《Lecture7-The18thCentury》-精选·课件设计.pptVIP

English Literature Lecture 7 The 18th Century The Age of Enlightenment (1688-1798) General Introduction This period extends from 1688 to 1798, the year when Wordsworth and Coleridge published their Lyrical Ballads. It was the time when the dominant literary theory is neoclassicism. By Samuel Johnsons death in 1784, neoclassicism came to a decline and romanticism began to emerge. The last years of the 18th century saw the beginning of Romanticism in the works of Pre-Romantic poets as Burns, and Blake. 概述 1688年的“光荣革命”推翻复辟王朝，确定了君主立宪制，建立起资产阶级和新贵族领导的政权，英国从此进入一个相对安定的发展时期。 散 文 18世纪英国散文出现繁荣，散文风格基