英国文学史及选读知识要点II.doc

Part VII The Romantic Period (1798-1832) Romanticism in England I. background The French Revolution（1789-1799） 2. The Industrial Revolution II romanticism 1. definition and characteristics （理解） 2. The period: 1798-1832 Beginning with the publication of Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads (1798), ending with Walter Scott’s death(1832) 3. The representative poets William Wordsworth（1770-1850） 威廉·华兹华斯 S.T. Coleridge （1772-1834） S.T.柯勒律治 Robert Southey （1774-1843） 罗伯特·骚塞 George Gordon, Lord Byron （1788-1824） 乔治·戈登·拜伦 Percy Bysshe Shelley（1792-1822） 珀西·比希·雪莱 John Keats（1795-1821） 约翰·济慈 4. The prose writers Walter Scott (1771-1832): historical novelist 沃尔特·司各特 James Austen (1775-1817) : novelist 简·奥斯丁 Charles Lamb (1775-1834): essayist 查尔斯·兰姆 5. Literary forms The age of Wordsworth – like the age of Shakespeare - was decidedly an age of poetry. There was also a noteworthy development of the novel which was already beginning to establish itself as the favorite literary form of nineteenth century. The drama was the only literary form that was not adequately represented. （一） William Wordsworth(1770-1850) I status ①the leading figure of the English romantic poetry ②He has started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self. ③using the ordinary speech and advocating a return to nature. II works 1. Subjects: ①Poems about nature ②Poems about human life 2. Works Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey (1798) 《廷腾寺》 The Prelude (1805-1806) 《序曲》 The Excursion (1814) 《远足》 Sonnets 3. selected reading Tintern Abbey She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways 她住在人迹罕见的路边 I Traveled Among Unknown Men 我曾在异乡漫游 I wandered Lonely as a Cloud 我像一朵孤独的浮云 The Solitary Reaper孤独的割麦女 （二） George Gordon, Lord Byron(1788-1824) I. Literary Works ① Hours of Idleness 《闲暇时刻》《消闲