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-----Criticalrealism(批判現實主義）victorianperiodfeaturesIntroducitionofCriticalrealismVictorianpoetsandpoetryVictoriannovelistsandnovelsTimefeaturesCommonsenseandmoralpropriety,whichwereignoredbytheRomanticsts,againbecamethepredominantpreoccupationinliterarywork.Appearedanewliterarytrend-----criticalrealismNovelisthemajorliteraryformintheVicorianPeriod.CriticalrealismInthe1840sandtheearly1850sGivingthecriticismtobourgeoisieandallrulingclasses,andshowingtheirdeepsympathyforthecommonpeopleDidnotfindawaytoeradicatesocialevils.UnabletofindagoodsolutiontothesocialcontradictionsThechieftendncyintheirworksisnotofrevolutionbutratherofreformismPoetsandpoetryExclledatpenningshortlyrics“InthevalleyofCauteretz”“Break,Break,Break”“TheChangeoftheLightBrigade”......Muchofhisversewasbasedonclassicalmythologicalthemes.Tennysonalsowrotesomenotableblankverse''ldyllsoftheking”“Ulysses”and“Tithonus”.DuringhiscareerTennysonattemptreddrama,buthisplaysenjoyelittlesuccessinhislifetime.AlfredTennyson(1809-1892)Ulysse

尤利西斯Hereliestheport,thevesselpuffshersail海港在那邊，船兒已經揚帆，Theregloomthedarkbroadseas,Mymariners大海沉沉，朦朧一片。我們的水手——Soulsthathavetoil'd,andwrought,andthoughtwithme

與我同辛勞、同工作、同思想的人Thateverwithafrolicwelcometook他們總是高高興興去迎接Thethunderandthesunshine,andopposed雷電和陽光，Freehearts,freeforeheads---youandIareold;并用自由的心和頭顱來抗爭，——Oldagehathyethishonourandhistoil;你們和我都已老了，但老年Deathclosesall:butsomethingeretheend,仍有老年榮譽、老年的辛苦；Someworkofnoblenote,mayyetbedone,死亡終結一切，但在終點前NotunbecomingmenthatstrovewithGods.我們能做一番崇高的事業，使我們配稱為與神斗爭的人NovelistsandNovelsHeisoneofthegreatestcriticalrealistwritersoftheVictorianAgeHisworksareintendedtoexposeandcriticizeallthepoverty,injustice,hypocrisyandcorruptnessofthe19th-centuryEnglish,particularlyLondon.Allhisworksarecharacterizedbyaminglingofhumorandpathos.MajorworksTaleofTwoCities《雙城記》OliverTwist《霧都孤兒》DavidCopperfield《大衛.科波菲爾》,......ChariesDickens(1812-1870)Itwasthebestoftimes,itwastheworstoftimes;這是一個最好的時代，也是一個最壞的時代itwastheageofwisdom,itwastheageoffoolishness;這是明智的年代，這是愚昧的年代

itwastheepochofbelief,itwastheepochofincredulity;這是信任的紀元，這是懷疑的紀元TaleofTwoCities

雙城記

——節選itwastheseasonoflight,itwastheseasonofdarkness;這是光明的季節，這是黑暗的季節itwasthespringofhope,itwasthewinterofdespair;這是希望的春日，這是失望的冬日

wehadeverythingbeforeus,wehad