/kloc-another reason why the 0/8th century is called "the century of prose" is the rise of novels. Daniel defoe's Robinson Crusoe describes the protagonist's life on an isolated island in a realistic way, and creates an image of a bourgeois pioneer and colonist with the spirit of the times. This novel is regarded as the original work of realistic novels, which won Defoe the title of "the father of English novels". Another novel by Defoe, Moore Flanders, describes the heroine Moore's experience of being forced by life and becoming a prostitute and thief in Britain. Realistic novels have been further developed in henry fielding's works. In his tom jones, the story unfolds in three different backgrounds: the countryside, the road and London, showing readers a panoramic view of British society at that time. The novel ends with Tom, who represents nature, and Sophia, who represents reason and wisdom, finally getting married, expressing the idea that feelings should be accepted and restrained. The book *** 18 volumes, each of which begins with the author's discussion on the novel art, shows Fielding's theoretical consciousness in novel creation. Samuel richardson, a contemporary of Fielding, wrote Pamela and Clarissa Harlow in epistolary style. He put his perspective on the young heroine's heart, and his psychological portrayal was incisive, which made readers cry. Tobias Smollett was a unique novelist in the middle of18th century. His Adventures of Roderick Langdon inherits the tradition of European tramp novels, with a loose layout, which is a combination of a series of adventure stories with rapid development, alternating likes and dislikes and rapid changes. Lawrence sterne's Life and Views of Tristram Shandy broke the traditional narrative mode of novels and wrote in a strange way. Each chapter of the novel varies in length, and some are even blank. The book is full of long comments and exclamations, as well as music scores, asterisks, abbreviations and so on. Stern's experiment in novel form attracted the attention of Russian formalist critics in the 20th century, and Biography of Xiang Di was regarded as "the most typical novel in world literature". Critics point out that the loss of consciousness in 10 century novels can be traced back to this strange novel.
/kloc-in the middle of the 0/8th century, the industrial revolution took place in Britain. Many writers lament that the development of capitalist industrialization has destroyed the traditional way of life in nature and rural areas, and sentimental works with the theme of nature and emotion were once popular. Oliver Goldsmith's long poem "Abandoned Village" is a masterpiece of sentimental poetry. His "The Citizen of the World", formerly known as "Chinese Letters", fictionalized Lien Chi Altangi, a native of Henan, China, when traveling in London, wrote down what he saw and heard in London, and sent it back to the officials of the Ministry of Ritual in Beijing to look at British politics and justice from the perspective of China.
Religion, morality and social customs. James Thomson's Four Seasons, William Collins's Ode to Dusk and thomas gray's Elegy written in the courtyard of a country church express the poet's aversion to the chaotic state of the times and his concern for "death". English poetry began to get rid of the shackles of neoclassicism, and the dominant position of reason was replaced by feelings or feelings.