ChapterII-Neoclassical-period英美文学选读张伯香.ppt

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1、ChapterIINeoclassicalPeriodHistoricalbackgroundSocialconflictsMonarch&ParliamentOpposingreligiousectsRulingclass&laboringpoorExpansionofBritishcoloniesActsofEnclosureGrowthofbourgeoisandmiddleclassTheAgeofEnlightmentorAgeofreasonEnlightenment:anintellectualmovementbeginninginFra

2、nceandthenspreadthroughoutEurope.acontinuationofRenaissanceinbeliefinthepossibilityofhumanperfectionthrougheducationtheguidingprincipleorsloganisRation/Reason,naturalrightandequality(AmericanIndependenceWarin1776;FrenchRevolutionin1789).Rationbecamestandardformeasurementofeveryt

3、hing.LiteratureinEnlightenmentMovementInthefieldofliterature,theEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks.Thistendencyisknownasneoclassicism.Neoclassicistshadsomefixedlawsandrulesforalmosteverygenreofliterature.FeaturesoftheneoclassicalliteratuteP

4、rose:precise,direct,smoothandflexible;Poetry:lyrical,epical,didactic,satireordramatic;Drama:HeroicCouplets(iambicpentameterrhymedintwolines);Threeunitiesobserved:time,spaceandaction;Typecharactersratherthanindividuals;Regularityinconstruction;结构工整Elegantpoeticstructureanddiction

5、;遣词雅致Seriousnessandearnestnessintoneandconstantdidacticism.语气庄重、注重说教JohnBunyanLifeandCareerJohnBunyan,thesonofapoortinker,wasborninthelittlevillageofElstow,in1628.Foralittlewhilehewassenttoschool,wherehelearnedtoreadandwrite.Hereceivedverylittleformaleducation.,andhadtheleastpro

6、miseofbecomingawriter.Buttheboyhadaprofoundimagination.Thenhetookuphisfather’strade.At17,BunyanenlistedintheParliamentaryarmyandservedduringthedecisivebattleofNasebyin1649.InafewmonthsBunyanreturnedhomeandmarriedagirlaspoorashimself.HismarriageledhimtotheLord.HejoinedaNonconform

7、istchurchandbegantopreachamongthevillagerswithpowerfuleffect.Hepreachedthetruthashesawitanddirectedhisattacksagainstsocialabusesandtheoppressorsofthepoor,thecourtandthebourgeoisie.GraceAboundingtotheChiefofSinners(1666)TheLifeandDeathofMr.Badman(1680)TheHolyWar(1682)ThePilgrim’s

8、ProgressBunyan’sworksBunyan’sstylewasmodeledaft