【正文】 s “ Pilgrim39。 Matthew Arnold (18221888) were important in the sense not only that they wrote highly lyrical poems as the Romaticists did, but also that they in their poetry reflected the spiritual search which was characteristic of the age. ? Terms—Critical Realism Critical Realism is a term applied to the realistic fiction in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It means the tendency of writers and intellectuals in the period between 1875 and 1920 to apply the method of realistic fiction to the criticism of society and the examination of social issues. Charles Dickens is the most important critical realist who applies this method. ? Terms—Dramatic Monologue Dramatic Monologue, in literature, refers to the occurrence of a single speaker saying something to a silent audience. Robert Browning‘s My Last Duchess is a typical example in which the duke, speaking to a nonresponding audience, reveals not only the reasons for his disapproval of the behavior of his former duchess, but some tyrannical and merciless aspects of his own personality as well. Charles Dickens (18121870) ―He was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering, and the oppressed。 four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!‖ ―How so? how can it affect them?‖ ―My dear Mr. Ben,‖ replied his wife, ―how can you be so tiresome! You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them.‖ ——Conversations between Mr. and Mrs Ben Explanations of this conversation—The conversation tells us that Mrs. Ben is eager to marry one of his daughters to the mentioned young man, but her husband does not care much. ? Jane Austen’s contribution to English literature （ 1） Jane Austen is one of the most important Romantic novelists in English literature. She creates six influential novels such as Sense and Sensibility, Emma, Pride and Prejudice. （ 2） Her main literary concern is about human beings in their personal relationships. She makes trivial daily life as important as the concerns about human belief and career and salient social events. This is what make her important in English literature.(3%) （ 3） Jane Austen has brought the English novel, as an art of form, to its maturity because of her sensitivity to universal patterns of human behavior and her accurate portrayal of human individuals. 14 （ 4） She describes the world from a woman‘s point of view, and depicts a group of authentic and mon women. Charles Lamb (17751834) ? Romantic prose writers （ 1） The early 19th century is remarkable for the development of a new and valuable type of critical prose writing. （ 2） The leaders in this new and important development are William Hazlitt, Leigh Hunt, De Quincy and Charles Lamb. （ 3） These prose writers were much influenced by the French Revolution in politics and by the Romantic Movement in literature. （ 4） They freely expressed their own personality in their writings. （ 5） The best representative of these writers is Charles Lamb. ? Major literary works First Period John Woodvil《約翰達沃德》 1823 12 Talisman 《驚軍英雄記》 1825 Count Robert of Paris《巴黎的羅伯特伯爵》 1832 St. Ronan’s Wells《圣 s reading experience before reading Chapman39。 expressed his eagerness to enjoy the boundless freedom from the reality. ―West Wind‖— in the poem symbolizes both destroyer of the old and preserver of the new. It destroys leaves/things/thoughts/ideas that are dead。 the laboring people of other countries. He opposed oppression amp。 The Solitary Reaper 孤寂的割麥女 )。 philosophical theory, which tends to see the individual as the very center of all life amp。書上主要介紹的是 Mrs. Dalloway，其實她的其它幾部作品特別是 To the Lighthouse 也比較出名，需要了解一下。 Lady Chatterley’s Lover 簡單了解即可。 Twentieth Century English Literature 19. John Galsworthy: 主要作品 “The Forsyte Saga”注意這是兩個 trilogy 構成的，可不是一本小說，其中比較重要的是 “The Man of Property”就是書上介紹的那一部，要知道此部小說主人公的名字，以及這個主人公的性格，和小說主題。勃朗特姐妹的小說雖然寫作在批判現(xiàn)實主義時期，但其作品有明顯的浪漫主義特色，比如包含的一些 supernatural elements，特別體現(xiàn)在呼嘯山莊中。 modest satire。 11. William Makepeace Thackeray 主要作品即 Vanity Fair 要知道這個題目出自 John Bunyan 的 The Pilgrim’s Progress，另外小說的副標題 “A novel without a hero”的意思，小說的情節(jié)，主題，人物形象都要了解。 Oliver Twist。 his death marks the ending of Romantic Period in English literature。 Ode to a Nightingale。 Prometheus Unbound（ lyrical drama，要知道大致內(nèi)容及此劇與古希臘的 “被束縛的普羅米修斯 ”不同之處及其意義。 4. Gee Gordon Byron， Byronic Heroes (名詞解釋 )。 The solitary reaper。他 詩歌的主要兩類題材：nature and mon people’s lives。 1 介紹一下，一共包括四分講義，按順序看，學姐沒有看書，只看得講義，復習了一個星期，考了 90 多分， 第一份：總體了解考點，大體了解就行（往下翻還有別的） English Literature ( Book II) Romanticis （名詞解釋）要對浪漫主義興起的時間，根源，主要特點，主要代表作家都有所了解。 寫過的著名作品： I wandered lonely as a cloud。 We are seven 等等。 著名作品： Child Harold’s Pilgrimage 要知道大致內(nèi)容，另外此詩用 Spenserian Stanza 寫成； Don Juan要知道大致內(nèi)容。）其它名作 : Ode to the West Wind。 Ode on a Grecian Urn”。 famous novels: Rob Roy, Ivanhoe。 Dombey and Son。 12. Jane Austen 主要作品： Pride and Prejudice 其它 5 部小說知道名字即可，對于《傲慢與偏見》簡單看一下它的情節(jié)和主要人物。 witty dialogues。 15. Gee Eliot 主要作品 : Adam Bede, The Mill on Floss. Prosewriters and poets of the mid and later 19th century 3 16. Alfred Tennyson 主要作品 : In Memoriam, The Idylls of the Kings；有名的短詩 Break, Break, Break。 20. Gee Bernard Shaw 主要作品 Mrs Warren’s Profession 和 Major Babara，對他作品的主要人物，情節(jié)， 主題和意義要了解，他是比較重要的一個作家。勞倫斯的思想特點 以及局限性要了解。 4 第二份：課本對應版，很多細節(jié)題都在里面，不看課本直接背這個講義 我考了 90 分， 這份是重點 《英國文學史及選讀》第二冊 復習提綱 Part VII. THE ROMANTIC PERIOD Introduction ? Historical Background The political amp。 all experience. （ 4） It also places the individual at the center of art, making literature most valuable as an expression of his or her unique feelings amp。 The Excursion遠足 The Prelude 序曲 ? Analysis of William Wordsworth’s works （ 1） She Dwett Among the Untrodden Ways is one of his famous Lucy Poems, in which the lover tells that she lived unknown and died unknown. （ 2） Composed upon Westminster Bridge describes a vivid picture of a beaut