英美文学史重要作家介绍

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1、1.GeoffreyChaucer(thefounderofEnglishpoetry)GeoffreyChaucer wasanEnglishauthor,poet, andphilosopher.Heisbestrememberedforhisunfinished framenarrative TheCanterburyTales.Sometimescalledthefatherof Englishliterature,Chauceriscreditedbysomescholarsasthefirstauthortodemons

2、tratetheartisticlegitimacyofthe vernacular MiddleEnglish,ratherthanFrench or Latin.ChaucerliteraryCareer1.TheFrenchperiod(1360s~1372)UndertheinfluenceofFrenchpoetryWorks:TheRomauntoftheRose《玫瑰的故事》2.Italianperiod(1372~1385)UndertheinfluenceofItalianRenaissanceWorks:TheH

3、ouseofFame《声誉之堂》TroylusandCriseyde《特罗勒斯与克丽西德》3.Englishperiod(1385~1400)FreefromanyforeigninfluenceWorks：TheCanterburyTales《坎特伯雷故事集RepresentativeProjectsTroylusandCriseyde(c.1383)isapoemre-tellsin MiddleEnglish thetragicstoryoftheloversTroilus and Criseyde setagainstaba

4、ckdropofwarinthe SiegeofTroy.Itwascomposedusing rimeroyale andprobablycompletedduringthemid1380's.Influence:Thepoemhadanimportantlegacyforlaterwriters.ManyChaucerscholarsregarditasthepoet'sfinestwork.Asafinishedlong itiscertainlymoreself-containedthanthebetterknownbutu

5、ltimatelyuncompleted CanterburyTales.TheCanterburyTales (1387-1400)isacollectionofstorieswrittenin MiddleEnglish attheendofthe14thcentury.Thetales(mostlyinverse诗,althoughsomeareinprose散文)aretoldaspartofastory-tellingcontestbyagroupofpilgrimsastheytraveltogetheronajourn

6、eyfrom Southwarktotheshrineof SaintThomasBecket at CanterburyCathedral.Influence:TheCanterburyTalesis Chaucer’smasterpiece代表作andoneofthemonumentalworks重要作品inEnglishliterature.HeusesthetalesandthedescriptionsofthecharacterstopaintanironicandcriticalportraitofEnglishsoci

7、etyatthetime,andparticularlyoftheChurch.Structurally,thecollectionbearstheinfluenceof TheDecameron十日谈.ContributionHeintroducedfromItalyandFrancetherhymedstanza押韵的小节ofvarioustypes，especiallytherhymedcoupletof5accentsiniambicmeter(“heroiccouplet”英雄双韵体)toEnglishpoetry.Hew

8、asthefirstgreatpoetwhowroteinEnglishlanguage(MiddleEnglish),thusestablishingEnglishastheliterarylanguage.Hedidmuchinm