english literature of the victorian age 维多利亚时期的英国文学

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1、EnglishLiteratureoftheVictorianAge1.TheVictorianPeriod:ChronologicallytheVictorianperiodroughlycoincideswiththereignofQueenVictoriawhoruledoverEnglandfrom1836to1901.TheperiodhasbeengenerallyregardedasoneofthemostgloriousintheEnglishhistory.II.HistoricalBackground1.economy:Indu

2、strialRevolution(1760–1840)2.politics:Chartistmovement(1838–1848)宪章运动3.science:Darwin’stheoryofevolution(1859)4.society:thewomenquestionQueenVictoria(1837–1901)TheearlyyearsoftheVictorianEnglandwasatimeofrapideconomicdevelopmentaswellasserioussocialproblems.III.CriticalRealism

3、1.definition----Englishcriticalrealismofthe19thcenturyflourishedinthe40sandintheearly50s.Itfounditsexpressionintheformofnovel.Thecriticalrealists,mostofwhomwerenovelists,describedwithmuchvividnessandartisticskillthechieftraitsoftheEnglishsocietyandcriticizedthecapitalistsystem

4、fromademocraticviewpoint.2.Features:Victorianliterature,asaproductofitsage,naturallytookonitsqualityofmagnitude&diversity.Itwasmany-sided&complex,&reflectedbothromantically&realisticallythegreatchangesthatweregoingoninpeople’slife&thought.Greatwriters&greatworksabounded.a.intr

5、oductionofcharactersfromtheworkingclassb.stronghatredforvicesinthesocietyc.anillusionofbringingaboutsocialjusticeandharmonybyreformsd.aninterestinwomanemancipation(CharlotteBronte)3.Representatives:CharlesDickens;WilliamThackerayetc.4.FeaturesofVictoriannovels　　Inthisperiod，th

6、enovelbecamethemostwidelyread&themostvital&challengingexpressionofprogressivethought.Whilestickingtotheprincipleoffaithfulrepresentationofthe18th-centuryrealistnovel,novelistsinthisperiodcarriedtheirdutyforwardtothecriticismofthesociety&thedefenseofthemass.Althoughwritingfromd

7、ifferentpointsofview&withdifferenttechniques,theysharedonethingincommon,thatis,theywereallconcernedaboutthefateofthecommonpeople.Theywereangryattheinhumansocialinstitutions,thedecayingsocialmoralityasrepresentedbythemoney-worship&Utilitarianism&thewidespreadmisery,poverty&inju

8、stice.Theirtruthfuldepictionofpeople’slife&bitter&strongcriti