卢 par三复习 英国文学.ppt

Part III The Seventeenth Century (1616-1688) Outline chapter5: 1. the Bourgeois Revolution 0000000002. John Milton chapter6: 1. the Metaphysical Poets 0000000002. Restoration Drama Chapter7: John Dryden John Bunyan 一、 Background 1. The end of Tudor House; the start of the Stuart House 2. The Civil War (1642-1649) Conflicts between the monarchy and the bourgeois 3. Cromwell---commonwealth 4. The Glorious Revolution (1688 )---- 二、Chief Literary Achievement 1. Bible 2. Poetry 3. Prose 4. Drama 5. Dryden Bunyan Bible 1. Fountain heads of the western civilization 2. 1611— (the most authoritative of all the English translation) Poetry 一、 Metaphysical poets named by John Dryden 1. John Donne 2. Andrew Marvell 3. George Herbert 二、The Cavalier poets 三、John Milton Prose 1.Political pamphlets (政治宣传小册子) drama Gave the important place to Milton’s epic poetry Coarse theme Dryden Bunyan II .John Milton 一、His life(1608-1674) 1608—born in a puritan family 1625—entered Cambridge 1625-1632— the cheerful man the pensive man (during the Cambridge) 1642—join the revolution 1644-- Areopagitica《论出版自由》 6. 1645—first volume of poems came out (Comus1634; Lycidas1617 ) 7. 1652—he lost his eyesight After His Blind: Two epic poems— __________________________ One tragedy— Samson Agonistes (1671) Paradise Lost《失乐园》 12 books Features: written in (无韵体) The Gist of the Poem: to justify the ways of God to man Comments: P72 Paradise Regained《复乐园》 4 books The Gist of the Poem: describe how Christ was tempted by Satan and debated with the Devil, but remained firm in his loyalty to God. Tragedy— Samson Agonisters 斗士参孙 Written in the form of Greek tragedy The rule of three unities (三一律---------------- ) III. Metaphysical poets Named by John Dryden _______________ J