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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根本主及对后世文学的影响。
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
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构造,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。
1.一般识记EnglishRomanticism
EnglishRomanticismisgenerallysaidtohavebeganin1798withthepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge'
sLyricalBalladsandtohaveendedin1832withSirWalterScott'
sdeathandthepassageofthefirstReformBillintheParliament.
2.识记HistoricalandCulturalbackground
Duringthisperiod,Englandhadexperiencedprofoundeconomicandsocialchange.ThebiggestsocialchangeinEnglishhistorywasthetransferoflargenumberofthepopulationfromthecountrysidetothetowns.AsaresultoftheEnclosures〔圈地运动〕andtheagriculturalmechanization〔农业机械化〕,thepeasantsweredrivenoftheirland,itcausedlarge-scaleworkers'
disturbancesinEngland.
3领会
〔1〕InfluencesoftheRomanticMovement
Romanticismconstitutesachangeofdirectionfromattentiontotheouterworldofsocialcivilizationtotheinnerworldofthehumanspirit.Inessenceitdesignatesaliteraryandphilosophicaltheorywhichtendstoseetheindividualasthecenterofalllifeandallexperience.Italsoplacestheindividualatthecenterofart,makingliteraturemostvaluableasanexpressionofman’suniquefeelingsandparticularattitudesandindescribingtheindividual'
sexperiences.
(2)TheRomanticviewsaboutliterature
a.TheRomanticperiodisanageofpoetry.Blake,Wordsworth,Coleridge,Byron,ShelleyandKeatsarethemajorRomanticpoets.Theystartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedasthepoeticrevolution.
b.TheRomanticperiodisalsoagreatageofprose.ThetwomajornovelistsoftheRomanticperiodareJaneAustenandWalterScott.
c.Besidespoetryandprose,somewritershavetriedtowritepoeticdramasinthisperiod.
4应用
(1)LiteraryTerms
a.TheRomanticMovement
Itexpressedamoreorlessnegativeattitudetowardstheexistingsocialandpoliticalconditionsthatcamewithindustrializationandthegrowingimportanceofthebourgeoisie.TheRomanticsfeltthattheexistingsocietydeniedpeopletheiressentialhumanneeds,sotheygetridofthedominantmodesofthinkingofthe18th-centurywritersandphilosophers.TheRomanticssawmanessentiallyasanfreeandindependentindividualandemphasizedthespecialqualitiesofeachindividual'
smind.Romanticismactuallyconstitutesachangeofdirectionfromattentionto….(接上浪漫主义运动的影响)
b.TheGothicnovel
Itisatypeofromanticfictionthatpredominatedinthelate18thcenturyandwasonephaseoftheRomanticmovement,itsprincipalelementsareviolence,horrorandthesupernatural,whichstronglyappealtothereader'
semotion.Withitsdescriptionsofthedark,irrationalsideofhumannature,theGothicformhasagreatinfluencetothewriteroftheRomanticperiod.Frankenstein(1818)byMaryShelleyaretypicalGothicromance.
(2)CharacteristicsofRomanticliteratureinEnglishhistory.
TheRomanticperiodisanageofpoetry.Theystartedarebellionagainsttheneoclassicalliterature,whichwaslaterregardedasthepoeticrevolution.WordsworthandColeridgewerethemajorrepresentativesofthismovement.Theyexplorednewtheoriesandinnovatednewtechniquesinpoetrywriting.Theysawpoetryasahealingenergywhichcouldpurifybothindividualsoulsandthesociety.TheRomanticsnotonlypraisetheimagination,butalsostresstheconceptofspontaneityandinspiration,regardingthemassomethingimportantfortruepoetry.Natureisnotonlythemajorsourceofpoeticimagery,butalsoprovidesthedominantsubjectmatter.Wordsworthistheclosesttonature. Toescapefromarationalworldthathadbecamematerialisticandugly,theRomanticswouldturntoothertimesandplaces,wherethequalitiestheyvaluedcouldbeconvincinglydepicted.Romanticsalsotendtobenationalistic,defendingthegreatpoetsanddramatistsoftheirownnationalagainsttheadvocatesofclassicalruleswhotendedtoglorifyRome,ItalianandFrenchneoclassicalart.TotheRomantics,poetryshouldbefreefromallrules.Romanticwritersarealwaysseekingfortheabsoluteandidealthroughthetranscendenceoftheactual.Theyhavealsomadeboldexperimentsinpoeticlanguage,versificationanddesign,andconstructedavarietyofformsonoriginalprinciplesofstructureandstyle.
I.WilliamBlake
Englishpoet,artistandphilosopher,1757-1827.BlakeistheearliestmajorEnglishRomanticpoets.Hispoemsrangefromlyricsofchildlikesimplicitytomysticalorprophetic(预言的)worksofgreatplexity.Asanartistheisbestknownforhisengravings(雕刻).
2.识记Hispolitical,religiousandliteraryviews
Blakenevertriedtofitintotheworld,hewasarebelinnocentlyandpletelyallhislife.Hewaspoliticallyofthepermanentleft,Blakestronglycriticizedthecapitalists'
cruelexploitation,meanwhilehehadgreatexpectationsandenthusiasmfortheFrenchRevolution.LiterarilyBlakewasthefirstimportantRomanticpoet,showingcontemptfortheruleofreason,opposingtheclassicaltraditionofthe18thcenturyandtreasuringtheindividual'
simagination.
