英国文学史_第二册_复习资料.doc

British Literature The Romantic Period (1798-1832) Age of Revolution. (social and economic revolutions.) 一. Time Span: extends from the late 18th century to the third decade of the 19th century. from the publication of Lyrical Ballads《抒情歌谣集》 by Wordsworth and Coleridge, second edition o by Wordsworth serves as the manifesto of Romanticism, in 1798, to the death Walter Scott in 1832 2,closely linked to the following social and intellectual events or figures: 1. The Industrial Revolution. 2. American Revolution 3. The French Revolution 4. Lyrical Ballads 《抒情歌谣集》 5. Jean Jacque Rousseau (1712 – 1778). 6. Edmund Burke Thomas Paine(two great thinkers and writers ) 二,Romanticism and its features 1,Definition: Romanticism 浪漫主义 Romanticism, as a literary movement during most of the 19th century, appeared as a revolt against the bondage of neoclassicism which emphasized reason, order and “elegant wit”, Romanticism put emphasis on passion, emotion, imagination, intuition and natural beauty. and inspired many English writers and the desire for personal freedom and individual rights encouraged a more daring and imaginative approach to both life and literature. 2,characteristics: (1) an emphasis on feeling, imagination, intuition and all in all an subjectivism. (2) a love for nature (3) a belief in individuality and freedom (4) a glorification of the commonplace (5) an interest in the past, the unusual, the unfamiliar, the bizarre or the picturesque (6) a feeling of loneliness 三,Literary development in this period 1,emphasis on feelings, intuition, imagination and individuality brought about the flourish of poetry This is an age of poetry William Blake, and Robert Burns were the two notable forerunners of romantic poetry. works of William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, George Gordon Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats represented the highest achievements in romantic poetry. gained full momentum with the publication of Lyrical Ballads 2,The period