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1、ROMANTICISMClassicismSentimentalismPre-RomanticismRomanticismSentimentalism1sthalfof18thcentury: poetry/novel：ledbyPope style：classicismheroiccouplet content：confinedtoclubs,drawing-rooms,socialandpoliticallifeofLondon purpose：toentertainandeducatethemiddleclass def
2、ect：nomessageforthelaboringpeople.Mid-18thcentury: *Sentimentalismgraduallyappearedasaresultofabitterdiscontentamongtheenlightenedpeoplewithsocialreality. *continuedtostruggleagainstfeudalism,atthesametimetheysensedthecontradictionsintheprocessofcapitalistdevelopmen
3、t.Dissatisfiedwithreason,appealedto“sentiment”,to“thehumanheart”.Style:classicalheroiccouplet Content:countryside,thepoverty-strickenpeasants Purpose:sinceresympathy.Latterhalfof18thcentury:RomanticRevival(Pre-Romanticism)Pre-Romanticism2ndhalfof18thcentury:anewlite
4、rarymovementarisinginEurope,theRomanticRevival/Pre-RomanticisminEngland.Features:1.strongprotestagainstthebondageofclassicism; 2.claimingpassionandemotions;3.renewedinterestinmedievalliterature.Representatives:WilliamBlake(1757-1827);RobertBurns(1759-1796)WilliamBla
5、ke(1757-1827)LifeWorksAppreciationofhisworksBlake’spositioninEnglishliteratureBlake’sTimeLinesonofaLondonhosier;neverwenttoschool;at14,apprenticedtoanengraver;then,makingalivingasanengraver;in1782,marriedCatherineBoucher,illiteratein1793,begantowritepoems;atlateage,
6、gaveuppoetry,turnedtopaintingandengraving;in1809,putonaone-manexhibitionin1827,diedinobscurityandpovertyBlake’sWorksPoeticalSketches1783Style:tryingSpenserianstanza,ShakespeareanandMiltonicblankverse,balladformandlyricmeters. Content:lamentthefeeble,artificialandmea
7、gerachievementinpoetryofhistime;contemptontheruleofreasonprevailingthen;strongsympathywiththePre-Romanticists.SongsofInnocence1789TheMarriageofHeavenandHell1790(apropheticsatireinprose,impetusofFrenchRevolution)TheFrenchRevolution,aProphecy1791(describingtheepoch-ma
8、kingattackontheBastille1789,7,14)VisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbionandAmerica,aProphecy1793(describingthetriumphofAmericanIndependence).Songsof
