[英语学习]英美文学选读2.ppt

Chapter 2 The Neoclassical Period 1660 - 1798 I. Background 79-2 1660 the Restoration of Charles II 1665 the Great Plague 1665 the Great London Fire 1688 the Glorious Revolution – the Constitutional Monarchy The 18th Century 79-3 a vast expansion of British colonies the beginning of the Industrial Revolution – the middle class the Enlightenment – the Age of Reason 80-3 II. Literature 81-2 a revival of interest in the old classical works Neoclassicism the ideas 81-2 the rules 82-1 the neoclassical literary types 1. poetry: A. Pope 2. novel: Daniel Defoe 3. prose: J. Swift 4. theatre: R.B. Sheridan 1. poetry: Alexander Pope 90 a representative of the Enlightenment the role of champion of traditional civilization 91-↑2 chief works 92-↑1 2. novel: Daniel Defoe 96 a voice of the lower-class people and the middle class the 1st adventure story writer chief works 97-↑2 masterpiece 2. novel: Henry Fielding 118 “Father of the English Novel” 121-2 chief works 119-↑1 3. prose: Jonathan Swift 105 Dublin a leader in the Irish resistance to the English oppression a satirist 106-↑1 style 107-3 chief works 107-4 the masterpiece: Gulliver’s Travels a tale of 4 voyages Lilliput (pigmies) Brobdingnag (giants) Laputa (crazy philosophers and scientists) Houyhnhnms (horse-people) satire: all mankind Lilliput Brobdingnag Laputa the Country of theHouyhnhnms Selected Reading 109 – 2 4. theatre: R.B. Sheridan 135 Dublin comedy theme: morality theatrical art 136-↑1 chief works 137-2 Chapter 3 The Romantic Period 1798 - 1832 I. Background 157 1. the French Revolution of 1789-1794 resentment against the tyrannical rule new ideas about Nature, Society and Education Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity 2. the English Industrial Revolution peasants → laborers → commodities conflicts between capital and labor the Luddite riots the “Peterloo Massacre” II. Literature 160-2 a revolt against the neoclassical reason The Romantic Movement the ideas 160-2 II. Literature: Types 161 1. poetry: