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1、The Eighteenth Century,Historical Background,After the Glorious Revolution, the power passed from the king gradually to the parliament and cabinet ministers.British Monarchs in the 18th century Stuart Dynasty Mary II and William III(1688-1694, -1702) Anne (1702-1714) Hanoverian Dynasty George I (171
2、4-1727) George II (1727-1760) George III (1760-1820),Historical Background,Party politicsParty politics became more significant throughout the century, with Whigs (who supported limited monarchy, and whose support tended to come from religious dissenters) and Tories (who favored strong monarchy and
3、the religious status quo embodied in the Church of England) competing for power.,Historical Background,The Enclosure-Acts of Enclosure were putting more lands into the hands of fewer privileged landowners and forcing thousands of small farmers and tenants off their land to become wage earners indust
4、rial towns. The Industrial RevolutionIt was a gradual process of change from ”cottage industries” to factory manufacturing Overseas expansion-Britain occupied a vast expansion of colonies in Asia, Africa and North America.,Cultural Background,1. Enlighten Movement - A progressive intellectual moveme
5、nt - Enlightenment thinkers such as Voltaire, Montesquieu, Locke, Hobbes, and Rousseau believed that world was an object of study and that people could understand and control the world by means of reason and empirical research.,Cultural Background,- The celebration of reason, the power by which man
6、understands the universe and improves his own condition- They claimed that the individual was the basic unit of social analysis, and that the society should emerge and develop as the result of a social contract among the individuals.,-In religion, it was against superstition, intolerance, and dogmat
7、ism; in politics, it was against tyranny; and in society, it was against prejudice, ignorance, inequality, and any obstacles to the realization of an individuals full intellectual and physical well-being. At the same time, they advocated universal education. In their opinion, human beings were limit
8、ed, dualistic, imperfect, and yet capable of rationality and perfection through education.,Idea of contract-Rejection of “divine power” of kings-The government is of the people, by the people, for the people.Puritan values of the middle class-Self-restraint, self-reliance and hard work; the meaning
9、of life was to work, to economize and to accumulate welth.,The great enlighteners: - Alexander Pope - Joseph Addison - Jonathan Swift -Samuel Johnson,2. Cultural Progress -More schools were set up throughout the country - Copyright Act of 1709 - The appearance of such popular press as pamphlets and
10、newspapers and periodicals - The flourish of coffeehouses and all kinds of social clubs,III. Literature of the Period,1. Neo-classicism - It found its artistic models in the classical literature of the ancient Greek and Roman writers like Homer, Virgil, Horace, Ovid. - A partial reaction against the
11、 fires of passion blazed in the late Renaissance, especially in the Metaphysical poetry - Prose should be precise, direct, smooth and flexible. Poetry should be lyrical, epical, didactic, satire or dramatic, and each class should be guided by its own principles.,- Neo-classical writers are: John Dry
12、den, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Oliver Goldsmith, Edward Gibbon, etc.,2. The Realistic Novel - The English middle-class people were ready to cast away the aristocratic romance and to create a new and realistic literature of their o
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