Lecture 5 The Victorian Period

Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodTheVictorianPeriodLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodTimeSpanthereignofQueenVictoria(1819–1901)1837---1901Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodQueenElizabeth&QueenVictoria1st,onthethroneforalongperiodoftime2nd,Englanddevelopedrapidlybothpoliticallyandeconomically3rd,literatureflourishedLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodClassificationsoftheWriters1.VictoriannovelistsCharlesDickens,WilliamMakepeaceThackeray,Charlotte/Emily/Bronte,GeorgeEliot,ThomasHardy2.VictorianpoetsAlfredTennyson,TheBrownings3.VictorianplaywrightsOscarWilde,GeorgeBernardShawLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodNovelwasthedominantforminVictorianliterature.TheRiseoftheWomenNovelistsLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodCharlesDickens狄更斯VictorianNovelistLecture5:TheVictorianPeriod17novelsthreestages1stperiod:theyouthfulenthusiasmandoptimism:ThePosthumousPapersofPickwickClub«匹克威克外传»OliverTwist《雾都孤儿》TheOldCuriosityShop«老古玩店»Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriod2ndPeriod:irritationandfrustration---exposingthecorruptinginfluenceofwealthandpowerAChristmasCarol《圣诞颂歌》DombeyandSon«董贝父子»DavidCopperfield(autobiographical)«大卫·科波菲尔»Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodThethirdperiod:intensifyingpessimism---showingunderlyingtoneofbitterness,lossofhopeforEnglishbourgeoissociety1)BleakHouse«荒凉山庄»2)HardTimes«艰难时世»3)LittleDorrit«小杜丽»4)ATaleofTwoCities«双城记»5)GreatExpectations«远大前程»6)OurMutualFriend«我们的共同朋友»Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodOliverTwistThenovelisfamousforitsvividdescriptionsoftheworkhouseandlifeoftheunderworldinthe19th-centuryLondon.Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodATaleofTwoCitiesOpeninglinesDictationLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodItwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes,itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness,itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity,itwastheseasonofLight,itwastheseasonofDarkness,itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair,wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehadnothingbeforeus,wewereallgoingdirecttoHeaven,wewereallgoingdirecttheotherway.Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriod那是最美好的时代，那是最糟糕的时代；那是智慧的年头，那是愚昧的年头；那是信仰的时期，那是怀疑的时期；那是光明的季节，那是黑暗的季节；那是希望的春天，那是失望的冬天；我们拥有一切，我们一无所有;我们全都在直奔天堂，我们全都在直奔地狱。Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriod•Itisafar,farbetterthingthatIdothanIhaveeverdone;•Itisafar,farbetterrestthatIgotothanIhaveeverknown.(Finalsentence)•这是我一生中最乐意做的事•这里是我最好的安息之所•Therearedarkshadowsontheearth,butitslightsarestrongerinthecontrast.•世界有阴影，但亮光在对比下显得更强。Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodGreatExpectationsLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodThemeAnovelaboutgreatexpectations,ordreamsanddisillusionsThepersonaldevelopmentofPipfromaninnocent,honestboytoavain,selfish,snobbishyounggentleman.Thepainfulexperienceinthestruggletogrowup,to“climbup”ortosucceedinthecommercializedworld.Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodCommentsCharlesDickensisoneofthegreatestcriticalrealisticwritersoftheVictorianAge.HisnovelsofferedusaprofoundcompleterealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofmid-19thcentury.Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodCharlotteBrontë(1816-1855)EmilyBrontë(1818-1848)AnneBrontë(1820-1849)AgnesGrey《艾格尼斯·格雷》Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodCharlotteBrontë(1816-1855)夏洛蒂·勃朗特Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodJaneEyreLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodJaneEyreisafirst-personnarrativeofthetitlecharacter.Page124Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodEmilyBrontë(1818-1848)艾米莉·勃朗特Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodWutheringHeightsLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodPlotastoryofdoomedloveandrevengeTheabandonedboyHeathcliffwasadoptedbyMr.EarnshawandlivedwithMr.Earnshaw’ssonHindleyanddaughterCatherine.HindleydislikedHeathcliff.HeinsultedandmaltreatedHeathcliffineverypossiblewayafterMr.Earnshaw’sdeath.Atthesametime,peculiaremotionoccurredbetweenCatherineandHeathcliff.Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodBecauseofvanityandignorance,CatherinedecidedtomarryLinton.Heathcliffleftwithanger.Threeyearslater,Heathcliffreturnedtorevenge.HesucceededinannexingallthepropertyofHindley’sandtheLinton’s.However,Catherine’sghosthauntedhimallthetime,andhediedinmentaldisorder.Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriod•Ifallelseperished,andheremained,Ishouldstillcontinuetobe;andifallelseremained,andhewereannihilated,theuniversewouldturntoamightystranger:Ishouldnotseemapartofit.•如果你还在这个世界存在着，那么这个世界无论什么样，对我都是有意义的.但是如果你不在了，无论这个世界有多么好，它在我眼里也只是一片荒漠。而我就像是一个孤魂野鬼。Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodItwoulddegrademetomarryHeathcliffsolow;soheshallneverknowhowIlovehim;andthat,notbecausehe'shandsome,Nelly,butbecausehe'smoremyselfthanIam.Whateveroursoulsaremadeof,hisandminearethesame;andLinton'sisasdifferentasamoonbeamfromlightening,orfrostfromfire.Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodGeorgeEliot乔治·艾略特pseudonymMaryAnnEvansnovelistinthemid-Victorianperiodandthemostprolificwomanwriterinthe19th-centuryEnglandLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodMajorWorks:SilasMarner《织工马南》TheMillontheFloss(heavilyautobiographical)《弗洛斯河上的磨坊》Middlemarch《米德尔马契》multi-dimensionalpresentationoftheprovinciallifeinasmalltowncalledMiddlemarchLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodThomasHardy(1840-1928)哈代NovelistLecture5:TheVictorianPeriodHisbestlocal-coloredworks:FarfromtheMaddingCrowd《远离尘嚣》TheReturnoftheNative《还乡》TheMayorofCasterbridge《卡斯特桥市长》TessoftheD’Urbervilles《德伯家的苔丝》JudetheObscure《无名的裘德》Lecture5:TheVictorianPeriodWessexNovels威塞克斯小说Do