3.领会Hispoems
(1)Earlyworks
TheSongsofInnocence<
天真之歌>
HisSongsofExperience<
经历之歌>
Blake’sMarriageofHeavenandHell?
天堂与地狱的结合?
markshisentryintomaturity.ThepoemwasposedduringtheclimaxoftheFrenchRevolutionanditplaysthedoublerolebothasasatireandarevolutionaryprophecy.Inthispoem,Blakeexplorestherelationshipofthecontraries.Lifeisacontinualconflictofgiveandtake,ofgoodandevil,ofinnocenceandexperience,ofbodyandsoul.“Withoutcontraries,〞Blakestates,“thereisnoprogression.〞
(2)Laterworks
Inhislaterperiod,Blakewrotequiteafewpropheticbooks,whichrevealhimastheprophetofuniversalpoliticalandspiritualfreedomandshowthepoethimselfasthespokesmanofrevolt.Themajoronesare:
TheBookofUrizen(尤莱森之书),TheBookofLos(洛斯之书).AndMilton(弥尔顿).
4.领会CharacteristicsofBlake’spoems
Blakedeclarethat“IknowthatthisworldisaworldofimaginationandVision,〞andthat“TheNatureofmyworkisvisionaryorimaginative.〞Asanimaginativepoet,hepresentshisviewinvisualimagesinsteadofabstractterms.Blakewriteshispoemsinplainanddirectlanguage.Hispoemsoftencarrythelyricbeautywithimmensepressionofmeaning.Hedistruststheabstractnessandtendstoembodyhisviewswithvisualimages.Symbolisminwiderangeisalsoafeatureofhispoetry.
5.应用SelectReadings:
1)TheChimneySweeper(fromSongsofInnocence)天真之歌
SongsofInnocenceisalovelyvolumeofpoems,presentingahappyandinnocentworld,thoughnotwithoutitsevilsandsufferings.Forexample,“HolyThursday〞withitsvisionofcharitychildrenlit“witharadiancealltheirown〞remindsusaworldoflossandinstitutionalcruelty.Thepoorchilddescribedin“TheChimneySweeper,〞evokesunbearablepoignancywhenhefinallyputshistrustintheorderoftheuniverseasheknowsit.Inthisvolume,Blake,withhiseagerquestfornewpoeticsformsandtechniques,brokepletelywiththetraditionsofthe18thcentury.Heexperimentedinmeter(音步)andrhymes〔尾韵〕andintroducedboldmetricalinnovationswhichcouldnotbefoundinthepoetryofhiscontemporaries.
Inthe18thcentury,smallboyssometimesnomorethan4or5yearsold,wereemployedtoclimbupthenarrowchimneyfluesandcleanthem,collectingthesootinbags.Suchboys,sometimessoldtothemastersweepersbytheirpoorparents.Thispoem,infact,isaprotestagainsttheharmthatsocietydoestoitschildrenbyexploitingthemforlaborofthiskind,Thepoemwaswritteninthechild'
s-eyepointofview,andthedramaticirony(whatthespeakersaysinthepoemisdifferentfromwhatthepoetmeans)arisesfromthepoet'
sknowingmoreorseeingmorethanthechilddoes.
2)TheChimneySweeper(fromsongsofExperience<
)
HisSongsofExperiencepaintsadifferentworld,aworldofmisery,poverty,disease,warandrepressionwithamelancholytone.Englandbeestheworldofthedarkwoodandhopeless.In"
London"
thecityisnolongeraparadise,butbeestheseatofpovertyanddespair.Thepoemselectedhererevealsthetruenatureofreligionwhichhelpsbringmiserytothepoorchildren.Thepoemalsorevealstherelationbetweenareeconomiccircumstance,i.e.theexploitationofchildlaborandanideologicalcircumstance,i.e.theroleplayedbyreligioninmakingpeopleplianttoexploitation.
3)TheTyger(includedinSongsofExperience)
TheTygerisoneofBlake'
sbest-knownpoems.Itseeminglypraisesthegreatpoweroftiger,butwhatthetigersymbolizesremainsdisputable:
thepowerofman?
Ortherevolutionaryforce?
Ortheevil?
Orasitisusuallyinterpreted,theAlmightyMaker万能的上帝whocreatedboththemeekandgentlelambandtheterribleandawesometiger?
Thepoemishighlysymbolicwithatouchofmysticismanditisopentovariousinterpretations.ThepoemcontainssixquatrainsinrhymingcoupletsanditslanguageIsbriefandforcefulwithananvilrhythm.
II.WilliamWordsworthWilliamWordsworth(1770-1850),Hedevelopedakeenloveofnatureasayouth.AnotherimportantinfluenceonhislifewastheFrenchRevolution.In1798WordsworthandColeridgecollaboratedonabookofpoemsentitledLyricalBalladsRobertSouthey,SamuelTaylorColerdgeandWilliamWordsworthareknownasthe"
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