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1、TheLiteratureOf18thCenturyIntroductionLiterarybackgroundLiteraryDevelopmentFamouswritersLiterarybackgroundThecontending(敌对的)factions(派别)Literati(文人学士)asservantsofcontentionThedevelopmentofsociallife1.Theliteratureofthe18thcenturywasdominatedbytheinterestsofcontendingpartiesTheWhigs:determinedt

2、osafeguardpopularliberty;TheTories:conservative,wouldleaveasmuchauthorityaspossibleintheroyalhands;2.LiteratiasservantsofcontentionTheWhigsandtheTorieswerewellbalancedinpower.TooverturnaToryoraWhigcabinet,mostofthegreatwritersoftheagewerethewillingservantsoftheWhigsorTories.3.Thedevelopmentofs

3、ociallifeInthefirsthalfofthe18thcentury,Englandsawtheappearanceofalargenumberofpubliccoffeehousesandprivateclubs.Nearlyallwritersfrequentedthecoffeehousesanddiscussedmattersofliterature.Hence,theenormousamountof18th-centuryworksweredevotedtotransientaffairs,politics,fashions,andgossip.Literary

4、Development1.Neo-classicism2.sentimentalism3.Modernnovel4.Romanticism1.Neoclassicism新古典主义TheEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks,thistendencyisknownasneoclassicism.TheneoclassicistsheldthatformsofliteratureweretobemodeledaftertheclassicalworksoftheancientGr

5、eekandRomanwriters,suchasHomer.Addison,Steele,Popebelongedtothisschool.2.Sentimentalism感伤主义Sentimentalismisindulgedinemotionandsentiment.CriticizesthecrueltyofthecapitalistrelationsandthegrosssocialinjusticesbroughtaboutbythebourgeoisrevolutionsandtheIndustrialRevolution.Theyadvocatethatsentim

6、entshouldtaketheplaceofreason.ThomasGray,OliverGoldsmitharerepresentativesofthisschool.3.ThebeginningofmodernnovelModernEnglishnovelbeganinthe18thcenturyandgavetheworldsuchnovelistsasDefoe,Swift,Fielding,SmollettandSterne.DanielDefoe’sRobinsonCrusoewasoneoftheforerunnersoftheEnglish18thcentury

7、realisticnovel.ButitwasHenryFieldingandTobiasGeorgeSmolletwhobecametherealfoundersofthegenreofthebourgeoisrealisticnovelinEnglandandEurope.4.CharacteristicsofEarly/Pre-RomanticismRomanticismhasfiveprominentcharacteristics:TheRomanticMov