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1、(一)TheVictorianAgenGeneralIntroductiona)PeriodanErasinEnglishhistoryAnglo-Saxon655–1066Norman1066–1154Plantagenet1154–1485Tudor1485–1603Elizabethan1558–1603Stuart1603–1714Jacobean1603–1625Caroline1625–1649Interregnum1649–1660Restoration1660–1688Georgian1714–1830Victorian1837–1901Edwardian190
2、1–1910WorldWarI1914–1918Interwar1918–1939WorldWarII1939–1945Modern1945–presentnBriefintro:TheVictorianPeriodrevolvesaroundthepoliticalcareerofQueenVictoria.Shewascrownedin1837anddiedin1901(whichputadefiniteendtoherpoliticalcareer).Agreatdealofchangetookplaceduringthisperiod--broughtaboutbeca
3、useoftheIndustrialRevolution;soit'snotsurprisingthattheliteratureoftheperiodisoftenconcernedwithsocialreform.AsThomasCarlyle(1795-1881)wrote,"Thetimeforlevity,insincerity,andidlebabbleandplay-acting,inallkinds,isgoneby;itisaserious,gravetime."a)VictoriaPeriod1)TimeSpannTheVictorianPeriodrevo
4、lvesaroundthepoliticalcareerofQueenVictoria.nAnewerareallybeganwiththepassageofReformBill1832andclosedattheendofBoerWarin1902.2)ThreephasesnTheearlyVictorianperiod(1830~48):多事之秋(ATimeofTroubles)ItsawtheopeningofBritain’sfirstrailwayanditsfirstReformParliament,butitwasalsoatimeofeconomicdistr
5、ess.nThemid-Victorianperiod(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,andEnglandwasconfron
6、tedwithgrowingthreatstoitsmilitaryandeconomicpreeminence.b)QueenVictoriaandVictorianTempernVictoriawasbornin1819.Shecametothethronein1837(aged18),afterthedeathofheruncleWilliamIV,crownedin1838anddiedin1901.nShereignedforexactly63years,7months,2days(June20,1837-January22,1901),longerthananyot
7、herBritishmonarch.nHer9childrenand42grandchildrentyingthemtogetherandearningherthenickname"thegrandmotherofEurope".nExemplifiesVictorianqualities:earnestness,moralresponsibility,domesticproprietynTheVictorianPeriodwasanageoftransitionnAnagecharacte
