英美文学史复习资料.doc

英美文学史复习资料

英国文学史资料

I.OldEnglishLiteratureTheLateMedievalAges

?Beowulf贝奥武夫??Artisticfeatures:

Usingalliteration头韵??

Usingmetaphor暗喻andunderstatement含蓄陈述

??GeofferyChaucer?杰弗里?乔叟ThefounderofEnglishpoetry.

?????三个阶段：

1?TheRomauntoftheRose玫瑰传奇

2TroilusandCriseyde特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德longestcompletepoem

3?TheCanterburyTales坎特伯雷故事集：

Significance:firsttimetouse‘heroiccouplet’(英雄双韵体)bymiddleEnglish

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II?TheRenaissancePeriod

Aperiodofdramaandpoetry.TheElizabethandramaistherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissance.

Renaissance:theactivity,spirit,ortimeofthegreatrevivalofart,literature,andlearninginEuropebeginninginthe14thcenturyandextendingtothe17thcentury,markingthetransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.Humanismisthekey-noteoftheRenaissance.

1.?????????EdmundSpenser埃德蒙?斯宾塞1552~1599

〔后人称之为“诗人的诗人”。〕Thepoets’poet.ThefirsttobeburiedinthePoet’scornerofWesterminsterAbbey.

??①?TheFaerieQueene仙后(forQueenElizabeth)

??????Thethemeisnot“Armsandtheman”,butsomethingmoreromantic“Fiercewarsandfaithfullloves”.

②?TheShepherdsCalendar牧人日历

????ThethemeistolamentoverthelossofRosalinism

More?2.?Thomas托马斯?莫尔1478~1535

?????OneofthegreatestEnglishhumanists

①Utopia乌托邦?

Twobooks:1.onthesocialconditionsofEnglish

????????2.onanidealcommunistsociety???

Bacon?3.?Francis弗兰西斯?培根1561~1626

??ThefirstEnglishessayist.fatherofenglisheassy.

1The?AdvancementofLearning学术的推进

2.NewInstrument

3Essays随笔58essays?

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4.?Marlowe柯里斯托弗?马洛

①TheTragicalHistoryofDoctorFaustus浮士德博士的悲剧〔根据德国民间故事书写成〕

②Tamburlaine帖木耳大帝??

③TheJewof?Malta马耳他岛的犹太人

5.?WilliamShakespeare威廉?莎士比亚?1564~1616共37plays

?①?Historicalplays:?HenryVI;HenryIV:RichardIII;HenryV?；RichardII；HenryVIII

②四大喜剧:第二阶段?AsYouLikeIt皆大欢喜;??TwelfthNight第十二夜;AMidsummerNight’SDream仲夏夜之梦;MerchantOfVenice威尼斯商人

③四大悲剧:?Hamlet哈姆莱特;Othello奥赛罗;KingLear李尔王;Macbeth麦克白

④ShakespeareSon