6-十八世纪欧洲文学.pptVIP

西方文明的再发展—18世纪欧洲文学18th-Century European Literature Introduction The dominant trend of the eighteenth-century is the intellectual movement called “The Enlightenment”. This is one of those rare historical movements which in fact named itself. Certain thinkers and writers believed that they were more enlightened than other people and set out to enlighten them. They believed that human reason could be used to combat ignorance, superstition, and tyranny in order to build a better world. Their principal targets were religion and the domination of society by a hereditary aristocracy. 启蒙运动的历史背景