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TheageofRomanticismHistoricalbackground•Thepoliticalandsocialfactorsthatgaverisetotheromanticmovementwerethethreerevolutions.•AmericanandFrenchrevolutions—nationalliberationmovementanddemocraticmovementssweptEngland，violentlyshookthefoundationofaristocraticruleinEngland.•IndustrialRevolution—transformedBritainfromagriculturaltoindustrialcountry,responsibleforthechangeinthepatternofsociallifeandtheworseningofsocialcontradictions;•Machinebreakingmovement—Withtheinventionoftheadvancedmachines,theworkswerebroughtintoadisaster.Workersorganizedthemselvesandgavevoicetotheirdistressbybreakingmachines.ThefeaturesoftheRomanticwritings:•1)Dissatisfactionwiththebourgeoissociety.•2)Theirwritingsfilledwithstrong-willedheroesoreventitanicimages,formidableeventsandtragicsituations,powerfulconflictingpassionsandexoticpictures.•3)Payattentiontospiritualandemotionallifeofman.Mostworksaresupernaturalandfullofimagination.•4)Interestinthepast,theunusual,theunfamiliar,thebizarre.•5)Strongdesiretoescapefromthereality.•6)Concernedmuchabouttheinfluenceofnature.•7)Theirwritingsfreefromanyrules,theyfightagainstthetenureofnewclassicism:order,harmony,balance,reason.Theyaskforthefreedomofexpression.•8)Afeelingofloneliness&anoteofmelancholy•9)Theglorificationofthecommonplace---theaimofgoodpoetryis“tochooseincidentsandsituationsfromcommonlife”andtousea“selectionoflanguagereallyspokenbymen”,andtoawakeninthereader“freshnessofsensation”inthepresentationof“familiarobjects”.•10)characterizedby5“I”s:Imagination,Intuition,Idealism,Inspiration,Individuality.TwoschoolsofRomanticismA.escapistromanticists,“theLakePoets”湖畔派WilliamWordsworth(华兹华斯),SamuelTaylorColeridge(柯勒律治）RobertSouthey骚塞.B.activeromanticists“theSatanicschool”撒旦派,withByron拜伦Shelly雪莱Keats济慈共同反对古典主义传统，向往唯情论，歌颂大自然。通过缅怀中古的淳朴来否定现实的城市文明。他们始终坚持民主自由理想，同情法国大革命，反对专制暴政，支持受压迫民族的解放斗争，他们肯定文学的社会作用和教育意义，写出了充满革命激情的诗篇，丰富了诗歌形式和格律。谢谢观赏