1. Part 5 Romanticism in England English and American Literature & Selected Readings ：魏晓红 : weixiaohonghd@163.com : 13931098970

2. Part 5 Romanticism in England Contents Romanticism Wordsworth “ Ancient Mariner ” Revision Part 5: Romanticism in England

3. Part 5 Romanticism in England Development of the English Literature 450-10501100-14001400-1500 1500-1600 1600-1700 early Beowulf medievaltransition Renaissance Revolution, Restoration Chaucer English Bible More; Marlowe Shakespeare 4 Johns

4. Part 5 Romanticism in England An Overview of the 18 th Literature the Development of Poetry the Prosperity of Prose the Rising of Novels the Decline of Drama Pope, Blake, Burns Steele, Addison, Swift Defoe, Fielding, Smollett Goldsmith, Sheridan classicism: classicists realism: realists sentimentalism: sentimentalists pre-romanticists Pope, Steele, Addison Blake, Burns The Enlightenment Gray, Sheridan

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6. Part 5 Romanticism in England Important Points 1.The literary terms: –Romanticism –Lake Poets 2. The literary trends and the leading figures 3.The general features The Romantic Period

7. Part 5 Romanticism in England English Romantic Literature 1.The Time (turn of 18th and 19th) beginning ending 1798 1832 Lyrical Ballads Walter Scott ’ s death the Reform Bill （英国历史上 1832 年 议会选举法修正法案） by Wordsworth

8. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter 1 Romantic Period 1.What is Romanticism? Group Work

9. Part 5 Romanticism in England The Definition of Romanticism: Romanticism is applied to a European movement for a change of attitude or intellectual orientation （方向） in the late 18th to mid-19th century. What is Romanticism? It can be seen as a reaction against the prescriptivism （旧习） of the prevailing （流行的） Classical and Neo-classical status quo （现状） and against the rationalism （理性主义） and physical materialism （自然唯物主义） of the Enlightenment. This change of attitude is to be found in a wide spectrum （领域） of the arts, including painting, music, architecture and literature. Romanticism was a phenomenon which emphasized the individual and the subjective experience, the irrational and imaginative, spontaneity （自发的行为, natural ） and emotion, the visionary （梦幻的）, and the transcendental （超自然的）. The representatives are Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats, etc.

10. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter 1 Romantic Period 2. What is “Lake Poets”? Group Work

11. Part 5 Romanticism in England Lake Poets refer to those English romantic poets at the beginning of the 19th century, William Wordsworth, for example, who lived in the heart of the Lake District in the north-western part of England and enjoyed the experience of living close to nature, and these poets were the older generation of Romantic poets who had been deeply influenced by the French Revolution of 1789 and its effects. In their writings they described the beautiful scenes and the country people of that area. What is “Lake Poets”?

12. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter 1 Romantic Period 3. What are literary trends and who are the representatives? Group Work

13. Part 5 Romanticism in England Romantic trends & the representatives poetry prose novels periodicals 期刊杂志 Lamb, Hazlitt, De Quincey and Hunt Walter Scott, historical novelist 1)The Edinburgh Review 2)Quarterly Review 3)Blackwood ’ s Edinburgh Magazine 4)The Examiner Two Schools

14. Part 5 Romanticism in England The Features of the Romantic Writings p.212 1 ) The general feature is a dissatisfaction with the bourgeois society. 2) Their writings are filled with strong-willed heroes or even titanic images, formidable events and tragic situations, powerful conflicting passions and exotic/striking pictures.

15. Part 5 Romanticism in England 3) The difference between the two generations of the poets: with symbolic pictures, (1)Escapist poets: taking on a mystic color (2)Active poets: representing a vague idea of some future society The Features of the Romantic Writings

16. Part 5 Romanticism in England 4) The romanticists paid great attention to the spiritual and emotional life of man. 5) Personified nature plays an important role in the pages of their works. 6) The sentiments are expressed by poetry. The Features of the Romantic Writings

17. Part 5 Romanticism in England Summary 1. The literary terms: 2. The literary trends: 3. The leading figures: 4. The general features: Romanticism; Lake Poets Poetry, prose, novel, periodical Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley; Lamb; Scott dissatisfaction, imagination, emotions; rhetorical devices

18. Part 5 Romanticism in England Two Schools of Romantic Poets the elder generation: escapist romanticists younger generation active romanticists Wordsworth Coleridge Southey Byron Shelley Keats Lake Poets

19. Part 5 Romanticism in England William Wordsworth 华兹华斯 (1770—1850) Chapter 2 Wordsworth

20. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter Two 1.Lyrical Ballads 2.An Analysis of 2 Poems 3.Comments both the man and the works Learning Focuses

21. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter Two Wordsworth Comments on Lyrical Ballads Discussion

22. Part 5 Romanticism in England Lyrical Ballads 《抒情歌谣集》 1798 a joint work Wordsworth & Coleridge beginning of the Romantic Revival many subjects: romantic, charm of novelty ( 新颖 ) to things of everyday majority of poems deep love for nature sympathy for the poor Manifesto of the Movement “ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ” ( “ 古舟子咏 ” ; “ 老水手之行 ” )

23. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter Two Wordsworth An Analysis of “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways ” Discussion

24. Part 5 Romanticism in England Examples “She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways”, from Lucy Poems 《露西组诗》 (p.216) Theme: harmony between humanity and nature

