自考英语本科《英美文学选读》复习重点.doc

　　English Literature Old English 450-1066 Medieval English 1066 - middle 14th century ⑴　Geoffrey Chaucer - the father of English poetry. first time to use ‘heroic couplet’？The Renaissance - rebirth or revival Humanism - the essence of the Renaissance，the dignity of human being; the importance of the present life.⑵ Edmund Spenser - the poets‘ poet ⑶ Christopher Marlowe - University Wits， the pioneer of English drama. Blank verse， hyperbole夸张.the human passion for knowledge，power and happiness pastoral life ⑷William Shakespeare - above all writers in the past and in the present time 　　Four tragedies - Hamlet， Othello， King Lear Macbeth 　　eternal or immortal beauty 　　to praise the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio， to idealize Portia a heroine of great beauty， wit and loyalty， to expose the insatiable greed and brutality hesitate between fact and fiction， language and action， too sophisticated to degrade his nature to the conventional role of a stage revenger 　　To be， or not to be - to live on in this world or to die； to suffer or to take action 　　Soliloquy or monologue - fully reveal the inner conflict of the characters 　　Francis Bacon - brevity， compactness powerfulness， his essays is an important landmark in the development of English proseInductive method 归纳法 in place of deductive method 演绎法 uses and benefits of study - studies serve for delight， for ornament， and for ability. Studies perfect nature， and are perfected by experience. Different ways adopted by different people to pursue studies - studies and experience are complementary 互补 to each other. The correct attitude to reading books - to weigh and consider. How studies exert influence over human character - reading maketh a full man， conference a ready man， and writing an exact man. 　　John Donne 　　metaphysical poetry - break away from love poetry， a seemingly unfocused diversity of experiences and attitudes， and a free range of feelings and moodsConceits， syllogism 三段论 　　the busy sun is always rea