莎士比亚与戏剧lecture10WilliamShakespeareandhisplays：Hamlet.ppt

Lecture 10William Shakespeare ＆ Hamlet Objective Learn how to appreciate a drama by analysing Hamlet Forms of drama ?Opera ?Pantomime(哑剧或舞剧) Creative drama 2.History of Western drama 2.1 Classical Greek drama ◆ Western?drama roughly originated in?the?theatre of ancient Greece 2500 years ago. ◆ three?genres?of drama :?tragedy,comdedy, and the satyr play. 2.2 Medieval drama ◆ In the Middle Ages, drama in the vernacular languages of Europe may have emerged from religious enactments of the liturgy.? ◆ Types of drama: mystery plays/miracle plays; morality plays; interludes 2.3 The period of Renaissance ● Mainly represented by dramas of Britain and spain . ● “The Three Unities” rule was established . ● Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama： Flowering period: in the 16th and 17th centuries. Written language forms: in verse, particularly?iambic pentameter. Representatives: Shakespeare, Christopher Marlow, Thomas Middleton, and Ben Jonson? Writing sources: Greek mythology or Roman playwrights. 3. William Shakespeare and his plays universally acknowledged to be the summit of the English Renaissance one of the most remarkable playwrights and poets the world has ever known representative works: 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and 2 narrative poems 3. William Shakespeare and his plays About literary periods of plays Four tragedies ﹠Four comidies Chief achievements and characteristics of Shakespeare’s drama 3.3 Chief achievements and characteristics of Shakespeare’s drama ● Shakespeare’s success as a great playwright chiefly rest on the following five aspects: The progressive significance of his themes; His successful character portrayal; His master-hand in constructing plays; The ingenuity of his composing; His mastery of English language; 3.2 Four tradgies 3.2 Four comedies 4. Hamlet ◆ 4.3 Shakespeare’s themes Through his plays, he touched almost every aspect of human life： human pleasures and h