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1、(一)TheVictorianAgenGeneralIntroductiona)PeriodanErasinEnglishhistoryAnglo-Saxon655–1066Norman1066–1154Plantagenet1154–1485Tudor1485–1603Elizabethan1558–1603Stuart1603–1714Jacobean1603–1625Caroline1625–1649Interregnum1649–1660Restoration1660–1688Georgian1714–1830Victorian1837–1901Edwardian1901–1910W
2、orldWarI1914–1918Interwar1918–1939WorldWarII1939–1945Modern1945–presentnBriefintro:TheVictorianPeriodrevolvesaroundthepoliticalcareerofQueenVictoria.Shewascrownedin1837anddiedin1901(whichputadefiniteendtoherpoliticalcareer).Agreatdealofchangetookplaceduringthisperiod--broughtaboutbecauseoftheIndust
3、rialRevolution;soit'snotsurprisingthattheliteratureoftheperiodisoftenconcernedwithsocialreform.AsThomasCarlyle(1795-1881)wrote,"Thetimeforlevity,insincerity,andidlebabbleandplay-acting,inallkinds,isgoneby;itisaserious,gravetime."a)VictoriaPeriod1)TimeSpannTheVictorianPeriodrevolvesaroundthepolitica
4、lcareerofQueenVictoria.nAnewerareallybeganwiththepassageofReformBill1832andclosedattheendofBoerWarin1902.2)ThreephasesnTheearlyVictorianperiod(1830~48):多事之秋(ATimeofTroubles)ItsawtheopeningofBritain’sfirstrailwayanditsfirstReformParliament,butitwasalsoatimeofeconomicdistress.nThemid-Victorianperiod(
5、1848~70):经济繁荣和宗教分歧的时期（EconomicProsperityandReligiousControversy）Itwasnotfreeofharassingproblems,itwasatimeofprosperity,optimism,andstability.nThelaterperiod(1870~1901):由盛到衰过程的时期（DecayofVictorianValues）ThecostsofEmpirebecameincreasinglyapparent,andEnglandwasconfrontedwithgrowingthreatstoitsmilitarya
6、ndeconomicpreeminence.b)QueenVictoriaandVictorianTempernVictoriawasbornin1819.Shecametothethronein1837(aged18),afterthedeathofheruncleWilliamIV,crownedin1838anddiedin1901.nShereignedforexactly63years,7months,2days(June20,1837-January22,1901),longerthananyotherBritishmonarch.nHer9childrenand42grandc
7、hildrentyingthemtogetherandearningherthenickname"thegrandmotherofEurope".nExemplifiesVictorianqualities:earnestness,moralresponsibility,domesticproprietynTheVictorianPeriodwasanageoftransitionnAnagecharacte
