英美文学鉴赏.ppt

英美文学复习材料 1.Jeffery Chaucer(1340-1400) Father/founder of English Poetry was buried in “poet’s corner” in Westminster Abbey Major works: The Romaunt of the Rose 《玫瑰传奇》 The Parliament of Fowls《百鸟议会》 Troilus and Criseyde 《特鲁伊罗斯和克里塞德》 The Legend of Good Women《好女人传》 The Canterbury Tales 《坎特伯雷故事集》 The Canterbury Tales The story of a group of thirty people who travel as pilgrims to Canterbury. A rich, tapestry (织锦) of medieval social life combining elements of all classes, from nobles to workers, from priests and nuns to drunkards and thieves. The Canterbury Tales 1. london dialect 伦敦方言 2. heroic couplet英雄双韵体 3.iambic pentameter五音步抑扬格 4. order of words 语序 5. humor, satire and irony 幽默与讽刺艺术 The General Prologue （总序） The General Prologue consists of character sketches of each member of the group that is going to Canterbury The setting(P3-4) The Prioress 女修道院副院长(P4-5) irony 反讽 secular 世俗的 hypocritical 虚伪的 2.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Renaissance Meaning:rebirth or revival Time: began in the 14th century, end in the 17th century. Place: began in Italy, later spread to France, Spain and England. A keen interest in the Greek and Latin culture; the art and science of ancient Greece and Rome were being born again after long years of neglect. Essence: humanism William Shakespeare Works 37 plays 2 long narrative poems 154 sonnets William Shakespeare Drama: Tragedies- Hamlet, Macbeth, King Lear, Othello, Romeo and Juliet Comedies- As You Like It, The Merchants of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream，The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night Histories- Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI, Henry VIII, Richard III, Romances/tragicomedies:Cymbeline, The Tempest Hamlet Characters: Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude, Ophelia, Polonius, Laertes Plot(P10-11) Theme Act III, Scene I “To be or not to be”(P11-12) Soliloquy(内心独白) （P16） William Shakespeare :Sonnet A sonnet is a lyric invariably of fourteen lines, usually in iambic pentameter五音步抑扬格 , restricted to a definite rh