1.2英国现代派文学简介

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1、TheDevelopmentofEnglishLiteratureBeforethe20thCenturyI.OldandMedievalEnglishLiterature：“Beowulf”2.EnglishLiteratureofMiddleAges:theRomances（骑士文学）GeoffreyChaucer：II.EnglishLiteratureoftheRenaissanceearly16thCentury—mid17thCenturyFeatures:thefirstgloriousperiodofEnglishliteraryhistory,1

2、.ThomasMore2.EdmundSpencer3.FrancisBacon4.ShakespeareIII.EnglishLiteratureinthe17thcentury:Puritanage，PoetryJohnMilton：JohnBunyanJohnDonne：IV.EnglishLiteratureinthe18thCenturytheEnlightenmentMovement1.ThereignofClassicism:AlexanderPope(1688—1744):JonathanSwift(1667—1745):JosephAddison(1

3、672—1719)RichardSteele(1672—1729):SamuelJohnson(1709—1784)2.Thebeginningofmodernnovel:DanielDefoe(1661—1731):RobinsonCrusoeHenryFielding(1707—1754):TomJones3.Thepre-romanticists:ThomasGray(1716—1771)RobertBurns(1759—1796)WilliamBlake(1757—1827)V.RomanticisminEngland(1798—1832)Mostprospe

4、rousperiodofpoetry;Twogroups:positive;negativeWilliamWordsworth;ColeridgeShelley,Baron,KeatsJaneAustenVI.EnglishLiteratureintheMid&Late19thCenturyCriticalRealism(批判现实主义)Reflectingthesocialrealityofthe19th-centurysociety.CharlesDickens:OliverTwistWilliamThackeray:VanityFairCharlotteBron

5、te:JaneEyreEmilyBronte:WutheringHeightsVII.TwentiethCenturyEnglishLiteratureI.Fromtheendofthe19thcenturyto1914Atransitionalperiodinmanyfields.ThedeathofQueenVictoria----theweakeningoftheVictorianvalues,theeconomicandpoliticaldeclineofthewholestate:industry;independenceinitscoloniesabroa

6、d.Realism:dominantpositioninliterarytechniques.TheStrugglebetweenRealisticandAnti-realisticTrendsRealists：SomewritersshowcontinuitywiththeVictoriantraditionofthenovelThomasHardyJohnGalsworthyJosephConrad:SamuelButlerG.B.ShawH.G.WellsAnti-realists：OscarWilde.PartII.EnglishLiteratureFrom1

7、914to1945Historicalbackground:1.TheFirstWorldWar---awarfortheredivisionoftheworld.England,weakenedeconomicallyandinmanyotheraspects.AdebtornationtoAmerica;Lostitsterritories:TheIrishFreeState(1921);Egypt(1922);India2.Monopolycapitalism3.In1929,economiccrisis4.Changesinoldtradit