Generally speaking, The Romantic Period in Britain began with 1798, marked by the publication of lyric songs by Wordsworth and Coleridge, and finally ended with 1832, with Walter? Scott's death and the passage of the first reform bill in parliament.
Gothic novel is a stage of romantic movement, and it is a kind of romantic novel which is dominant in the late18th century. Its main elements are violence, terror and supernatural phenomena, which strongly attract readers' emotions. ?
Gothic novel is a form of romantic movement, which flourished in the early stage of romanticism at the end of 18.
The main elements of the novel: the description of violence, terror and supernatural power.
Vip:
1. william blake
2. william wordsworth
3. percy bysshe shelley
4. Jane Austen
What's the difference between romanticism and neoclassicism? Provide brief evidence from the literary works you know best.
1: Neo-classicists hold that the artistic ideal should be order, logic, restrained emotion and accuracy, and literature should be judged according to its service to human beings. Therefore, literary expression should be balanced, unified, harmonious and elegant.
2. Romanticists tend to regard individuals as the center of all experiences, including art. Therefore, literary works should be "the natural expression of strong feelings", no matter how fragmentary these experiences are, the value of works lies in accurately expressing those unique feelings and specific attitudes.
3. In short, neoclassicism emphasizes rationality and form, while romanticism attaches great importance to the individual's mind.
William? Black was born in London to a small Irish businessman family. He was a poet and sculptor all his life. His genius was unknown before his death, and it was only after his death that he was excavated and became famous in one fell swoop.
In literature, Blake was the first important romantic poet, who showed contempt for the supremacy of reason, rebelled against18th century classicism and attached importance to personal fantasy.
Blake's masterpiece Song of Innocence expresses a happy and pure world, although there are occasional sufferings and sins in this world. Song of Experience depicts a completely different world, a world full of suffering, poverty, disease and war, and its style is extremely sad and depressing.
Many poems in Song of Innocence are accompanied by songs of experience. For example, "children's joy" corresponds to "children's sorrow", and a pure lamb corresponds to a burning tiger. The themes of the two poems are similar, but the styles are different.
1. Song of innocence. Song of Experience |
brief introduction
A. Song of Innocence is a lovely collection of poems, which shows a happy and natural world, although it is not without evil and suffering.
B his song of experience depicts a different world in a melancholy tone, a world full of pain, poverty, disease, war and oppression.
C. In Song of Innocence and Song of Experience, childhood is the center of Blake's concern.
2. Tiger |
What do you mean by symmetry?
The tiger's symmetrical body.
What does "tiger" mean?
There are different opinions about tigers. Some people say that tigers are made by God. Others say it was done by men. There is also a view that Tiger is a poem about work and artistic creation.
? Please comment on william blake's poems.
A. His first collection of poems, Poems and Talks, is a youth poem with joy, laughter, love and harmony as its main theme.
B. The second volume of his Song of Innocence presents a happy and innocent world.
C the third song of experience depicts a different world in a melancholy tone, a world full of suffering, poverty, disease, war and oppression.
The latter two have similar themes, but their tone, emphasis and conclusion are different. Childhood is still the two centers that poets pay attention to, and some of their poems can be matched.
For example, two poems entitled "Chimney Sweeper" are such a pair, because a poem in Song of Innocence shows the exploitation of child labor, which makes religion a comfort, while a poem in Song of Experience reveals the true nature of religion, which brings pain to poor children.
D. Blake's poetry is mature in his poem The Wedding of Heaven and Hell, which explores the relationship between opposites, because in the poet's view, "without opposites, there is no progress."
? What does the poem "chimney sweeper (from the song of experience)" reveal?
Two Chimney Sweepers are good examples to reveal the relationship between economic environment, that is, the exploitation of child labor and ideological environment. That is, the role of religion in subjugating people to exploitation. In Song of Experience, the true essence of religion is revealed, which brings pain to poor children.
William? Wordsworth
? 1797, I met Coleridge, and the two became close friends, and together they completed a collection of lyric songs.
? Poets Southey, Coleridge and Wordsworth became "Lake Poets" together.
? 1842, Wordsworth received government funding, and the following year he overthrew Southey and became the "Poet Laureate".
? Wordsworth is called "an admirer of nature".
? Wordsworth is a nostalgic poet. For him, life is like a journey of reincarnation, and the beginning of life is also the end of life. His philosophy of life is embodied in his masterpiece "Overture".
? Wordsworth pursues a simple and simple style and hates whitewashing the truth. He emphasized that the most important thing in poetry creation is to grasp the real source of the material, that is, "looking for emotion in silence". The core of his creative theory is the life experience of ordinary people.
