外教社2024新世纪新编英国文学史教程 Unit 8 PPT课件.pptx

Unit8Theriseofthenovel

Overview1.Historicalbackgroundinthe18thcenturyGloriousRevolutionEnclosureMovementTheriseofthebourgeoisclass

Overview2.ThepoliticalstanceofEnglishwritersinthe18thcenturyTheconservativecamp:*EmphasisonmoralconductTheradicalcamp:*Thecriticismofsocialvicesthroughtheartofsatire

KeyWordsIndividualismDefinition:Abeliefthatindividualisabletoachieveself-fulfillmentthroughself-motivatedefforts.Classification:PoliticalindividualismEconomicindividualism

KeyWordsColonialismDefinition:Dominionbyforceoveraforeignterritoryanditspeople.Thepracticeofcolonialism:ByforceBycivilizingthelocalColonialismvs.Imperialism

KeyWordsSentimentalismDefinition:Aphilosophyaimedtocounteracttheprevailingimpactofrationalphilosophybyemphasizingtheimportantroleofemotionsanddesiresinactivatingandheighteningone’ssenseofmorality.RepresentativeWorks:SamuelRichardson,ClarissaLawrenceSterne,ASentimentalJournalthroughFranceandItaly

QuestionsforCriticalThinking

1.?How?did?the?emergence?of?individualism?influence?characterization?in?novels?of?the?18th?century?2.?How?is?the?theme?of?colonialism?embodied?and?developed?in?Defoe’s?RobinsonCrusoe?3.?Why?did?sentimentalist?writings?become?popular?in?the?age?of?reason?

ImportantFeaturesof18th-centuryNovels1.ThePopularityofthePicaresqueNovel2.ATurntoReality(mimicwhatisgoingoninreallife)3.TheEmergingMarketofNovelWritingPrintingtechnologyLowerthresholdforreadersSerializationinmagazines4.NovelasaMoralInstrument

QuestionsforCriticalThinking

1.?What?distinguishes?novels?of?the?18th?century?from?fictional?writings?of?the?previous?era?2.?What?are?the?factors?contributing?to?the?popularity?of?novel?writing?in?the?18th?century?

WritersandWorksDanielDefoe(1660-1731)1.TheFounderoftheEnglishnovelAlsopoliticianandbusinessman2.LiteraryAchievementsLiteraryc