequality, stagnation, prejudices and other survivals of feudalism. They attempted to place all branches of science at the service of mankind by connecting them with the actual needs and requirements of people. 2. Classicism balance, proportion, decorum and restraint attributed to the major works of ancient Greek and Roman literature 3．Difference 17th and 18th Classicism 17 please the declining aristocracy 18 for the rising bourgeoisie to tidy up the capitalist social order. 4．Joseph Addison and Richard Steele essayists Richard Steele and The Tatler The Tatler, to enlighten, as well as to entertain, his fellow coffeehouse-goers. contained several essays. in a conversational style Joseph Addison and 揟he Spectator?l The Spectator, a daily paper, was a collaborative project by Addison and Steele together. it contained a gallery of vivid portraits of the members of the so-called Spectator Club. supposed to be edited by a small club headed by Mr. Spectator The most striking features of the paper are the character sketches of Mr. Spectator and the members of his club，and these sketches become the forerunner of the modern English novel. They attempted to improve manners and moral contribution 1. new code of social morality for the bourgeoisie. 2. picture of the social life 3. the English essay had completely established itself as a literary genre. Using it as a form of character sketching and story-telling, they ushered in the dawn of modern English novel. 5.Alexander Pope most important English poet,representative of the Enlightenment,one of the first to introduce rationalism to England,master in satiric and didactic verse An Essay on Criticism heroic couplet, aesthetic theories. a comprehensive study of theories of literary criticism. . Essay on Man heroic couplet, indicates political and philosophical viewpoint The Rape of th