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1、AnOutlineofBritishLiteraryHistoryEarlyandMedievalEnglishLiterature1.Beowulf,epicinoldBriton2.Romance:TheArthurianLegends;SirGawainandtheGreenKnight(about1375)3.Ballads(astorytoldinsong):RobinHoodandAllin-a-Dale4.GeoffreyChaucer,thefounderofEnglishpoetry:Th
2、eCanterburyTales(influencedbyItalianwriterBoccacio’sDecameron)TheEnglishRenaissance(16th—firsthalfof17th)1.CharacteristicofRenaissance:1)athirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature;2)keeninterestintheactivitiesofhumanity(humanism)2.ThomasMore,thegreatesto
3、ftheEnglishhumanists:Utopia3.Poetsinthisperiod:(Thesonnet,anexactformofpoetryin14linesofiambicpentameterintricatelyrhymed,wasintroducedtoEnglandfromItalybySirThomasWyattandHenryHoward)①SirPhilipSidney(1554-86),lovesonnets:“AstrophelandStella”②WalterRaleigh
4、(1552-1618),“DiscoveryofGuiana”③EdmundSpenser(1552-99),TheShepherd’sCalendar(apastoralpoemin12books);TheFaerieQueene(hismasterpiecededicatedtoQueenElizabeth).HeisthefirstmastertomakeModernEnglishthenaturalmusicofhispoeticeffusions.④JohnLyly(1554-1606),arom
5、ancewriterforthegentlereader:Euphues4.ProseWriter:FrancisBacon(1561-1626),Essays(58ones).Itcoversawidevarietyofsubjects,suchaslove,truth,friendship,parentsandchildren,beauty,studies,riches,youthandage,garden,death,andmanyothers.Theyhavewonpopularityforthei
6、rprecision,clearness,brevityandforce.5.Drama(thehighestgloryofEnglishRenaissance)①universitywits:Lyly,Peele,Marlowe,Greene,LodgeandNash.Theymaderapidprogressindramatictechniquebecausetheyhadaclosecontactwiththeactorsandaudience.②ChristopherMarlowe(1564-93)
7、:1)Tamburlaine;2)TheJewofMalta;3)DoctorFaustus③BenJonson(1572-1637):1)EveryManinHisHumor;2)Volpone,ortheFox;3)TheAlchemist;④WilliamShakespeareFourTragedies:1)Hamlet2)Othello3)KingLear4)MacbethCelebratedcomedies:1)TheMerchantofVenice2)TheTamingoftheShrew3)A
8、MidsummerNight’sDream4)All’sWellThatEndsWellothercelebratedplays:1)TitusAndronicus2)RomeoandJuliet3)HenryV4)TwelfthNight5)JuliusCaesar6)TimonofAthens7)TheTempest8)AntonyandCleopatra8TheNeoclassicalPeriod1.Joh
