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1、NeoclassicalPeriod(1688-1798)HistoricalbackgroundMajorwritersLiteraturetermsTheNeoclassicalPeriod----theperiodinEnglishliteraturebetweenthereturnofStuartstotheEnglishthronein1660andthefullassertionofRomanticismwhichcamewiththepublicationofLyricalBalladsbyWordsworthin1978.Historicalbackg
2、round1.It’saturbulentperiod:a.GreatpoliticalandsocialeventsweretheRestorationofKingCharlesIIin1660.b.theGreatPlague(大瘟疫,指1665年流行于倫敦的鼠疫)of1665whichtook70000livesinLondonalone.c.theGreatLondonFirewhichdestroyedalargepartofthecity,leavingtwo-thirdsofthepopulationhomeless.d.theGloriousRevolu
3、tioninwhichKingJamesIIwasreplacedbyhisprotestantdaughterMaryandherDutchhusbandWilliam,dukeofOrange,in1689.Therewasconstantstrifebetweenthemonarchandtheparliament,betweenthetwobigparties—theToriesandWhigs—overthecontroloftheparliamentandgovernment,betweenopposingreligioussectssuchastheRom
4、anCatholicism,theAnglicanChurch(英國(guó)國(guó)教等于ChurchofEngland)andtheDissenters(異議者
5、不奉國(guó)教者
6、不同意者),betweentherulingclassandthelaboringpoor,etc.Inshort,itwasanagefullofconflictsanddivergence(disagreement)ofvalues.e.theconstitutionalmonarchy(君主立憲制度)cameintobeingasacompromisebetweenthebourgeoisieandthe
7、aristocrats---themonarchwasdeprivedofrulingpower,ParliamenthadmoresayTheTory(保守托利黨)andtheWhig(自由輝格黨)2.Abroad:TheeighteenthcenturysawthefastdevelopmentofEnglandasanation,avastexpansionofBritishcoloniesinNorthAmerica,India,theWestIndies,andacontinuousincreaseofcolonialwealthandtradeprovide
8、dEnglandwithamarketforwhichthesmall-scalehandproductionmethodsofthehomeindustrywerehardlyadequate.Towardsthemiddleoftheeighteenthcentury,Englandhadbecomethefirstpowerfulcapitalistcountryintheworld.TheBritishbourgeoisormiddleclassalsogrewrapidly.ItwasthemajorforceoftheRevolutionandwasmain
9、lycomposedofcitypeople.3.literaturecharacter:theEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks.Thistendencyisknownasneoclassicism(新古典主義).Accordingtotheneoclassicists,allformsofliteratureweretobemodeledaftertheclassicalworksoftheancientGreekandRo