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1、英国文学史笔记ChristopherMarloweWilliamShakespeareAlexanderPopeEdmundSpenserHenryFieldingSamuelRichardsonGeoffreyChaucerThomasMoreSamuelTaylorColeridgeJaneAustenJonathanSwiftHenryFieldingSamuelRichardsonWilliamShakespeareJohnMiltonDanielDefoeWilliamBlakeWilliamWordsworthJonathanSw

2、iftBenJonsonTheAnglo-Saxonperiod(the11th~14thcenturies)Beowulf:themostimportantpiece;formingperiodofEnglishliteratureBeowulfisthenationalepic(史诗)ofAnglo-Saxonperiod,whileBeowulfisthegreatwarriorof…BeowulfistheoldestsurvivingepicinBritishliterature.Arichfabric(结构)offactandfa

3、ncy.“IshallperformthedeedsofheroorIhavepassedmylastdayinthismeadhall.”The14thcentury-theageofChaucerGeoffreyChaucer,thewriterofTheCanterburyTales.WhilemostofhiscontemporariesarebusywritingwithFrench(thelanguageofcourt)andLatin(thelanguageofchurch),Chaucerisexperimentingwith

4、thevernacular(本国的)English.TheArthurianLegendsGeoffreyChaucer:fatherofEnglishliteratureandpoetry,agreatmasterofEnglishlanguage.Anthology诗选The15thcentury-thetransitionalperiodThetransitionalperiodbetweentheageofChaucerandtheageofShakespearewiththepopularballad,RobinHoodBallad

5、,asthemostrepresentativeformofliterature.RabinHoodballadsarepopularballadsdealingwiththefamousoutlaw……ThomasMoreThomasMore–Utopia(writtenin1515)Thisbookcontains(1)arealisticpictureofearly16thcenturyEngland:socialevilsareexposedandattacked(2)thefirstsketchoftheidealcommonwea

6、lthbyanEnglishwriter.Limitationsofthebook:Utopia(1)Hisdreamworlddidnothaveitssoundpolitical,economicandsocialbases.(2)Hisindifferentattitudetowardslaveryandhisactualcontemptforphysicallabor.(3)Contradictionsinhisworldoutlook.TheElizabethanAgeEdmundSpenser–TheFaerieQueenEngl

7、ishpoet,borninLondonChristopherMarlowe–DoctorFaustusPlaywright,greatestdramatistbeforeShakespeareDr.FaustusisaplaybasedontheGermanlegendofamagicianaspiringforknowledgeandfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevil.BenJonsonWilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)Heis

8、Englishplaywrightandpoet,andisrecognizedinmuchoftheworldasthegreatestdramatist.Dra