PartIVThe18thCentury培训讲解.pptVIP

Thomas Gray 1716 - 1771  Oliver Goldsmith 1728-1774 4. at the end of the century pre-romanticism (前浪漫主义) Robert Burns 1759-1796 Unit Five The18th Century Part I Introduction to Enlightenment The 18th century England: the Age of Enlightenment the Age of Reason Time: 1660-1798 Events : The Return of the Stuarts to English Throne The full Assertion of Romanticism Social Background 1. Political, economic and social changes a. The establishment of the constitutional monarchy in England brought the bourgeoisie into the centre of political power. 2 parties Tory: The court party made up of nobility and landowners Whigs: The country party made up of rich nobility and the growing merchant class Both supported free trade and the policy of tolerance. b. This was a period of political stability and economic development at home. This was also an age of vast expansion of colonies overseas. Enclosure Industrial Revolution c. A profound change in social structure: the Industrial Revolution - a rapid growth of the middle class traders, merchants, manufacturers and adventures - the middle class. hard work In morality- self-discipline, self-struggle, and equality Literary Features of the Time Three satges I. 1700-1730 Neoclassicism (Pope) 新古典主义 II. 1740-1780 Realism (novels) 现实主义 III. Sentimentalism 感伤主义 1. The First Half of the 18th Century Neoclassicism An age of prose rather than of poetry Poet: Alexander Pope 1688-1744 Pope’s position in English literature The 18th century- the Age of Pope: 1.popularizing the neoclassical literature brought from France; 2.As a representative of the Enlightenment, introducing the spirit of rationalism to English culture; 3. a great satirist and literary critic; 4. his influence on Byron. Joseph Addison ????????????? 1672-1719 Richard Steele(1672-1729) 2. The Mid-century a newly rising literary form- the modern novel Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) Robinson Crusoe Jonathan Swift 16