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1、《西方文化概论》学期论文AComparisonofDramabetweenChineseMingDynastyandRenaissanceinEngland中国明朝与英国文艺复兴时期的戏剧比较姓名学号班级学院专业辅修英语AbstractThispaperdiscussedthedifferencesbetweenChinaandEnglandaboutdrama.Andthisdiscussioncoversaperiodofsomethreehundredandfiftyyears.AsweknowwhentheRena
2、issancestartedfromfourteenthcentury,ChinawasintheMingdynasty.Andduringthisperiod,thedramainwesterncountriesespeciallyinEnglandoccurredsomesignificant,inChinaalsoemergedalargenumbersofplaywrights.Thisarticlewilltalksomethingabouttheirtwodifferenttypesofdramaandmake
3、acomparisonbetweenthem.TangXianzuandWilliamShakespearerepresentativeofdramainthesetwocountriesandattainhighlyprestigiousduringthisperiod.Andthispaperexplainsthereasonsoftheirdifferencesfrompolitical,economyandhumanthoughts.Keywords:dramahumanismRenaissanceI.Thedra
4、maduringtheRenaissanceinEngland1.1TheRenaissanceinEnglandanditshistoricalbackgroundIn1453,duetothesubsidenceofConstantinople,thebrilliantGreekculturalheritagestreamedtothesocietyofCatholicinWesternEurope.ItcausedthewesternEuropeansthatwereinanignorantandbackwardsi
5、tuationduringalongtimeimitateandrevivetheancientGreekandRomancultureineveryaspects.ThisistheRenaissancethatwealwayssay.BecauseoftheWarofRoseswithinthecountryanditsweakandunimportantpositioninworldtrade,RenaissancecamelaterinEnglandthanotherEuropeancountries(Wang,1
6、992:152).Whentheproductivityhadbeentoanewlevelandthesocietywasstableenough,theRenaissanceinEnglandstarted.1.2ThedramaduringtheRenaissanceinEnglandanditsrepresentativeAsweknow,theperiodofRenaissanceinEnglandwaslate.ButthereisnodenyingthateventhoughItalywasthehomeof
7、Renaissance,Englandattainedthemostachievementsinliteratureespeciallyindrama.WhenwetalkabouttheliteratureduringtheRenaissanceinEngland,wecansaythatShakespearecontributedsomuchtoit.Actually,infourteenthcentury,GeoffreyChaucer(1340-1400),thepoetinEnglandhadencouraged
8、thehumanism.Moreoverhismanyworkspromotedthe7shapeofEnglandnationallanguage.Duringthisperiod,thereweremanyhumanistsandlitterateursemergedsuchasThomasMore