There are metaphysical poems represented by Donne and love poems written by some noble youths called chivalry. The former uses novel images and rhythms to write the complex mood of alternating doubt and belief, which shows the impact of scientific progress on traditional culture at that time, while the latter expresses an eschatological mood.
In the 65438+40s, the revolution finally broke out. After a public trial, the people executed King Charles I and established a bourgeois regime headed by Cromwell after a fierce civil war.
In literature, the revolution is mainly manifested in two aspects: first, a large number of leaflets and pamphlets were published, through which various groups, especially the equals and diggers belonging to the left wing of the revolutionary camp, expressed their political views, among which Li Erben, winstanley and others wrote sharply and forcefully; Secondly, Milton, a great revolutionary poet, appeared.
Milton's contribution to the revolution first lies in his political papers. Since 164 1, he has written many political pamphlets in English and Latin to defend the revolutionary action of the British people to execute the king and express his progressive views.
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Characteristics of English literature in the 20th century;
The first achievement of literature in the 20th century was a breakthrough in drama creation. First of all, Bernard Shaw, an Irishman, came to London and made a breakthrough in judging Ibsen's provocative drama as a European neo-realistic drama. Then he skillfully combined it with the European classical comedy tradition since aristophanes in his own creation.
He has written 5 1 plays, including The Occupation of Mrs. Warren (1894), Man and Superman (1903), Another Island of the British (1904) and Major Barbara (/kloc).
They either debate social issues or express novel ideas, but they all give the audience noble artistic enjoyment. The appearance of Bernard Shaw has fundamentally changed the situation of English drama in the past hundred years.
In terms of novels, there are many people who continue the tradition of realism. Among the older generation of writers, Wells is not only good at writing science fiction, but also good at describing the career of ordinary people in London. John Galsworthy wrote the family history of Bourgeois Forsyte in the language of upper class, while Bennett and Mao Mu wrote people's emotional life in French realism, both of which have a wide readership.
What attracts intellectuals more is Foster, who rewrote the friendship between people. His masterpiece A Passage to India (1924) expresses the spiritual gap between eastern and western cultures. Huxley used his extensive knowledge of science and literature to write down the puzzles of intellectuals in the modern world.
In the late 1920s, priestley's Good Companion (1929) appeared, which described the performance experience of a folk troupe in various places and carried forward Dickens' comedy realism tradition.
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