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chapter3英国浪漫主义时期
英国浪漫主义时期 ChapterIIITheRomanticPeriod
一、本章的学习目的和要求
通过本章的学习,了解浪漫主义文学的产生的历史,文化背景,认识该时期文学创作的基本特征,基本主张,及其对时代及后世英国文学用至文化的影响;了解该时期重要作家的文学生涯,创作思想,艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构,人物刻画,语言风格,思想意义等;同时结合注释,读懂所选作品,了解其思想内容和写作特色,培养理解和欣赏文学作品的能力。
二、本章考核知识点及考核要求
(一)考核知识点
1.浪漫主义时期概述
1)浪漫主义时期英国社会的政治,经济,文化背景
2)浪漫主义文学创作的基本主张
3)英国浪漫主义文学的特色
4)浪漫主义文学对同时代及后世英国文学的影响
2.浪漫主义时期主要作家的文学创作思想及其代表作品的主题结构,人物塑造,语言风格,艺术手法及社会意义等。
威廉。
布莱克;威廉。
华兹华斯;塞。
特。
科勒律治;乔治。
戈登。
拜伦;珀。
比。
雪莱;约翰。
济兹;简。
奥斯汀
(二)考核要求
1.浪漫主义时期概述
1)识记:
a.浪漫主义时期的界定b.历史文化背景
2)领会:
a.浪漫主义思潮的意义与影响。
b.浪漫主义文学创作的基本主张及对后世文学的影响。
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3)应用:
a.名词解释:
浪漫主义b.浪漫主义时期文学特点的分析
2.该时期的重要作家
1)识记:
浪漫主义时期的重要作家,代表作品及其主要内容。
2)领会:
重要作家的创作思想,艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构,人物塑造,语言风格,社会意义等。
3)应用:
a.浪漫派诗歌(所选作品)的主题,意象分析
b.小说《傲慢与偏见》的主题和主要人物的性格分析。
一、概述
1.一般识记
EnglishRomanticism
EnglishRomanticism,asahistoricalphaseofliterature,isgenerallysaidtohavebeganin1798withthepublicationofWordsworth&Coleridge''sLyricalBallads&tohaveendedin1832withSirWalterScott’sdeath&thepassageofthefirstReformBillintheParliament.
2.识记Historical&Culturalbackground
Duringthisperiod,Englandhadexperiencedprofoundeconomic&socialchange.ThebiggestsocialchangeinEnglishhistorywasthetransferoflargemassesofthepopulationfromthecountrysidetothetowns.AsaresultoftheEnclosures&theagriculturalmechanization,thepeasantsweredrivenoftheirland;someemigratedtothecolonies;somesanktotheleveloffarmlaborers&manyothersdriftedtotheindustrialtownswheretherewasagrowingdemandforlabor.Butthenewindustrialtownswerenobetterthanjungles,wherethelawwas"thesurvivalofthefittest."Thecrueleconomicexploitationcausedlarge-scaleworkers''disturbancesinEngland.
3.领会
(1)InfluencesoftheRomanticMovement
Romanticismconstitutesachangeofdirectionfromattentiontotheouterworldofsocialcivilizationtotheinnerworldofthehumanspirit.Inessenceitdesignatesaliterary&philosophicaltheorywhichtendstoseetheindividualastheverycenterofalllife&allexperience.Italsoplacestheindividualatthecenterofart,makingliteraturemostvaluableasanexpressionofthisorheruniquefeelings&particularattitudes&valuingitsaccuracyinportrayingtheindividual''sexperiences.
(2)TheRomanticviewsaboutliterature
a.TheRomanticperiodisanageofpoetry.Blake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,Shelley&KeatsarethemajorRomanticpoets.Theystartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedasthepoeticrevolution.
b.TheRomanticperiodisalsoagreatageofprose.ThetwomajornovelistsoftheRomanticperiodareJaneAusten&WalterScott.
c.Besidespoetry&prose,therearequiteanumberofwriterswhohavefriedtheirhandatpoeticdramasinthisperiod.
4.应用
(1)LiteraryTerms
a.TheRomanticMovement
Itexpressedamoreorlessnegativeattitudetowardstheexistingsocial&politicalconditionsthatcamewithindustrialization&thegrowingimportanceofthebourgeoisie.TheRomanticsfeltthattheexistingsocietydeniedpeopletheiressentialhumanneeds,sotheydemonstratedastrongreactionagainstthedominantmodesofthinkingofthe18th-centurywriters&philosophers.Wheretheirpredecessorssawmanasasocialanimal,theRomanticssawhimessentiallyasanindividualinthesolitarystate&emphasizedthespecialqualitiesofeachindividual''smind.Romanticismactuallyconstitutesachangeofdirectionfromattentiontotheouter.
b.TheGothicnovel
Itisatypeofromanticfictionthatpredominatedinthelate18thcentury&wasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement,itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horror&thesupernatural,whichstronglyappealtothereader''semotion.Withitsdescriptionsofthedark,irrationalsideofhumannature,theGothicformhasexertedagreatinfluenceoverthewriteroftheRomanticperiod.WorkslikeTheMysteriesofUdolpho(1794)byAnnRadcliffe&Frankenstein(1818)byMaryShelleyaretypicalGothicromance.
(2)CharacteristicsofRomanticliteratureinEnglishhistory.
