英国文学史及选读复习资料.docxVIP

Lecture1 . Recommended Novels for Reading (British) 18th-century Gulliver s ’Travels: Jonathan Swift; social satire/fantasy/; Part I, II, and IV interesting; language difficulty ***. Robinson Crusoe: Daniel Defoe; an account of the process of the building of the British Empire in the 18th century; diary-like detailed description and narration; language difficulty **. 19th-century Great Expectations: Charles Dickens; about moral corruption and loss of innocence and honesty in growing up; the Cinderella pattern in structure; language Dif ***; a bit too long. Jane Eyre: Charlotte Bronte; a poor,