英国文学史考试答案(刘意青简明英国文学史笔记和课后习题)(1)

第10章 前浪漫主义时期文学

10.1 复习笔记

Ⅰ. Background Knowledge About Literature at the Turn of the Century(世纪之交文学的背景知识)

1 A Brief Account of the Historical Situation(历史状况简介)

(1) New literary genres emerged, such as novels, travel notes, memoirs, life stories, ghost stories, manuals, and guidebooks. The reading public was diverted from the strict classics.

文学新体裁出现,如小说、游记、回忆录、生平事迹、鬼故事、说明书、手册、指南等大量出版发行。阅读大众从严格的经典作家那里转移了注意力。

(2) After half a century of rational thinking, now people felt the need to voice passion.

进行了半个世纪的理性思考后,现在人们感到了注重激情的必要。

(3) England and the Continent were entering a new phase of culture and literature.

英国和欧洲大陆正在进入文化和文学的新阶段。


2 Chief Literary Achievements of the Period(主要文学成就)

(1) The second half of the 18th century saw the emergence of poets such as Thomson, Collins, and Gray.

18世纪下半叶出现了诸如托马斯、柯林斯和格雷这样的诗人。

(2) In the 19th century, two poets included themselves in the Romantic category: Robert Burns and William Blake.

进入19世纪,两位诗人也将自己纳入了浪漫主义之列:罗伯特·彭斯和威廉·布雷克。

(3) In addition to new trends in poetry, the emergence of the Gothic novel at the turn of the century also heralded the Romantic Movement in the 19th century.

除了诗歌方面的新趋势,在世纪之交出现的哥特式小说也预示着19世纪浪漫主义运动的到来。

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