18世纪英国文学ppt.pptVIP

Works 1762 The Vicar of Wakefield 《威克菲尔德牧师传》 The Citizens of the World 《世界公民》 1764 The Traveller 《旅行者》 1768 The good-natured Man 《善性之人》 1770 The Deserted Village《荒村》 1773 She Stoops to Conquer《屈身求爱》 Thank you heartily * * The Literature Of 18thCentury Introduction Literary background Literary Development Famous writers Literary background The contending(敌对的) factions(派别) Literati(文人学士) as servants of contention The development of social life 1. The literature of the 18th century was dominated by the interests of contending parties The Whigs: determined to safeguard popular liberty; The Tories: conservative, would leave as much authority as possible in the royal hands; 2. Literati as servants of contention The Whigs and the Tories were well balanced in power. To overturn a Tory or a Whig cabinet , most of the great writers of the age were the willing servants of the Whigs or Tories. 3. The development of social life In the first half of the 18th century ,England saw the appearance of a large number of public coffeehouses and private clubs. Nearly all writers frequented the coffeehouses and discussed matters of literature. Hence ,the enormous amount of 18th-century works were devoted to transient affairs, politics, fashions, and gossip. Literary Development 1. Neo-classicism 2. sentimentalism 3. Modern novel 4. Romanticism 1. Neoclassicism 新古典主义 The Enlightenment Movement brought about a revival of interest in the old classical works, this tendency is known as neoclassicism. The neoclassicists held that forms of literature were to be modeled after the classical works of the ancient Greek and Roman writers, such as Homer. Addison, Steele, Pope belonged to this school. 2. Sentimentalism 感伤主义 Sentimentalism is indulged in emotion and sentiment. Criticizes the cruelty of the capitalist relations and the gross social injustices brought about by the bourgeois revolutions and the Industrial Revolution. They advocate that sentiment should