英国文学史期末复习指南

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1、RomanticisminEngland1.TheHistoricalBackground2.Theliterarytrends*****3、RomanticismAmovementthatflourishedinliterature,philosophy,musicandartinwesterncultureduringmostofthenineteenthcentury,beginningasarevoltagainstclassicism.TherehavebeenmanyvarietiesofRomanticisminmanydifferenttimesandplaces.Man

2、yoftheideasofEnglishRomanticismwerefirstexpressedbythepoets,WilliamWordsworthandSamuelTaylorColeridge.2.2RomanticMovementTheRomanticMovementexpressedamoreorlessnegativeattitudetowardtheexistingsocialandpoliticalconditionsthatcamewithindustrializationandthegrowingimportanceofthebourgeoisie.TheRoma

3、ntics,whoweredeeplyimmersedinthemostviolentphaseofthetransitionfromdecadentfeudalsocietiestothefundamentalinhumanityoftheeconomic,capitalisteconomy,sawboththecorruptionandinjusticeofthesocialandpoliticalforcesofcapitalism.Theyfeltthatthesocietystrongreactionagainstthedominantmodesofthinkingofthe1

4、8th-centurywritersandphilosophers.Theysawmanessentiallyasanindividualinthesolitarystate.TheyemphasizedthespecialofeachindividuaFsmind.Thus,Romanticismactuallyconstitutesachangeofdirectionfromattentiontotheouterworldofsocialcivilizationtotheinnerworldofthespirit,Inessenceitdesignatesaliteraryandph

5、ilosophicaltheorywhichtendstoseetheindividualastheverycenterofalllifeandallexperience.2.6LakePoetsWordsworth,ColeridgeandSoutheyhaveoftenbeenmentionedastheLakeSchoolor"Lakers”becausetheylivedinthelakedistrictinthenorthwesternpartofEngland.Thethreetraversedthesamepathinpoliticsandinpoetry,beginnin

6、gasradicalsandclosingasconservatives.WilliamWordsworth(1770-1850)WilliamWordsworth,(1770-1850)therepresentativepoetoftheearlyromanticism,wasborninalawyer^familyatCockermouth,Cumbe匚HeisconsideredtheleaderofuLakePoetsvandgraduatedfromCambridgeUniversity.In1843hesucceededSoutheyasPoetLaureate.3.2App

7、reciation:IWanderedLonelyasaCloud/TheDaffodilsLWhytherearetwodifferenttensesinthepoem?2eWhatkindsoflanguagedevicesdoesWordsworthuseinhispoems?Howdotheyservethewriter^purpose?3>Whatisthethemeofthepoem?4.Whatkindoflangua