19C中期及后期英国文学VIP

1、Prose writers and Poets of the Mid and Late 19th Century,Teaching objectives,To provide the learners with a brief outline of the history of British literature during the late 19th century; To enable the students to get a general idea about the major genres of English literature in different times, a

2、nd also the major works of major authors; To cultivate the literary taste of the students. To foster the students abilities of rational reading and enlighted judging. To cultivate a keen awareness of culture.,Key words,Carlyle; Ruskin; Arnold; Macaulay Tennyson The Brownings The Rossettis Morris Wil

3、de Naturalism Neo-Romanticism Aestheticism,literary achivements,Prose Carlyle, Ruskin, Arnold, Macaulay, Morris Poetry Alfred Tennyson Robert Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning Matthew Arnold the Rossettis Drama: Oscar Wilde Naturalism, Neo-Romanticism, Aestheticism,Thomas Carlyle,Sartor Resartus H

4、istory of the French Revolution On Heroes and Hero Worship Past and present,John Ruskin,Art criticism: Modern Painters The Seven Lamps of Architecture The Stones of Venice Social criticism: Unto This Last Munera Pulveris Sesame and Lilies,Matthew Arnold,Literary criticism: The Function of Criticism

5、at the Present Social criticism: Essays in Criticism Culture and Anarchy Literature and Dogma,Thomas Macaulay,Critical and Historical Essays History of England,Tennyson,spokesperson of the age; conservative views on politics, marality and religion. poet laureate Works: Princess Maud The Idylls of th

6、e King In Memoriam,Mr. Browning,the most innovative poet of the age the dramatic monologue Pippa Passes (Bells and Pomegranates ) Men and Women The Ring and the Book “My Last Duchess”,Elizabeth Browning,The Serap hair and Other Poems The Cry of the Children Sonnets from the Portuguese,If thou must l

7、ove me, let it be for nought Except for loves sake only. Do not say I love her for her smile . her look . her way Of speaking gently, . for a trick of thought That falls in well with mine, and certes brought A sense of pleasant ease on such a day - For these things in themselves, Beloved, may Be cha

8、nged, or change for thee, - and love, so wrought May be unwrought so. Neither love me for Thine own dear pitys wiping my cheeks dry, - A creature might forget to weep, who bore Thy comfort long, and lose thy love thereby! But love for loves sake, that evermore Thou mayst love on, through loves etern

9、ity.,如果你一心要爱我，那就别为了么， 只是为了爱才爱我。别这么讲： 我爱她，为了她的一笑，她的模样， “她柔语的声气；为了她这感触 正好合我的心意，那天里，的确 给我带来满怀的喜悦和舒畅。” 亲爱的，这些好处都不能持常， 会因你而变，而这样唱出的爱曲 也将这样哑寂。也别爱我因为你 又怜又惜地给我揩干了泪腮， 一个人会忘了哭泣，当她久受你 温柔的慰安却因此失了你的爱。 爱我，请只是为了那爱的意念， 那你就能继续地爱，爱我如深海。,The Rossettis,Dante: Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood The House of Life (Ballads and So

10、nnets) The Blessed Damozel Christina: Goblin Market and Other Poems,William Morris,architect, furniture and textile designer, artist, writer, and socialist the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood the English Arts and Crafts Movement; the first English poet and writer who voiced the revolutionary ideal of Soc

11、ialism in his poetry and prose.,The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems (1858) The Earthly Paradise (18681870) A Dream of John Ball 1886-1887 News from Nowhere,Morris,Naturalism,a higher form of realism; be true to life; “slice of life”theory; “slum life” Influential figure: Emile Zola (1840-1902),

12、 Henry James (1843-1916), Thomas Hardy Gissing,Gissing,“slice of life” theory strong traces of pessimism New Grub Street 1891 Charles Dickens: A Critical Study 1898 The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft 1903,Neo- Romanticism,Protesting against the ugly social reality of their day another form of exca

13、pism sheer imagination and fancy,Robert Stenvenson,Travels: An Inland Voyage Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes Familiar and critical essays： Virginibus Puerisque Familiar Studies of Men and Books Memories and Portraits Romance: Treasure Island Kidnapped The Black Arror The Master of Basllantrae

14、Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,Cuba,Aestheticism,Principle Development: Theophile Gautier : art for arts sake Swinburne, Ruskin, Rossetti Walter Pater (1834-94) Oscar Wilde (1856-1900),Beauty is the purpose of art; the ultimate and highest and absolute goal. The purpose of art is found in a

15、rt itself or beauty of art, not in truth. Art is independent of reality or life; its value lies outside social value/morality. Art is above life.,Swinburne,Major theme: love and death Major works: Atalanta in Calydon Poems and Ballads Songs before Sunrise,Walter Pater,Studies in the history of the R

16、enaissance (The Renaissance) Marius the Epicurean Imaginary Portraits Appreciations Theory: the sole duty of an aesthete is to develop his aesthetic sensibilities and enjoy all possible varieties of artistic and sensuous experience.,Oscar wilde,18541900,道林格雷的画像 （The Picture of Dorian Gray，1891年）,剧本,

17、温德密尔夫人的扇子（Lady Windermeres Fan，1892年。又译少奶奶的扇子）,薇拉（Vera，1880年） 帕都瓦公爵夫人（The Duchess of Padua，1893年） 无足轻重的女人（A Woman of No Importance，1892年） 理想的丈夫（An Ideal Husband，1895年） 真诚最要紧（The Importance of Being Earnest，1895年。又不可儿戏）,莎乐美 （Salom， 1893年）,诗作 诗集（Poems，1881年） 斯芬克斯（Sphinx，1894年） 瑞丁监狱之歌（The Ballad of Reading Gaol，1898年）,其他著作 散文集：社会主义下人的灵魂(The Soul o