TheRomanticPeriod(1798-1832)RomanticismRomanticismisakindofwayofcreationinartandliterature,itshapesthecharacterimageandreflectthereallifebyusingrichimaginationandexaggeration.Typesofromanticism:•Negativeromanticismglossovertherealityorregretthepast•Positiveromanticismcanbreakthroughthecurrentsituation,predictethedevelopdirectionofthingsEnglishRomanticLiterature1.TheTimebeginningending17981832WilliamWordsworthLyricalBalladsWalterScott’sdeathHistoricalBackgroundsIndustrialRevolutionmadeEnglandthefactoryoftheworldThebourgeoisiewaspushedtothedominantposition;Proletariatcameintoexistence.Workerswerebecametheslavesofmachineryandofcreatingurbanenvironments;Nocallingsofproletariatforlibertyandequalityallowedbythebourgeoisie.literatorsweredisappointedofthenewworldandthebourgeoisie,andturnedtonatureandtheirinnerminds.1.Focusonsubjectiveideals,expressstrongpersonalfeelingsAgainsttheclassicaldisciplinesEmphasizestheabsolutelyfreecreationways.Alargeofdiscriptionofpeople'sdreams.Payspecialattentiontothelovetheme2.Describnaturalscenery,singpraisestothenature.ThebeautyofnatureandtheuglyversionofcitylifeRegardethenatureasakindofmysteriousforceorasymbolofthespirituallevel3.Haveapassionfordescribingthemiddleagesandthehistoryofthepast.Theirdescriptionisnottoreflectsthehistoricaltruth,buttheimaginationofthemselves4.Attachegreatimportancetothefolkliterature,especiallythefolkliteratureofmiddleages.Themedievalfolkliteratureisfreefromtheclassicaldiscipline,andfeaturedbyrichimagination,sincereemotion,freeexpressionCharactersSchoolsofRomanticPoets1.Pre-RomanticPoets•RobertBurns(1759~1796):1786Poems,ChieflyintheScottishDialect(苏格兰方言集)1788AuldLangSyne(友谊地久天长)1794ARed,RedRose(一朵红红的玫瑰)1796JohnAnderson,MyJo(约翰安德森,我的爱人)MyHeart'sintheHighlands(我的心在高原)•WilliamBlake(1757~1827):1783PoeticalSketches诗的素描1789SongsofInnocence天真之歌TheBookofThel塞尔书1790TheMarriageofHeavenandHell天堂与地狱的结合1793VisionsoftheDaughtersofAlbion阿尔比昂女儿们的幻想1794SongsofExperience经验之歌1795TheSongofLos罗斯之歌2.LakePoets•WilliamWordsworth(1770-1850)“PoetLaureate”桂冠诗人1798LinesComposedaFewMilesAboveTinternAbbey丁登寺杂咏LyricalBallads抒情诗集1805TheSolitaryReaper孤独的收割女1807Ode:IntimationsofImmortality不朽颂ThePrelude序曲•SamuelTaylorColeridge(1772-1834)1798TheRimeoftheAncientMariner古舟子咏1816Christabel克里斯塔贝尔KublaKhan忽必烈汗1817BiographiaLiteraria文学传记3.ActiveRomanticschool•GeorgeGordonByron(1788-1824)1807HoursofIdleness闲散的时刻1812ChildeHarold'sPilgrimage恰尔德·哈罗尔德游记1813TheGiaour异教徒TheBrideofAbydos阿比多斯的新娘1816TheSiegeofCorinth柯林斯之围1817Manfred曼弗雷德DonJuan唐璜•PercyByssheShelley(1792–1822)1813QueenMab麦布女王1817TheRevoltofLslam伊斯兰的反叛1819PrometheusUnbound解放了的普罗米修斯Englandin18191819年的英国“OdetotheWestWind”西风颂1821ADefenceofpoetry诗辩•JohnKeats(1795-1821)1820Isabell伊莎贝拉TheEveofSaintAgnes圣阿格尼斯之夜1819“OdetotheNightingale”夜莺颂“OdeonaGrecianUrn”希腊古瓮颂