? Wordsworth is a superstar in the history of English poetry and an outstanding representative of The Romantic Period. He called on people to look at things around them with fresh, natural and caring eyes, created a new way to write poems in the language of people's lives, and called on people to return to nature.
Writer's works:
prelude
It consists of Westminster Bridge.
Lyric ballad
I am as lonely as a cloud.
Lonely reaper
1.| I wander alone like a cloud |
This poem typically depicts the author's respect for nature. /His love for daffodils.
2.| Created by Westminster Bridge |
She lives in a lonely place.
By comparing a country girl (Lucy) to a violet, the poet tries to show her beauty and virtue, which are often overlooked, just like a wild flower blooming on a lonely road.
4. the lonely reaper
The Lonely Reaper tells us that for romantics, poetry is an expression of personal feelings and experiences, no matter how fragmented and important their feelings and experiences are. Whether their emotions are insignificant or great.
| Question |
Please discuss the significance of william wordsworth's poems in the history of English literature.
A. First of all, Wordsworth's theory, as he said in the preface to the second edition of Lyric Ballads, is a declaration of romanticism. The poet regards the direct experience of the senses as the source of poetic truth, because poetry comes from "the emotion recalled in peace". The significance of Preface is also reflected in the poet's advocacy of writing ordinary people in ordinary language.
B. Secondly, his practice is implied by his theory, because the joys and sorrows of ordinary people are his themes, in many of his poems, such as Lucy's Poems.
C third, the beauty and mystery of natural scenery is also one of his favorite themes, and the poet's sympathy for the rural poor by nature has become a part of his concern.
D finally, the poet's seemingly simple words and descriptions contain a deep and sympathetic yearning for a better world. Therefore, his most important contribution is that he not only created modern poetry, that is, the poetry of his growing inner self, but also changed the process of English poetry by using ordinary language and advocating returning to nature.
Shelley was born in a rich family, his father was a conservative squire, and his mother was beautiful.
? Shelley's desire for freedom and hatred of tyranny are embodied in his poems, such as Ode to Freedom and Ode to Naples.
? Shelley's most famous political lyric is "To the British People", which calls on workers and peasants to fight and becomes the battle song of the British * * * production party during the Charter Movement.
? Shelley's most famous lyric poem is ode to the west wind. The cold wind has given birth to a year's vitality, but it is pregnant with the hope of a new year. The poet hopes to turn himself into this westerly wind and spread his predictions about the future to the whole world.
? Shelley's most accomplished work is his four-act poetic drama Prometheus Liberated.
? Shelley's poetic language is fresh and unique, with profound cultural connotations and rich allusions, and uses personification and metaphor to describe what we see completely vividly.
Writer's works:
A lark
Men in England
Ode to the West Wind
English |?
For the British people, this is not only a cry calling on all working people to rise up against their political contradictions, but also a speech pointing out the inherent justice of economic exploitation to them.
* "UAV" refers to the parasitic class in human society.
* "English Bee" refers to the working people in England.
| ode to the west wind | (Theme)
This poem expresses his desire to enjoy infinite freedom from reality.
Austin completed six works in his life. Her first novel Sense and Sensibility tells the love experience of two sisters. Pride and Prejudice is her most famous work. In writing style, she advocates neoclassicism and adheres to the principles of rationality, order and elegance. Austen's creative themes are always related to personal life and interpersonal relationships, which is why her works are of universal significance.
| Pride and Prejudice | (Theme)
A it was originally drafted as a "first impression" in 1796, and it is the most enjoyable work of Jane Austen. The title tells a major concern of the novel: Pride and Prejudice.
| Question |
What are the writing characteristics of Austin?
Jane Austen is one of the realistic novelists. Austen's works have a very narrow literary field. Her novels are full of humor, wit and subtle satire.
According to her works, this paper discusses Jane Austen's greatest contribution to English literature.
A Jane Austen is one of the most important romantic novelists in English literature. She wrote six influential novels.
B.her main concern is human personal relationship. She regards trivial daily life as important as paying attention to human beliefs, careers and major social events. This is her importance in English literature.
C Jane Austen has matured English novels as a form of art because of her sensitivity to the universal patterns of human behavior and her accurate portrayal of human individuals.
D. She describes the world from the perspective of women and depicts a group of real and ordinary women.
Comment on Austin's attitude towards three marriage motives of the middle class in the second half of the sixth century. (Specific examples in Pride and Prejudice)
A. motivation 1: pursuing material benefits through marriage;
B. motivation 2: seeking sensual pleasure and beauty; Lydia and Mr. Bennet are such examples.
C. Motivation 3: Looking for true love, while considering personal value and economic status; Elizabeth bennet is a typical example of this kind.
Austin praised the third motive of marriage and criticized the first two wrong motives.
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