TheVictorianPeriod英国文学维多利亚时代.pptxVIP

会计学;Background Information;Changes in Politics;While England had reached its highest point of development as a world power, the poor living and working conditions of workers led to the Chartist Movement (宪章运功), which was the first mass movement of the English working class and the early sign of the awakening of the poor, oppressed people.;Changes in Science and Technology;The middle-class life of the time was characterized by prosperity, respectability（体面）, and material progress.People as a whole celebrated a national spirit of earnestness（认真）, respectability, modesty and domesticity.→Common sense and moral propriety（得体） became the predominant concern in literary works.;Changes in Ideology;Religious collision;Utilitarianism;Literary Forms;Novel;Features of English Critical Realism;The English critical realists not only gave a satirical portrayal of the bourgeoisie and all the ruling class, but also show profound sympathy for the common people.The critical realists were unable to find a good solution to the social contradictions. The chief tendency in their works is not of revolution but of reformism.;Prose;Most influential prose works:Carlyle’s Sartor Resartus, Chartism The French RevolutionMacaulay’s History of EnglandRuskin’s Modern Painters (5 volumes);Poetry;The poetry of this period was mainly characterized by experiments with new styles and new ways of expression.The most famous experimental poet was Robert Browning.