英国文学史维多利亚时期文学背景及特点 .pptx

英国文学史维多利亚时期文学背景及特点

Objectives1、TohavethebasicknowledgeaboutthebriefhistoryoftheVictorianPeriod、2、Toknowsomethingaboutthecriticalrealist3、TobefamiliarwithCharlesDickens’writingstylesandmajorcontributiontoEnglishliterature、

HistoricalBackground

--beganwiththepassageoftheReformBillin1832andclosedattheendoftheBoerWarin1902、Victoriaage:

Victoria;thequeenVictoria’saccessionin1837andherdeathin1901、Sheruledfor63years,thelongestinEnglishhistory、TheperiodhasbeengenerallyregardedasoneofthemostgloriousintheEnglishhistory、

QueenElizabeth(1533-1603)andQueenVictoria(1819-1901)、TheEnglishpeoplewereproudoftwoqueensintheirhistory:QueenElizabeth(1533-1603)andQueenVictoria(1819-1901)、Therearesimilaritiesbetweenthetwoqueens、First,bothqueenswereonthethroneforalongperiodoftime,QueenElizabethbeingonthethroneforoverfortyyears(1558-1603)andQueenVictoriamorethan60years(1837-1901)、

Secondly,duringtheirlongreignsEnglanddevelopedrapidlybothpoliticallyandeconomically、DuringthereignofQueenElizabeth,capitalismfirsttookitsshape,andthesmallislandcountrydefeatedthestrongnavalpowerSpainin1588、DuringthelongreignofQueenVictoria,Englandgrewtheworkshopoftheworldaswellasitsfinancialandpoliticalcenter、

Thirdly,duringtheirreigns,literatureflourished、IntheageofQueenElizabethdramaflourishedandwithittherewasthegreatestdramatistWilliamShakespeare、whereasintheageofQueenVictoria,novelflourishedandwithitagalaxyofbrilliantnovelistsappearedontheliteraryscene、

TheVictorianagecanberoughlydividedintothreeperiodstheearlyperiod1832-1854,atimeofsocialunrest;themiddleperiod1855-1879,aperiodofeconomicprosperityandreligiouscontroversy;thelastperiod1880-1901,aperiodofdecayofVictorianvalues、

Itcanbedividedi