英国文学浪漫时期

When we two parted In silence and tears, Half broken-hearted, To sever for years, Pale grew thy cheek and cold, Colder thy kiss; Truly that hour foretold Sorrow to this! The dew of the morning Sunk chill on my brow; It felt like I feel now. Thy vows are all broken, And light is thy fame: I hear thy name spoken And share in its shame.

William Wordswwenku.baidu.comrth (1770-1850)

poetry is “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (诗歌是强烈情感的自发流露)
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a poet is a “man speaking to men”

nature gives him “strength and knowledge full of peace”. emotions and feelings written in plain English worshipper of nature

George Gordon, Lord Byron
Byronic Heroes
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a proud, mysterious rebel figure of noble origin with fiery passions and unbending will having a distaste for social institutions; expressing a lack of respect for rank and privilege; ultimately, being self-destructive

Romantic Period (1798-1832)

Romanticists

Lake poets an age of poetry Older Romanticists William Wordsworth (华兹华斯) S. T. Coleridge (柯尔律治) Robert Southey (骚塞) George Gordon, Lord Byron Percy Bysshe Shelley John Keats (济慈)

1. Industrial Revolution
Bourgeoisie became the ruling class Aristocratic class’ power weakened Proletariat class sprang into being 2. French Revolution “liberty, equality and fraternity” Inspired the progressive writers Reforms since 1815 (Para 3, P5)

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They name thee before me, A knell to mine ear; A shudder comes o’er me--Why wert thou so dear? They know not I knew thee Who knew thee too well: Long, long shall I rue thee Too deeply to tell. In secret we met: In silence I grieve That thy heart could forget, Thy spirit deceive. If I should meet thee After long years, How should I greet thee? With silence and tears.
beginning end Publication of Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and S. T. Coleridge (1798)

death of Walter Scott (1832)

Romantic Period (1798-1832)
background

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Childe Harold; Manfred; Cain; Don Juan
Byron's influence was manifested by many authors and artists of the Romantic movement during the 19th century and beyond. An example of such a hero is Heathcliff from Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.

S3: feelings

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud
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我孤独地漫游，像一朵云 在山丘和谷地上飘荡， 忽然间我看见一群 金色的水仙花迎春开放， 在树荫下，在湖水边， 迎着微风起舞翩翩。 连绵不绝，如繁星灿烂， 在银河里闪闪发光， 它们沿着湖湾的边缘 延伸成无穷无尽的一行； 我一眼看见了一万朵， 在欢舞之中起伏颠簸。

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粼粼波光也在跳着舞， 水仙的欢欣却胜过水波； 与这样快活的伴侣为伍， 诗人怎能不满心欢乐！ 我久久凝望，却想象不到 这奇景赋予我多少财宝—— 每当我躺在床上不眠， 或心神空茫，或默默沉思， 它们常在心灵中闪现， 那是孤独之中的福祉； 于是我的心便涨满幸福， 和水仙一同翩翩起舞。

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

Romantic Period (1798-1832)
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Romanticism

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A dissatisfaction with society which find expression in a revolt against or an escape from the “the prison of the actual”. Features of Romantic writings: Romanticism actually constitutes a change of direction from attention to the outer world of social civilization to the inner world of the human spirit. Romantic writings are filled with strong-willed heroes, formidable events, tragic situations, powerful conflicting passions, and exotic pictures.
I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

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It takes us to the core of Wordsworth's poetic belief--“emotion collected in tranquility” It is a bliss to recollect the beauty of nature in his mind while he is in solitude.
Part VII The Romantic Period (1798-1832)

Romantic Period (1798-1832)

Thomas Percy ushered by James Macpherson Thomas Chatterton

William Blake Pre-Romanticism Robert Burns

The poem is about Frances Webster, Byron's friend James' wife, who flirted in 1813 with Byron when he was staying under their roof, and her alleged relationship with Duke of Wellington. When Byron learned her affair with the Duke, Byron felt cheated.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways rare elusive beauty of simple life in a remote village far from the civilized world

S1: fact S2: qualities contrast

George Gordon, Lord Byron
When We Two Parted This poem looks back with regret at a broken relationship. It tells the story of a couple that shared a secret relationship and is forced to separate for a period of time, and during this period, the person to whom the poem is directed to commits an act of indiscretion and the speaker is shamed and betrayed. If he should meet his beloved again, he will greet her with “silence and tears.”

George Gordon, Lord Byron
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When We Two Parted
想当年我们俩分手， 也沉默也流泪， 要分开好几个年头 想起来心就碎； 苍白，冰冷，你的脸， 更冷的是嘴唇； 当时真是像预言 今天的悲痛。 早晨的寒露在飘落， 冷彻了眉头—— 仿佛是预先警告我 今天的感受。 你抛了所有的信誓， 声名也断送： 听人家讲你的名字， 我也就脸红。

S. T. Coleridge (1772 - 1834)

• The Rime of Ancient Mariner • albatross

George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788-1824)

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Noble origins; traveling; love affairs; revolution passion Childe Harold Pilgrimage（恰洛德哈 罗德游记） Manfred（曼弗雷德） Cain（该隐） Don Juan（唐璜）

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
influence
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the leading figure of the English romantic poetry. contribution: he has not only started the modern poetry, the poetry of the growing inner self, but also changed the course of English poetry by using ordinary speech of the language and by advocating a return to nature.

Younger Romanticists

Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice Novelists Walter Scott: Ivanhoe

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Life and Works
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childhood with freedom radical youth later years as a recluse in the Lake district collaborated with Coleridge to publish Lyrical Ballads (抒情歌谣) in 1798.