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4.2 The Major “Second Generation” of Romantic Poets Active Romanticism: The major “second generation” of Romantic poets Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats. 4.2 The Major “Second Generation” of Romantic Poets Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) poems— “Ode to the West Wind” (1819) …… Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy! O Wind, If Winter comes , can Spring be far behind? The Victorian Period (1832-1901) V 5.1 Critical Realism 5.2 Representatives 5.1 Critical Realism A: The critical realists described the chief traits of the society and criticized the capitalist system from a democratic viewpoint. Q. What’s the characteristic of the Critical Realism novels? Its represemtative：Charles Dickens Leading form of literature: novel 1.1 General Knowledge In practice, works of literature fall into four categories or genres: poetry drama Fiction/ novel Prose/essay 1.2 The Old English Period Old English: the epic Beowulf ：folk legend of Anglo-Saxons 传说讲述Beowulf是位非常强而有力的人,当时有一只丑陋而可怕的怪物Grendel在四出破坏及吃人。Beowulf与物恶斗后将它杀死了。Grendel的母亲对此怀恨在心...于是待Beowulf年老后去找他偿命, Grendel的母亲将Beowulf拖进其湖底的巢穴并廝杀。最后被Beowulf用剑把她的头砍下来，他在湖底找刭Grendel的尸体, 也把他的头砍了带走。Hrothgar王对他感激不已, 送了他许多酬赏。 但好景不长,有人从一巨龙之穴偷走了一个金杯,令巨龙极为愤怒。於是它四出捣乱及烧毁村庄, 令人民生活大受影响。年老的Beowulf再次堤起他的剑与外甥Wiglaf一起去对付巨龙(其他人太害怕巨龙而没人敢帮助他...), 大战过后巨龙终被他俩所杀, 但Beowulf也因伤重而死。 1.2 The Old English Period Wiglaf 在诗中最后对那些不敢战斗如懦夫般的战士的话： 　　So it is goodbye to all you know and love 　　on your home ground, the open-handedness, 　　the giving of war swords. Every one of you 　　with freeholds of land, our whole nation, 　　will be dispossessed, once-princes from beyond 　　get tidings of how you turned and fled 　　and disgraced yourselves. A warrior will sooner 　　die than live a life of shame. 1.3 The Middle English Period(1066-1485). Middle English: Geoffrey Chaucer The Canterbury Tales 作品描写一群香客（pilgrim）聚集在伦敦一家小旅店里，准备去坎特伯雷城朝圣。店主人建议香客们在往返途中各讲两个故事，看谁讲的最