英国文学与美国文学的重点

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1、英美文学重点English&AmericanLiteratureOld&MedievalEnglishLiteratureOldEnglish:450-1066thenationalepicoftheAnglo-SaonsMedievalEnglish：1066-middle14thcenturyGeoffreyChaucer-thefatherofEnglishpoetry(wisdom,humor,humanity)firsttimetouse'heroiccouplet'TheRenaissan

2、cePeriod:14th–mid17thstartedinItalyAseriesofhistoricalevents:1.rediscoveryofancientRoman&Greekculture2.newdiscoveriesingeography&astrology(占星学)3.thereligiousreformation&economicexpansionTheRenaissance-rebirthorrevivalHumanism-theessenceoftheRenaissance,thedignityofhumanbeing&theimp

3、ortanceofthepresentlifeBestrepresentatives:ThomasMore,ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareTheElizabethandrama:therealmainstreamofEnglishRenaissanceMostfamousdramatists:ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare,BenJonsonEdmundSpenser-thepoets'poet5quality:1)aperfectmelody2)araresenseof

4、beauty3)asplendidimagination4)alofty(高尚的)moralpurityandseriousness5)adedicatedidealismlament(哀悼)overthelossofRosalind主角：Arthur-whopossess12virtuesGloriana–theFairyQueenThethemeisnot“Armsandtheman,”butsomethingmoreromantic–“Fiercewarresandfait

5、hfullloves”READING:excerptfromTheFaerieQueene仙后Content:RedcrosseKnightsetoutonhisadventures.ChristopherMarlowe–“UniversityWits”,thepioneerofEnglishdramaHyperbole(夸张)Marlowe’sachievement:1)blankverse无韵诗歌23ItisMarlowewhobroughtvitality(活力)andgrandeur(伟大)intotheblankversewithhis“might

6、ylines,”whichcarrystrongemotions.2)hiscreationoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdrama.(notstrongindramaticconstruction.)→thepioneerofEnglishdrama3tragedies:thehumanpassionforknowledge,powerandhappiness帖木耳大帝aplayaboutanambitiousandpitilessoverpoweringking.

7、wofMalta>马尔他的犹太人non-dramapastoral(田园的)life，themostbeautifullyrics(抒情诗)READING:1.excerptfromDr.Faustus浮士德博士的悲剧AplaybasedontheGermanlegendContent:Faustusisascholarwhohasastrongdesiretoacquireknowledge.Byconjuration(念咒文召唤)hecallupMephistophilis,theDevil

8、’sservant.Hemakeabond(契约)t