lect.7-victorian维多利亚时代文学相关知识.ppt

Lecture 7 An Introduction to Literature of The Victorian Age (1832-1902) Expectations FOR SS: Acquire the definition of the relative literary terms, such as ---- critical realism, humanism Give their comments on ---- Austen’s taste ---- characteristics of critical realism ---- major Victorian novelists ,their main works and style Part 1. Historical Economical Overview One of the most glorious age in the English history, roughly coinciding with the reign of Queen Victoria who ruled over England from 1836-1901. Rapid economic development as well as serious social problems during 1832-1846: aThe Reform Bill the political power passed into the hands of industrialists; b Highlights of Industrial Revolution; c Labor vs Capital major social conflict; d Accumulative profits foreign trade colonies. Part 1. Historical Economical Overview Toward the mid-19th cent., the highest point of development as a world power plus widespread poverty and wretchedness existed among the working class. The worsening living and working conditions, the mass unemployment; the Poor-Law Amendment Act of 1834; the workhouse system; The rise of the Chartist Movement (1836-1848). Part 1. Historical Economical Overview During 1850-1870, a time of prosperity and relative stability. The nation was ahead of others in development. The middle-class life : prosperity, respectability and material progress A national spirit : earnestness, respectability, modesty and domesticity The epitome of such virtues: the Queen Queen Victoria (1819-1901) Her marriage with Prince Albert is a kind of relationship of great love and admiration. Queen Victoria and Her Family Part 1. Historical Economical Overview During 1870-1900, the decline of the British Empire and the decay of the Victorian values and morality. Abroad, challenge from Germany industrial and military force plus competition with America ; At home, the unresolved Iri