6.0-Victorian-Age

VictorianAge6.0TheVictorianAgeVictorianAgeHistoricalBackgroundTheTime1)theearly30softhe19thtothebeginningyearsofthe20thcentury2)thereignofQueenVictoriafrom1837to19011.VictorianAgeserioussocialproblemsconflictscapitalistsworkershugeprofitworselivingconditionlong-hourworkingnever-adequatefoodtheChartistMovement（宪章运动）VictorianAge2.RepresentativesandWorks•ThomasHood:TheSongoftheShirt《衬衫歌》(miseryofwomenworker)•BridgeofSighs《叹息桥》(tragicfateofayoungwoman)•ElizabethBarretBrowning:TheCryoftheChildren《孩子们的哭声》(miseryofchild-workers)VictorianAge3.VictorianLiteratureMainlythreekinds:theChartistliteratureEnglishCriticalRealismLiteratureinMidandLate19thCenturyThemostimportantintheVictoryAgeCharles,ThackerayandsomewomennovelistsVictorianAgeChartistLiterature1.thetime2.theChartistLiterature3.theChartistsfrom1832totheearly1850’sknownastheworkingclassliteraturethoseworkingclasswriterswhowroteintheearlyVictorianAgetheReformBill（英国历史上1832年议会选举法修正法案VictorianAge4.theThemetheawakenedsocialconscience(1)(2)thestruggleoftheproletariatforitsrightearlyVictorianliteraturetheChartistLiteratureVictorianAgeChartistLiterature5.majorform:poetry6.representative:EarnestJonesTheSongoftheWage-SlaveTheSongoftheLowerClassWorksThomasCooperW.JamesLintonVictorianAgeEnglishCriticalRealism•1.WhatisCriticalRealism?•thefloweringtime:thefortiesandfiftiesofthe19thcentury.•2.Whatarethefeaturesofthecriticalrealisticwritings?VictorianAgeFeaturesofCriticalRealisticWritings•1)Therealistsfirstandforemostcriticizedthecapitalistsocietyfromademocraticviewpointanddelineated(portrayed)thecrying(extremelyshocking)contradictionsofbourgeoisreality.VictorianAgeFeaturesofCriticalRealisticWritings•2)ThegreatnessoftheEnglishrealistsliesnotonlyintheirsatiricalportrayalofbourgeoisieandintheexposureofthegreedandhypocrisyoftherulingclasses,butalsointheirsympathyforthelaboringpeople.VictorianAgeFeaturesofCriticalRealisticWritings•3)Humorandsatireareusedtoexposeandcriticizetheseamy(dark)sideofreality.•4)Themajorcontributionofthecriticalrealistsliesintheirperfectionofthenovel.VictorianAgeCharlesDickens(1812—1870)VictorianAgechildlaborVictorianAgeHisLifein1836SketchesbyBoz《特写集》marriedhumorousstoriesfirstrankwithoutrestPoets’CorneratWestminsterAbbeyPickwickPapers《匹克威克外传》VictorianAgeCharlesDickensVictorianAgeMajorWorks1836—1841,youthfuloptimism•1)SketchesbyBoz•«特写集»,thefirstbook•2)ThePickwickPapers•«匹克威克外传»VictorianAgeMajorWorks•3.OliverTwist«奥克佛·特维斯特»，《雾都孤儿》•4.NicholsNickleby•«尼古拉斯·尼克尔贝»•5.TheOldCuriosityShop•«老古玩店»•6.BarnabyRudge《巴纳比·拉奇》•ThefirstnovelofsocialhistoryVictorianAgeMajorWorksThesecondperiodofexcitementandirritation(greatanger)•1)AmericanNotes«美国札记»•2)MartinChuzzlewit•«马丁·朱述尔维特»•AChristmasCarol《圣诞颂歌》•TheChimes《教堂钟声》•TheCricketontheHearth《灶上蟋蟀》•(《圣诞颂歌》，《教堂钟声》和《灶上蟋蟀》以圣诞为题材具有浓郁宗教色彩。)VictorianAgeMajorWorks•3)DombeyandSon•«董贝父子»•4)DavidCopperfield•«大卫·科波菲尔»•hisbestbookVictorianAgeMajorWorksThethirdperiodofshowingintensifying(increasing)pessimism•1)BleakHouse«荒凉山庄»•2)HardTimes•«艰难时世»•3)LittleDorrit«小杜丽»•4)ATaleofTwoCities•«双城记»VictorianAgeMajorWorks•5)GreatExpectations«远大前程»;•6)OurMutualFriend•«我们的共同朋友»,theworsebook;•7)EdwinDrood(unfinished)•«艾德温·德鲁德之谜».VictorianAgeWilliamMakepeaceThackeray威廉•梅克皮斯•萨克雷VictorianAgeHisLiteraryWorks–1)TheBookofSnobs–《势利人脸谱》《势利者集》–Itgivesasatiricaldescriptionofthedifferentstrata/'streitə/oftherulingclassesofEnglandandisregardedasapreludetoThackeray’smajorliterarycareer.VictorianAgeHisLiteraryWorks–2)VanityFair–《名利场》–3)TheHistoryofPendennis《彭登尼斯》–4)TheNewcomes–《纽克姆一家》VictorianAgeAnalysisofVanityFaircharactersAmeliaSedleyRebeccaSharpabourgeoissocietycunning,immoralandquick-witted随机应变的shrewd,unscrupulous,sophisticated世故的simple,sentimental,weak,butgoodatheartVictorianAgeAnalysisofVanityFair•Inthenovel,BeckySharpisaclassicexampleofthismoney-grubbinginstinct(本能).•EveryonewishestogainsomethinginVanityFairandactsalmostinthesamemannerasBecky.VictorianAgeSomeWomenNovelists•JaneAusten•CharlotteBronte•EmilyBronte•AnneBronte•Mrs.Gaskell•GeorgeEliotVictorianAgeJaneAusten(1775—1817)VictorianAgeHerNovels–1.NorthangerAbbey–《诺桑觉寺》–2.SenseandSensibility–《理智与情感》–3.PrideandPrejudice–《傲慢与偏见》(Itwentbegging(没人要)for16years)VictorianAgeHerNovels–4.MansfieldPark–《曼斯菲尔德花园》–5.Emma–《爱玛》–6.Persuasion–《劝告》VictorianAgeCharlotteBrontëVictorianAgeVictorianAge•“DoyouthinkIcanstaytobecomenothingtoyou?SoyouthinkIamanautomaton?—amachinewithoutfeelings?Andcanbeartohavemymorselofbreadsnatchedfrommylips,andmydropoflivingwaterdashedfrommycup?.......itismyspiritthataddressesyourspirit;justasifbothhadpassedthroughthegrave,andwestoodatGod’sfeet,equal---asweare!”•Identifytheauthorandthetitleofthenovel.•Whoisthespeakerandwhomishe/shetalkingto?•Summarizethespeaker’smeaning.Brone’sJaneEyreThespeakerisJaneEyreandsheistalkingtoMr.Rochester.ShefeelshurtbecauseMrs.Rochesterdoesn’ttreatherasanequalbeing.VictorianAgeEmilyBrontë(1818—1848)VictorianAge•“Heneitherspoke,norloosedhisholdsomefiveminutes,duringwhichperiodbebestowedmorekissesthaneverhegaveinhislifebefore,Idaresay;butthenmymistresshadkissedhimf