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1、Week9RomanticPoetry(1)(1798-1832)[TheLyricalBalladscollaboratedbyWordsworthandColeridgetothedeathofWalterScott]I.HistoricalBackgroundPoliticallythemostimportanteventistheFrenchRevolution(1789),whichatfirstgaveBritishpeoplegreathopeforabetterfuturewithrightsandindependenceforallmenbutlaterbroughtt
2、hemdespairandnightmare.“DeclarationofRightsofMan”权力宣言(1791-2),ThomasPaine“InquiryconcerningPoliticalJustice”(1793),WilliamGodwin威廉葛德文“AVindicationoftheRightsofWoman”(1792),MaryWollstonecraftIdeologicallytheprincipleofRationwasgivingwaytoanindividualized,free,liberal,imaginativeattitudetowardslife
3、;atendencytoturnorescapefromthetumultuousandconfusingHereandNowEconomicallythegreatIndustrialRevolution:lcontinuedfastchangesbothinthecountryandinthecities;lmanyfarmhandsdrivenoutoflandintothecity;lwomenandchildrenemployedascheaplabor;lnewmachinessetup,renderingmanyoutofwork;lgrowingdisparitybetw
4、eentherichandthepoor;lexpansionabroadcontinued:(America),Australia,Canada,NewZealand,India,theWestIndiesandothernationsII.LiteratureProselfamiliaressaysofjournalsandnewspapers(CharlesLamb,LeeHunt,deQuincey)lliterarycriticism/reviewsasauthority(CharlesLamb,LeeHunt,deQuincey)lnovelists:JaneAusten,a
5、realistWalterScott,the1sthistoricalnovelist/romanticpoetPoetrytheAgeof(Romantic)Poetry;thevoiceoftheagedevelopedfromsentimentalandgothicliterature1.Differencesbetween18th-centuryand19th-century;betweenNeoclassicismandRomanticism:lreasonvspassionlreasonvsimaginationlcommercialvsnaturallindustrialv
6、spastorallpresentvspastlsocietyvsindividuallorderandstabilityvsfreedomldecorativeexpressionvssimpleandspontaneousexpression2.NewPoeticFeaturesA.language:simple,everydaylifespeech,commonvocabularyandaccent,dialect(Wordsworth,Blake,Burns);B.form:Lyrics---sonnet,odeNarrative---ballad(nomoreepic,mock
7、epic,romance)C.subject:Naturetherural/pastoralthepast/historicalthealien/exotic,orientalthesupernatural/mysterious(dreamsordream-like)thepersonalthecommon/lowclasstherevolutionary/justicethepatrioticD.purpose:lyrical(e