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Lecture 14
The Theme: THE SENTIMENTALISTS
The Plan

1. 
   Robert Burns (1759 – 1796).
   
2. 
   The Romantic Movement.
   
3. 
   George Gordon Byron (1788 – 1824).
   
4. 
   “The Corsair”.
   
5. 
   “Child Harold’s Pilgrimage”.
   

Literature
1. Аракин В.Д. Практический курс английского языка. – М.: Владос, 1998. – 536 с.
2. Abbs B. Starting Strategies. - Longman, 1977. Aston H. Streets Ahead. - Book 1. - OUP,1990.
3. Bell J. Pre-Intermediate. - Longman, 1995.
4. Black V. Fast Forward 1 .- OUP, 1986. - P. 7.
5. Hartley B. Streamline English Departures. – OUP, 1978. - P. 2 - 6.
6. Richards J. Interchange 1/-CUP, 1990. - P. 2 - 8.
7. Sinclair B. Active Your English. Pre-Intermediate. - CUP, 1995/
8. Soars L. Headway. Elementary.- OUP, 1993/
9. Swan M. The New Cambridge English Course. - CUP, 1991/
10. Vimey P. Grapevine 1 .- OUP, 1989.
11. Volosova T.D., Rogoff V.V. English Literature. – M.: Prosvescheniye, 1994. – 240 p.
THE SENTIMENTALISTS
The optimism felt in literature during the first half of the 18th century gave way to a certain depression as years went by. Towards the middle of the century a new literary trend, that of Sentimentalism, appeared. The first representative of the sentimental school in English literature was Samuel Richardson. His novels "Pamela or Virtue Rewarded" (1740), "Clarissa" (1748), and "The History of Sir Charles Grandison" (1754) are works in which the inner world of the characters is shown. Richardson glorifies middle-class virtues as opposed to the immorality of the aristocracy. He makes his readers sympathize with his heroes. These novels were very much admired in the 18th and 19th centuries. They were well known in Russia, Much in the works of the novelists of the time does not appeal to readers today; but the novels of these writers are fall of humour and truthful descriptions of men and things, and as such will always be read.
Influenced by the French writer Rousseau the sentimentalists thought that civilization was harmful to humanity. They believed that man should live close to nature and be free from the corrupting influence of town life. In Oliver Goldsmith's novel "The Vicar of Wakefield" (1766) and Laurence Sterne's "Sentimental Journey", as well as in other novels of the time, the corruption of town life is contrasted to the happy patriarchal life in the country. Oliver Goldsmith was also a poet. His famous poem "The Deserted Village" shows England at the time of the expropriation of the peasants.