25. Part 5 Romanticism in England She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways 无人曾将这少女称赞， 也没几人把她放在心上。 她住在人迹罕至的地方， 就在多佛小溪旁， 青苔石旁紫罗兰， 怀抱苔石半遮面！ — 她美丽的像一棵孤星 独自个儿在夜空中闪现。 她活着，无人知晓， 她死了，没几人知道； 但她现在孤坟之中， 对我，就不同了。 （李正栓 译） Listen

26. Part 5 Romanticism in England There are 2 images in the poem. One is the ____________________, the other ____________________________. Lucy’s beauty is ___________ to the world. Lucy’s personality is cherished by _______. A. many B. few half-hidden violet one star shining in the sky unknown few, none, untrodden, unknown The rhyme scheme is ________________. abab, cdcd, efef

27. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter Two Wordsworth An Analysis of “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud ” ( 《实践》 pp.100-2) Homework

28. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter Two Wordsworth Comments on Wordsworth and His Poetry Discussion

29. Part 5 Romanticism in England Lake Poets Wordsworth 华兹华斯 Coleridge 柯尔律治 Southey 骚塞 beginning as radicals and closing as conservatives

30. Part 5 Romanticism in England Comments on Wordsworth & His Poetry 1.Descriptions of mountains … and peasants, and reminiscences ( 回忆 )of his own childhood … Lines Written in Early Spring “ 早春诗行 ” To the Cuckoo “ 致布谷鸟 ” The Daffodils “ 水仙花 ” I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud “ 我独自漫游像一朵浮云 ” My Heart Leaps Up “ 我的心激烈地跳动 ” Intimations of Immortality “ 不朽颂 ” Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey “ 丁登寺杂咏 ”

31. Part 5 Romanticism in England Comments on Wordsworth & His Poetry Besides a deep love for nature, 2. a masterhand in searching and revealing the feelings of the common people Many themes: from rural life Characters: lower classes in the countryside

32. Part 5 Romanticism in England Comments on Wordsworth & His Poetry pathetic( 忧郁、感情上的 ) pictures of the working people naivety 天真 of simple peasant children sympathy to the sufferings of the poor, humble peasants “ The Solitary Reaper ” “ 孤独的收割者 ” “ We Are Seven ” “ 我们是七个 ” “ The Ruined Cottage ” “ Simon Lee ” “ The Old Cumberland Beggar ”

33. Part 5 Romanticism in England Comments on Wordsworth & His Poetry 3. Wordsworth’s poetry is distinguished by __________ and ___________ of his language which was spoken by the ___________ who convey their feelings and emotions in ______ and _________________________ expressions. simplicity purity peasants simple unelaborated （坦率的）

34. Part 5 Romanticism in England Comments on Wordsworth & His Poetry Wordsworth’s The Prelude 《序曲》 or Growth of a Poet’s Mind, an autobiographical poem, is the spiritual record of his mind, showing his development of his own thought and sentiment.

35. Part 5 Romanticism in England More about The Prelude 《 序曲》 p. 217 1) It is a long and autobiographical poem considered his masterpiece. 2) It has 14 books, analyzing the growth of his poetic genius during his childhood and youth, and recalls the lessons he owes to nature. 3) The description of the book has been called a long journey home.

36. Part 5 Romanticism in England Comments on Wordsworth & His Poetry 4. Wordsworth’s good poetry were written during the _________decade between ________ and__________. When he lived in seclusion, his poems became declined and more and more conservative in thought. first 1798 1807

37. Part 5 Romanticism in England Wordsworth’s Writing Principles 1.All good poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings. 2. The true function of poetry lies in its power to give an unexpected splendor to familiar and commonplace things. 3. As to language, he tried to bring his language near to the real language of man.

38. Part 5 Romanticism in England Samuel Taylor Coleridge 柯尔律治 (1772—1834) Chapter 3 Coleridge and Southey

39. Part 5 Romanticism in England Lyrical Ballads 1) “ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ” “ 古舟子咏 ” ; “ 老水手之行 ” masterpiece 2) Kubla Khan 《忽必烈汗》 3) Christabel 《克里斯特贝尔》 4) Biographia Literaria 《文学传记》 a l i t e r a r y c r i t i c i s m Poet, critic

40. Part 5 Romanticism in England lyrical poet critic Lyrical Ballads Biographia Literaria excellent style and techniques His imaginative power is intense and his language melodious. key text of the period conservative in thinking in his later years

41. Part 5 Romanticism in England Chapter 3 The Main Idea of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” Discussion

42. Part 5 Romanticism in England Literary works Lyrical Ballads: “ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ” “ 古舟子咏 ” ; “ 老水手之行 ”. The poem is considered his masterpiece. It is also considered one of the masterpieces of the romantic poetry.

43. Part 5 Romanticism in England “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” p. 219-20 It tells a strange story in the form of ballad. Three guests are on their way to a wedding party, but one of them is detained (delayed 耽搁 ) by an ancient mariner. The mariner tells him of his adventures on the sea.

44. Part 5 Romanticism in England “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” When his ship sails towards the South Sea, an albatross （信天翁） comes through the snow- fog and alights （飞落在） on the rigging （帆索； 支撑桅船和船帆的索具）. The mariner is thoughtless enough to shoot it. Then misfortunes fall on the ship.

45. Part 5 Romanticism in England “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” The whole crew, with the exception of the mariner, die of thirst as a punishment for the act of inhospitality shown to the bird by the old mariner. The spell （诅咒） breaks only when the mariner repents (regrets) his cruelty.

46. Assignments 1. Memory ： Two literary terms and representative works and the writing features. 2. Reading ： 1) 《实践》 pp.43-4, 104-106 2 ） pp.222-244: Chapter 4-5, Byron and Shelley.

47. Part 5 Romanticism in England Goodbye.