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英国文学课件5.ppt

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Part V The Victorian Age (1832-1901) Chapter I A Survey of the Victorian Period (1) Definition: the Victorian Period roughly coincides with the reign of Queen Victoria who ruled over England from 1837 to 1901. one of the most Glorious period in the English history 1837年,18岁的女王维多利亚登基. 新女王在继位之前的日记中写道:既然上帝把我置于这个国家的王位上,我将尽力履行自己的职责。我尚年轻,可能在许多方面缺乏经验,但我肯定,几乎无人像我这样怀着为国为民的良好意愿和真切希望。 女王充分实现了自己的诺言:她在其一生中模范地履行了立宪君主的职责,因此深受国民的爱戴;她还是那个时代道德风尚的典范,她是贤妻良母,也是优秀的一家主妇。她自己生活严谨,工作刻苦,对别人又充满责任感。在许多国人眼中,她就是那个时代的缩影,她漫长的63年在位时期则是国家繁荣昌盛的顶峰. 在英国所有国王中,她享有盛誉,这不是因为她做出了什么轰动的事业,而是因为她什么都不做,而仅仅恪守立宪君主的本分,做她那个时代的表率。 维多利亚时代中期,英国达到强盛的顶峰,当时它的工业生产能力比全世界的总和还要大, 维多利亚中期的英国为他们的无可匹敌的地位洋洋得意,它这时是世界的贸易中心:北美和俄国的平原是我们的玉米地;芝加哥和敖德萨是我们的粮仓;加拿大和波罗的海是我们的林场;澳大利亚、西亚有我们的牧羊地;阿根廷和北美的西部草原有我们的牛群;秘鲁运来它的白银;南非和澳大利亚的黄金则流到伦敦;印度人和中国人为我们种植茶叶;而我们的咖啡、甘蔗和香料种植园则遍及印度群岛;西班牙和法国是我们的葡萄园;地中海是我们的果园;长期以来早就生长在美国南部的我们的棉花地,现在正在向地球的所有的温暖区域扩展。 Victorian key words: Family, work, morality, money, justice, competition Chapter II the Victorian Literature Victorian Novel Victorian Poetry The Nineties/ Aestheticism Chapter III Victorian Novels . Charles Dickens (1812-1870) His Major Works Upon his death, Dickens left to the world 15 novels a number of short stories. They offer a most complete realistic picture of English society of his age remain the highest achievement in the 19th-century English novel. In nearly all his novels, behind the gloomy pictures of oppression poverty, behind the loud humor buffoonery 滑稽, is his gentleness, his simple faith in mankind. Important Works Characters The first period—youthful optimist The Pickwick Papers (the supreme epic of English life): Mr. Pickwick , Sam Weller Oliver Twist (a description of the lower-depth) Nicholas Nickleby : Mr. Squeers The Old Curiosity Shop: Trent, Nell 2) The second period—excitement irritation Martin Chuzzlewit: Chuzzlewit. Mr. Pecksniff A Christmas Carol Dombey and Son : Dombey . Edith, Carker David Copperfield (Dickens’s own favourite) : Mr. Murderstone, Clara P
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