英国文学The Victorian Period.docVIP

PAGE  PAGE 23 Lecture 1 The Victorian Period: Charles Dickens Ⅰ Teaching Content Brief introduction of the Victorian Age; Charles Dickens Ⅱ Time Allotment 2periods Ⅲ Teaching Objectives and Requirements 1 Help the students have a good understanding of the Victorian Age history and its great achievements in novels. 2 Help the students know clearly about Charles Dickens. Ⅳ Key Points and Difficult Points in Teaching 1 Charles Dickens 2 Oliver Twist Ⅴ Teaching Methods and Means Lecture; Discussion; Multi-media Ⅵ Teaching Process 1 The Victorian Age (See Chang Yaoxin, 216-222) ● Chronologically the Victorian period roughly coincides with the reign of Queen Victoria who ruled over England from 1837 to 1901, but it really began with the passage of Reform Bill in 1832 and closed at the end of the Boer War in 1902. All in all, the Victorian Age was a period of rapid growth, development, and reform. This period has been generally considered as one of the most glorious in the English history. ● The Victorian Age is usually subdivided into the following phases: the early Victorian Period (1832-1848), the Mid-Victorian Period (1848-1870), and late Victorian Period (1870-1902) (In social-political terms, it can be roughly subdivided into two phases: the first, beginning from 1832 through mid-century, the second, from 1870 to 1902.). ● The Victorian period was on the whole one of transition from the past to the modern times, and one of radical change in values, institutions, and doctrines. It was an age of confusion and intellectual anarchy. Hope existed alongside dismay, and optimism was colored by anxiety. 1.1 Historical background of the Victorian Age ● In 1832 the Reform Bill was passed, which placed the power of the nation into the hands of the wealthy industrialists who would soon reconcile with the aristocracy and redouble their exploitation of the working people. Thus, after 1832, the conflict between labour and capital became sharper in th