英国文学之Romanticism完整版.ppt

Part Five Romanticism in England Part OnePart TwoPart ThreeIII. Romantic PoetsII. Romantic Literature I. Historical BackgroundRomanticism Exercises Contents I. Historical BackgroundRomanticismEconomy PoliticsIdeology Politics The most important event is the French Revolution (1789), which gave British people great hope for a better future with rights and independence for all men. Economy the industrial revolution many farmhands driven out of land into the city. Ideology The principle of Ration was giving way to an individualized, free, liberal, imaginative attitude towards life. 1. The Definition of Romanticism 2. The Main Genres of Romanticism 3. The Main Features of Romanticism II. Romantic Literature 1.The Definition of Romanticism It is an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in the late 18th century and stressed strong emotion, imagination, freedom in art forms and rebellion against social conventions. Time beginningendinyrical Ballads Walter Scott’s death 2. The Main Genres of Romanticism123PoetrySimple, dialect and everyday lifeProsenewspapers, magazines and periodicalsNovellove and marriage The Main Features? 3. The Main FeaturesIdealizationCommonplaceImaginationIndividualism “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings, which originates in emotion recollected in tranquility”. Preface by Wordsworth A. Imagination Nature is a source of subject and image.Nature is a refuge from the artificial constructs of civilization.B. Idealization of Nature Man is the center of all concern.Romanticists emphasized the dignity of man.Man is an individual in a solitary state.C. Individualism common incidents and situations.natural diction and language.D. Commonplace III. Romantic PoetsPre-romantic PoetsLake PoetsRevolutionary PoetsSchools of Romantic Poets Modern English 16thW