Topic Discussion: Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.Under the influence of the leading romantic thinkers like Kant and the Post-Kantians, Romanticists demonstrated a strong reaction against the dominant mo
Topic Discussion: Write no less than 150 words on each of the following topics in English.Under the influence of the leading romantic thinkers like Kant and the Post-Kantians, Romanticists demonstrated a strong reaction against the dominant modes of thinking of the 18th century's Neo-classicists. Discuss, in relation to the works you know, the difference between Romanticism and Neo-classicism.
【正确答案】:

A. NEO-CLASSICISTS UPHELD THAT ARTISTIC IDEALS SHOULD BE ORDER,LOGIC,RESTRAINED EMOTION AND ACCURACY, AND THAT LITERATURE SHOULD BE JUDGED IN TERMS OF ITS SERVICE TO HUMANITY, AND THUS, LITERARY EXPRESSIONS SHOULD BE OF PROPORTION,UNITY,HANNONY AND GRACE. POPE'S AN ESSAY ON CRITICISM ADVOCATES GRACE, WIT( USUALLY THROUGH SATIRE/HUMOUR) TAN'D SIMPLICITY IN LANGUAGE(AND THE POEM ITSELF IS A DEMONSTRALION OF THOSE IDEALS,TOO) ;FIELDING'S TOM JONES HELPED ESTABLISH THE FORM OF NOVEL; GRAY’S "ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD" DISPLAYS ELEGANCE IN STYLE, UNIFIED STRUCTURE,SERIOUS TONE AND MORAL INSTRUCTION.
B. ROMANTICISTS TENDED TO SEE THE INDIVIDUAL AS THE VERY CENTER OF ALL EXPERIENCE, INCLUDING ART ,AND THUS,LITERARY WORK SHOULD BE AS "PONTANEOUS OVERFLOW OF STRONG FEELINGS," AND NO MATTER HOW FRAGMENTARY THOSE EXPERIENCES WERE (WORDSWORTH'S "I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD,"OR "THE SOLITARY REAPER,")OR COLERIDGE'S "KUBLA KHAN") ,THE VALUE OF THE WORK LIED IN THE ACCURACY OF PRESENTING THOSE UNIQUE FEELINGS AND PARTICULAR ATTITUDES.
C. IN A WORD ,NEO-CLASSICISM EMPHASIZED RATIONALITY AND FORM BUT ROMANTICISM ATTACHED GREAT IMPORTANCE TO THE INDIVIDUAL'S MIND ( EMOTION, IMAGINATION TEMPORARY EXPERIENCE...)


【题目解析】:本题考查浪漫主义的代表作品、人物以及浪漫主义和新古典主义的区别。答题时可分别介绍两种风格的特点及代表作品,最后总结异同点。1. 新古典主义者主张:秩序、逻辑、克制的情感和准确性,文学的服务作用。比例、统一、和谐和优雅。波普的《批评随笔》;菲尔丁的《汤姆·琼斯》;格雷的《写在乡间墓地的挽歌》2. 浪漫主义者倾向:个人为体验中心,“强烈情感的瞬间溢出”,华兹华斯的《我像云一样孤独地漫游》或《孤独的收割者》;柯勒律治的《忽必烈汗》。3. 总之,新古典主义强调理性和形式,而浪漫主义非常重视个人的思想(情感、想象和暂时的体验...)。
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