《英美文学选读》总复习概要

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1、“英美文学选读”总复习概要Chapter4VictorianPeriod1836-1901　　2.background　　（1）earlyyears：rapideconomicdevelopmentaswellasserioussocialproblems　　（2）thenexttwentyyears：prosperityandrelativestability.anationalspiritofearnestness，respectability，modestydomesticity　　（3）t

2、helastthreedecades：thedeclineoftheBritishempireandthedecayoftheVictorianvalues　　3.idea：　　（1）Darwin‘sTheOriginofSpecies；TheDescentofManshookthetheoreticalbasisofthetraditionalfaith　　（2）Utilitarianism：whetheritcouldpromotethematerialhappiness　　（3）social

3、lyconsciouswriterscriticized（2）‘sdepreciationofculturalvalues，coldindifferencetowardshumanfeeling　　（4）literature：magnitudeanddiversity，romanticallyandrealistically　　4.criticalrealistwriters：criticizedthesociety，concernedaboutthefateofcommonpeople　　Cha

4、rlesDickens　　1.theme：criticalrealistwriters，criticize：poverty，injustice，hypocrisy，corruptness　　2.works：OliverTwist；ThePickwickPaper；DavidCopperfield；DomebyandSon；ATaleofTwoCities；BleakHouse；LittleDorrit；HardTimes；GreatExpectations　　3.characteristics：　

5、　（1）heisskillfulinthedialectandhavealargevocabulary　　（2）characterportrayal　　（3）charactersaremostlyinnocent，helpless，persecutedchildcharacters　　（4）amixtureofhumorandsympathism　　（5）bizarrefigure，horrible　　4.OliverTwist：thecrueltyandhypocrisyoftheworkhou

6、sesystemandthedarkcriminalunderworldlife　　TheBronteSisters　　1.scene：vast，rough，untouchedmoorlandwilderness　　2.CharlotteBronte：JaneEyre　　Mr.RochesterandJaneEyre.　　Rochester：agrim-looking，energetic，quick-tempered，butanunderstandingmiddle-agedman　　JaneEy

7、re：hasaburningspiritandalongingtoloveandbeloved　　JaneEyre：strugglesforrecognitionofherbasicrightsandequalityasawoman.It‘sanindividualconsciousstruggletowardsself-realization.Shegetsjoythroughthesacrificeofherselforherweaknessovercome　　3.EmilyBronte：Wu

8、theringHeights（usesflashbacks）　　Nelly：Catherine‘soldnurse，narrator，toldMr.Lockwood，atemporarytenantthestory　　AlfredTennyson　　1.CrossingtheBar；Ulysses；Break，Break，Break　　2.evaluation：PoetLaureate（Wordsworth，Southey）　　3.features：apowerfulexpress