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1、The17thCenturyMiltonLecture6OutlineofthelectureⅠ.ThehistoricalbackgroundⅡ.GeneralLiterarySceneⅢ.JohnMilton&ParadiseLostⅠ.HistoricalBackground:RevolutionandRestorationTheStuart:JamesI(1603—1625)hissonCharlesI(1625—1649)protectorateledbyCromwell(1649—1660

2、)CharlesII,thesonofCharlesI(1660—1665)JamesII,thebrotherofCharlesII(1665—1688)TheGloriousRevolutionin1688WilliamofOrangeandhiswifeMarytheconstitutionalmonarchyⅠ.HistoricalBackgroundTheCivilWar(1642——48)orthebourgeoisrevolution,becausethekingrejectedtheGr

3、andRemonstrance.ThenatureoftheLordProtectorTheRestoration(1660——1688)ofthemonarchmeansthereturnoftheoldkingandtheoldchurch.TheGloriousRevolutionin1688andtheestablishmentoftheconstitutionalmonarchy17thCentury:RevolutionandRestorationThe17thcenturywasoneof

4、themosttempestuousperiodsinEnglandhistory.ItwasaperiodwhenabsolutemonarchyimpededthefurtherdevelopmentofcapitalisminEnglandandthebourgeoisiecouldnolongerbeartheswayoflandednobility.Thecontradictionsbetweenthefeudalsystemandthebourgeoisiehadreacheditspeak

5、andresultedinarevolutionaryoutburst.Theweakeningofthetiebetweenmonarchyandbourgeoisie;Theclashesbetweenthekingandparliament;TheoutburstoftheEnglishRevolution;Thesplitwithintherevolutionarycamp;ThebourgeoisdictatorshipandtheRestoration;Thereligiouscloakof

6、theEnglishRevolution.Literaturein17thCenturyTheliteratureofthisrevolutionandrestorationperiodwasverymuchconcernedwiththetremendoussocialupheavalsofthetime.Theoldvaluesystemwasonitswayout,newvaluesweretakingshape,andtheconflictgeneratedanacutesenseofloss.

7、Itledtotheattempttoseekcertaintyandintellectualharmonyontheonehand,andtoaddressthequestionofvaluesthroughviolenceandsexuality.Literaturein17thCenturyTheliteraryscenewasbynomeansprolific.Theprevalentmoodwasoneofgloom,pessimism,decadence,andfrivolity.There

8、presentativesincludeJohnDonne,JohnMilton,JohnDryden,andJohnBunyan.ChiefAchievementsTheKingJamesbible(1611)Poetry:MetaphysicalPoets,CavalierPoets,Milton’sepicsDrama:TheRestorationtheaterwasthemostdepravedofitskind.Prose:Dry