2011年7月自考真题英美文学选读.doc

英国文学史资料 I. Old English Literature The Late Medieval Ages ? Beowulf贝奥武夫? Artistic features: Using alliteration头韵 ?? Using metaphor暗喻 and understatement含蓄陈述 ? Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里?乔叟The founder of English poetry. ???? 三个阶段： 1 The Romaunt of the Rose玫瑰传奇 2Troilus and Criseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德longest complete poem 3 The Canterbury Tales坎特伯雷故事集： Significance :first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(英雄双韵体) by middle English ? II The Renaissance Period A period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance. Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world. Humanism is the key-note of the Renaissance. 1.???????? Edmund Spenser埃德蒙?斯宾塞1552~1599 （后人称之为“诗人的诗人”。） The poets’ poet. The first to be buried in the Poet’s corner of Westerminster Abbey. ? ?①? The Faerie Queene仙后(for Queen Elizabeth) ????? ?The theme is not “Arms and the man”, but something more romantic “Fierce wars and faithfull loves”. The Shepherds Calendar牧人日历 ???? The theme is to lament over the loss of Rosalinism ?2.? Thomas More托马斯?莫尔1478~1535 ????? One of the greatest English humanists Utopia乌托邦? Two books:1.on the social conditions of English ???????? 2.on an ideal communist society??? ?3.? Francis Bacon弗兰西斯?培根1561~1626 ??The first English essayist.father of english eassy. 1The Advancement of Learning学术的推进 2.New Instrument 3Essays随笔58 essays? ? 4. ?Marlowe柯里斯托弗?马洛 The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus浮士德博士的悲剧（根据德国民间故事书写成） Tamburlaine帖木耳大帝?? The Jew of? Malta马耳他岛的犹太人 5.? William Shakespeare威廉?莎士比亚?1564~1616共37plays ??Historical plays: Henry VI ; Henry IV : Richard III ; Henry V ；Richard II；Henry VIII 四大喜剧:第二阶段 As You Like It皆大欢喜; ??Twelfth Night第十二夜; A Midsummer Night’S Dream仲夏夜之梦; Merchant Of Venice威尼斯商人 四大悲剧: Hamlet哈姆莱特; Othello奥赛罗; King Lear李尔王; Macbeth麦克白 Shakespeare Sonnet :154 The