Презентация, доклад по английскому языку Вальтер Скотт

Scott was a Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet.
Scott was the first English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime.

probably most renowned as the founder of the genre of the historical novel, involving tales of gallantry, romance and chivalry.
Beginning with the publication of Waverley in 1814, one of the most significant books of the nineteenth-century, his anonymously published Waverley novels proved hugely popular in Europe and America.

of the Scottish Borders, in 1802-3, for which he spent much time researching and collecting in the Borders.

covering

the days after the Norman Conquest ("Ivanhoe",1820),
the life during the Tudor dynasty (" Kenilworth", 1821)
the Stuart rule ("The Fortunes of Nigel", l822).
the English Revolution("Woodstock",1826)
the Restoration period ("Peveril of the Peak" . 1828).

Of this group the best known is "Ivanhoe".

of Scotland.
Ivanhoe (1820), set in twelfth-century England, was published under a new pseudonym Laurence Templeton. The novel rapidly became an international phenomenon, launching Scott's continental vogue and providing the blueprint for the historical novel across Europe.
In Britain, it played a major role in sparking the nineteenth-century fascination for all things medieval.

fifteenth-century France.
In stark contrast, Quentin Durward caused a similar sensation in France to Waverley in Scotland and Ivanhoe in England. The vogue for the novel spread across Europe, awakening renewed interest in Britain.

Scott return to the high Middle Ages with Tales of the Crusaders.
Scott united two novels, The Talisman, set in Palestine during the Third Crusade, and The Betrothed, a tale of border conflicts between Anglo-Norman and Welsh barons.
Featuring Saladin and Richard the Lionheart in prominent roles, the former gave rise to further debate on the propriety of mingling historical facts and personages with fiction.
The Talisman remains a highly popular novel.

(1802-3)
The Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805)
Marmion (1808)
The Lady of the Lake (1810)
The Vision of Don Roderick (1811)
Rokeby (1813)
The Bridal of Triermain (1813)
The Lord of the Isles (1815)
The Field of Waterloo (1815)
Harold the Dauntless (1817)

Landlord, First Series) (1816)
The Tale of Old Mortality (Tales of My Landlord, First Series) (1816)
Rob Roy (1817)
The Heart of Midlothian (Tales of My Landlord, Second Series) (1818)
The Bride of Lammermoor (Tales of My Landlord, Third Series) (1819)
A Legend of Montrose (Tales of My Landlord, Third Series) (1819)
Ivanhoe (1819)
The Monastery (1820)
The Abbot (1820)
Kenilworth (1821)
The Pirate (1821)
The Fortunes of Nigel (1822)
Quentin Durward (1823)
The Betrothed (Tales of the Crusaders) (1825)
The Talisman (Tales of the Crusaders) (1825)

and honours the achievements and legacy of Sir Walter Scott, the founding father of the historical novel.