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1、ChapterIITheNeoclassicalPeriod一.新古典主义时期概述 1.识记：（1）新古典主义时期的界定 （2）政治经济背景 （3）启蒙运动的意义与影响2.领会：（1）启蒙运动的主张与文学的特点 （2）新古典主义时期文学的艺术特点 3.应用：启蒙运动，新古典主义，英雄双行诗，英国现实主义小说等名词的解释 1.识记Definitionsofliteraryterms 1)TheEnlightenmentMovement The18th-centuryEnglandi
2、sknownastheAgeofEnlightenmentortheAgeofReason.TheEnlightenmentMovementwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementwhichflourishedinFrance&sweptthroughthewholeWesternEuropeatthetime.ThemovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissanceofthe15th&16thcenturies.Itspurposewastoenlightenthewhole
3、worldwiththelightofmodemphilosophical&artisticideas.Theenlightenerscelebratedreasonorrationality,equality&science.Theycalledforareferencetoorder,reason&rules&advocateduniversaleducation.FamousamongthegreatenlightenersinEnglandwerethosegreatwriterslikeJohnDryden,Alexande
4、rpope&soon. 2)Neoclassicism Inthefieldofliterature,theEnlightenmentMovementbroughtaboutarevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks.Thistendencyisknownasneoclassicism.Accordingtotheneoclassicists,allformsofliteratureweretobemodeledaftertheclassicalworksoftheancientGreek&R
5、omanwriters(Homer,Virgil,&soon)&thoseofthecontemporaryFrenchones.Theybelievedthattheartisticidealsshouldbeorder,logic,restrainedemotion&accuracy,&thatliteratureshouldbejudgedintermsofitsservicetohumanity.Thisbeliefledthemtoseekproportion,unity,harmony&graceinliteraryexp
6、ressions,inanefforttodelight,instruct&correcthumanbeings,primarilyassocialanimals.Thus,apolite,urbane,witty,&intellectualartdeveloped. 3)Theheroiccouplet ItmeansapairoflinesofatypeoncecommoninEnglishpoetry,whichrhyme&arewrittenwithfivebeatseach.. 4)theRealisticNovel
7、 Themid-centurywas,however,predominatedbyanewlyrisingliteraryform,themodernEnglishnovel,which,contrarytothetraditionalromanceofaristocrats,givesarealisticpresentationoflifeofthecommonEnglishpeople.This-themostsignificantphenomenoninthehistoryofthedevelopmentofEnglishlit
8、eratureintheeighteenthcentury-isanaturalproductoftheIndustrialRevolution&asymbolofthegrowingimportance&strengt