TheRomanticperiodisanageofpoetryBlake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,Shelley&KeatsarethemajorRomanticpoets.Theystartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedasthepoeticrevolution.Wordsworth&Coleridgewerethemajorrepresentativesofthismovement.Theyexplorednewtheories&innovatednewtechniquesinpoetrywriting.Theysawpoetryasahealingenergy:
theybelievedthatpoetrycouldpurifybothindividualsouls&thesociety.TheRomanticsnotonlyextolthefacultyofimagination,butalsostresstheconceptofspontaneity&inspiration,regardingthemassomethingcrucialfortruepoetry.Thenaturalworldcomestotheforefrontofthepoeticimagination.Natureisnotonlythemajorsourceofpoeticimagery,butalsoprovidesthedominantsubjectmatter.Wordsworthistheclosesttonature.
Toescapefromaworldthathadbecameexcessivelyrational,aswellasexcessivelymaterialistic&ugly,theRomanticswouldturntoothertimes&places,wherethequalitiestheyvaluedcouldbeconvincinglydepicted.Romanticsalsotendtobenationalistic,defendingthegreatpoets&dramatistsoftheirownnationalheritageagainsttheadvocatesofclassicalruleswhotendedtoglorifyRome&rationalItalian&Frenchneoclassicalartassuperiortothenativetraditions.TotheRomantics,poetryshouldbefreefromallrules.Theywouldturntothehumblepeople&theireverydaylifeforsubjects,RomanticwritersarealwaysseekingfortheAbsolute,theIdealthroughthetranscendenceoftheactual.Theyhavealsomadeboldexperimentsinpoeticlanguage,versification&design,&constructedavarietyofformsonoriginalprinciplesofstructure&style.
二该时期的重要作家
I.WilliamBlake
1.一般识记:
Hislife
Englishpoet,artist,&philosopher,borninLondonEngland,Nov28,1757,anddiedinLondon,Aug12,1827.BlakemadedistinguishedcontributionstobothLiterature&art.HerankswithgreatpoetsintheEnglishlanguage&maybeconsideredtheearliestofthemajorEnglishRomanticpoets.Hispoemsrangefromlyricsofchildlikesimplicitytomysticalorpropheticworksofgreatcomplexity.Asanartistheisbestknownforhisengravings,whichareamongthemasterpiecesofgraphicart.
2.识记Hispolitical,religious&literaryviews
Blakenevertriedtofitintotheworld;hewasarebelinnocently&completelyallhislife.Hewaspoliticallyofthepermanentleft&mixedagooddealwiththeradicalslikeThomasPaine&WilliamGodwin.LikeShelley,Blakestronglycriticizedthecapitalists'cruelexploitation,sayingthatthe"darksatanicmillsleftmenunemployed,killedchildren&forcedprostitution."Meanwhilehecherishedgreatexpectations&enthusiasmfortheFrenchRevolution,®ardeditasanecessarystageleadingtothemillenniumpredictedbythebiblicalprophets.LiterarilyBlakewasthefirstimportantRomanticpoet,showingcontemptfortheruleofreason,opposingtheclassicaltraditionofthe18thcentury&treasuringtheindividual'simagination.
3.领会Hispoems
(1)Earlyworks
TheSongsofInnocence(1809)isalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappy&innocentworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevils&sufferings.Forinstance,"HolyThursday"withitsvisionofcharitychildrenlit"witharadiancealltheirown"remindsusterriblyofaworldofloss&institutionalcruelty.Thewretchedchilddescribedin"TheChimneySweeper,"orphaned,exploited,yettouchedbyvisionaryrapture,evokesunbearablepoignancywhenhefinallyputshistrustintheorderoftheuniverseasheknowsit.HisSongsofExperience(1794)paintsadifferentworld,aworldofmisery,poverty,disease,war&repressionwithamelancholytone.ThebenightedEnglandbecomestheworldofthedarkwood&oftheweepingprophet.Theorphansof"HolyThursday"arenow"fedwithcold&usurioushand."Thelittlechimneysweepersings"notesofwoe"whilehisparentsgotochurch&praise"God&hisPriest&King"——theveryinstrumentsoftheirrepression.In"London",thecityisnolongeraparadise,butbecomestheseatofpoverty&despair,ofmanalienatedfromhistrueself.Blake'sMarriageofHeaven&Hell(1790)markshisentryintomaturity.ThepoemwascomposedduringtheclimaxoftheFrenchRevolution&itplaysthedoublerolebothasasatire&arevolutionaryprophecy.Inthispoem,Blakeexplorestherelationshipofthecontraries.Attraction&repulsion,reason&energy,love&hate,arenecessarytohumanexistence.Lifeisacontinualconflictofgive&take,apairingofopposites,ofgood&evil,ofinnocence&experience,ofbody&soul."Withoutcontraries,"Blakestates,"thereisnoprogression."The"marriage,"toBlake,meansthereconciliationofthecontraries,notthesubordinationoftheonetotheother.
(2)Laterworks
Inhislaterperiod,Blakewrotequiteafewpropheticbooks,whichrevealhimastheprophetofuniversalpolitical&spiritualfreedomandshowthepoethimselfasthespokesmanofrevolt.Themajoronesare:
TheBookofUrizen(1794),TheBookofLos(1795)。
TheFourZoas(1796-1807)&Milton(1804-1920)。
4.领会CharacteristicsofBlake'spoems
Blakewholivedintheblazeofrevelation,feltboundtodeclarethat"IknowthatThisworldisaworldofIMAGINATION&Vision,"&that"TheNatureofmyworkisvisionaryorimaginative."
Fromchildhood,Blakehadastronglyvisualmind;whateverheimagined,healsosaw.Asanimaginativepoet,hepresentshisviewinvisualimagesinsteadofabstractterms.
Blakewriteshispoemsinplain&directlanguage.Hispoemsoftencarrythe