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Chapter15Victorian Novelists 外语系10级3班 201016010325 王素佐 The Victorian Period In??Victorian??Period??appeared??a??new literary??trend— critical??realism.?批判现实主义是19世纪30年代出现在法国并很快遍及欧美的，以分析、描写、暴露和批判现实为主的资产阶级文学思潮。 Novel is the major literary form in the Victorian Period. Critical Realism The Victorian Age is an age of realism rather than of romanticism-a realism which strives to tell the whole truth showing moral physical diseases as they are. To be true to life becomes the first requirement for literary writing. As the mirror of truth， literature has come very close to daily life， reflecting its practical problems interests is used as a powerful instrument of human progress. The Victorian Period 特征： Common sense and moral propriety, which were ignored by the Romanticists, again became the predominant preoccupation in literary work.常理和道德这些被浪漫主义时代遗弃多年的主题，又回到了文学主流中来。 Definition 　　Chronologically按年代顺序排列地 the Victorian period roughly coincides with the reign of Queen Victoria who ruled over England from 1836 to 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity繁荣 , refined sensibilities and national self-confidence for Britain. History Background Development of capitalism The gap between the rich and the poor Working and living conditions of laboring people, child labor economic depressions mass unemployment General Characteristics of Victorian Literature 1. Come closer to daily life which reflects its practical problems and interests 2. Moral Purpose: The Victorian literature seems to deviate from art for arts sake and asserts维护 its moral purpose. 3. Idealism: It is often considered as an age of doubt and pessimism. The influence of science is felt here. 4. Though, the age is characterized as practical and materialistic, most of the writers exalt a purely ideal life. Victorian novels Novel was the most widely read the most vital有活力的 challenging form of literature Novelists in this period carried their duty forward to the criticism of