英国文学考研复习笔记(内部资料).doc

英国文学考研复习笔记(内部资料) 导读：就爱阅读网友为您分享以下“英国文学考研复习笔记(内部资料)”资讯，希望对您有所帮助，感谢您对92的支持! English Literature （一） 时期 1． 中古时期（约8世纪—14世纪）epic, romance 2． 文艺复兴时期（14—17世纪）戏剧 诗歌 3． 启蒙时期（17—18世纪）散文 小说 4． 浪漫主义时期（1798—1832）诗歌 5． 维多利亚时期/批评现实主义（19世纪30年代—1918年）小说 诗歌 6． 现代主义时期（1918—1945年） 小说 7． 当代文学(1945-- )小说、诗歌、戏剧多元化发展 （二） 体裁 1. Poem a, epic: Beowulf b, 14th century: William Langland, Geoffrey Chaucer, the Gawain-poet c, Elizabuthan Age poets, Metaphysical poets, Neoclassicists d., romantic poetry e, 19th century poetry: Tennyson, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold f, 20th century poetry: Yeats, T.S. Eliot, Auder, Philip Larkin 2. Novel a, the rise of novel before the 18th century in the 18th century the maturity of novel b, women novelists in the 19th century c, 19th century: social image (realistic) d, late 19th and early 20th century: (the erosion of confidence) e, stream of consciousness novel f, 20th century novel before 1950s: spiritual crisis and moral tension g, contemporary English novel (diversified topic) 3. Prose a, 16th century b, 17th century: Bacon, Thomas Browne, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke c, 18th century: Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele, Samuel Johnson d, at the end of the 19th century: Thomas Carlyle, Matthaw Arnold 4. Drama a, Golden Age of English drama—Renaissance b, Restoration drama: John Dryden etc. c, drama in the 18th century: John Gay, Oliver Goldsmith, R.B Sheridan d, 19th century: (social life) Oscar Wilde, Bernard Shaw e, contemporary drama: Angry Young Man, the Absurd Tradition Chapter One. Old and Medieval English Literature 中古英国文学 Key words: epic, Roamance, Beowulf, Geoffrey Chaucer, William Langland, the Gawain-poet. 1. Define the period of Old English literature and medieval literature: The period of Old English literature begins with the Anglo-Saxons settlement in England at about 450 to 1066, the year of the Norman Conquest of England . The Medieval Period in English literature start at 1066, the year of the Norman Conquest, and ends at