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4. Persy Bysshe Shelley波西?比希?雪莱1792~1822 ? Poetic Drama:
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Theme: The author express his eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality.
Compare the west wind to destroyer of the old who drives the last signs of life from the trees,
and preserver of the new who scatter the seads shich sill come to life in the spring. This is a poem
about renewal, about the wind blowing life back into dead things, implying not just an arc of life (which would
end at death) but a cycle, which only starts again when something dies.
Comment: Percy Bysshe Shelley's \iambic pentameter. It contains
five sonnet length stanzas, each with a closing couplet. The rhyming scheme form is aba bcb cdc ded ee. The
tone is poignant. Many will agree that this poem is an invocation for an unseen force to take control and revive
life.
Artistic features:
Using rerza rima(三行诗aba bcb cdc ded efe …)
5. John Keats约翰?济慈1795~1821
(“美即是真，真即是美”是他的著名诗句。)
? Four great odes:
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Theme: The theme of John Keats' poem, \both natural and
beautiful. The poem praises the glories of the fall season by using almost every type of imagery to
both charm and appeal to the reader.
Comment: The speaker in the poem acknowledges that time passes by, but also asserts that this
change usually yields something new and better than what came before. Each of the poem's three
stanzas represents the evolving of two different types of change. One type of change shown in the
poem is the change of periods in a day. 6
6. Jane Austen简?奥斯丁1775~1817
She compared her works to a fine engraving upon a literary piece of ivory only inches squire.
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【Elizabeth Bennet & Darcy】in the end false pride is humbled and prejudice dissolved
【Collins & Charlotte Lucas】see the reality of marriage as a necessary step if a woman
is to avoid the wretchedness of aging spinsterhood
【Lydia & Wickham】shown the dangers of feckless relationships unsupported by
money.
【Mr.&Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Collins, Lady Catherine de Burgh】comic characters
7. Walter Scott沃尔特?斯科特1771~1832 (历史小说之父”)Father of history novels ?
VI The Victorian Period 1832-1900
Common sense and moral propreity, again became the predominant preoccupation. Critical realists
were all concerned about the fate of the common people and everyday events. 1. Charles Dickens查尔斯?狄更斯1812~1870
(批判现实主义小说家)critical realist writer
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? 双城记(London & Paris) ?
是英国19世纪小说繁荣时期最杰出的代表作家，影响遍及欧美以及世界各国。他那富有社会批判意义的现
实主义小说不仅使英国文坛焕然一新，而且对世界文学的发展也产生了深远的影响。
2. William Makepeace Thackeray威廉?麦克匹斯?萨克雷1811~1863 ? Progress>by John Bunyan) ? 3. Charlotte Bronte夏洛蒂?勃朗特1816~1855 ? Jane Eyre, a plain little orphan, was sent to Lowood, a charity school. There she suffer a lot and 8 years later she left school and became a boverness at Thornfield Hall. There she falls in love with the master,Mr. Rochester. It is noted for its sharp criticism of the existing society, e.g. charity institution such as 7 Lowood School
英国文学简史期末考试复习要点+刘炳善版(英语专业大三必备)
