英美文学简史及名篇选读03 lecture on 17th century lierature.pptx

英国文学;LectureV:The17thCenturyEnglishLiterature;1.HistoricalBackground;1.2.TheRestoration（王政复辟）

In1653,OliverCromwellimposedamilitarydictatorshiponthecountry.Afterhisdeath(in1658)monarchywasagainrestored.In1660,thesonofthebeheadedking,CharlesII,waswelcomedbackasKinguntil1688,andthishasbeenknownastheperiodoftheRestoration,theperiodbetweenthecrowningofCharlesIIandtheRevolutionof1688.;1.3.“GloriousRevolution”

--In1688,thecountryinvitedPrinceWilliamofOrange,Mary’shusband,tobetheKingofEngland.Itiscalled“glorious”becauseitwasbloodlessandtherewasnorevivaloftherevolutionarydemands.

--Afterthat,thestatestructureofEnglandwassettled,withinwhichcapitalismcoulddevelopfreely.;1.4Therevolutionmeantthreethings

(1)thesupremacyofParliament

(2)thebeginningofmodernEngland

(3)thefinaltriumphoftheprincipleofpoliticalliberty

;2.EnglishLiterature;3.MetaphysicalPoets

(玄学派诗人);3.1JohnDonne(1572-1631)约翰·邓恩;;3.1.2HisLiteraryPosition

(1)HeisoneoftheMetaphysicalPoets,thefounderoftheMetaphysicalschool

(2)Hispoetryinfluenced

manymodernpoets,suchas

T.S.Eliot(艾略特）,

JohnRansom(约翰·兰塞姆）,

andAllenTate(艾伦·泰特）

.

;(3)JohnDonneisamongthebestpreachersinEngland.

Nomanisanisland,

entireofitself;

everymanisapieceofthecontinent,

apartofthemain;

ifaclodbewashedawaybythesea,

Europeistheless,

aswellasifapromontorywere,

aswellasifamanorofthyfriend’sorofthineownwere:

anyman’sdeathdiminishesme,

becauseIaminvolvedinmankind,

andtherefore,

neversendtoknowforwhomthebelltolls;

ittollsforthee.;译文：

没有谁是一座孤岛，

在大海里独踞；

每个人都像一块小小的泥土，

连接成整个陆地。

如果有一块泥土被海水冲刷，

欧洲就会失去一角，

这如同一