4.1 the rise of novel英国文学导读.pdf

The Rise of Novels Prose • What is prose? • Prose is an inclusive term for all discourse, spoken or written, which is not patterned into the lines either of metric verse or of free verse. • -- A Glossary of Literary Terms fictional prose Prose (not patterned into lines) Non-fictional Writing prose Verse metric verse (patterned into lines) free verse The Development of Prose The Beginning of English Prose • Which work marks the beginning of English prose? • -- The Anglo Saxon Chronicle • 《盎格鲁-撒克逊编年史》 • by Alfred the Great • -- an important prose work in Old English period Middle English Period • Le Morte D ’Arthur 《亚瑟王之死》 • An important middle English prose work • Sir Thomas Malory (托马斯 ·马洛礼爵士） is the first important English writer to show that prose could be used to express sensitive feelings. • the best prose in 15th century Fictional Prose in 16th century  Sir Philip Sidney:  Arcadia (prose romance) • John Bunyan’s • The Pilgrim’s progress (a religious prose allegory ) John Bunyan 约翰·班扬 (1628-1688) Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) 有缘学习更多+谓ygd3076考证资料 Gullivers Travels (1726) written in the first-person point of view, recounting the thrilling sea adventure of a practical-minded Englishma