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1、Chapter1OldEnglishLiteratureBeowulf评论Chapter2MiddleEnglishLiteratureBalladBalladsareanonymousnarrativepoemsdesignedforsingingororalreflectionandcomposedinusuallyfour-linestanza.Thesecondandfourthlineshavingthreefeeteachandrhymesfallingonthesecondandfourthlines.Thetheme
2、sofballadsarevariousinkind,fromwarandbloodshedandsuperstationtodomesticlife,particularlywiththerelationsbetweendifferentmembersofafamilyorbetweenlovers.DramaMiracleplays,moralityPiersPlowman农夫皮尔斯GeoffreyChaucer杰弗里·乔叟GeoffreyChaucerwasthegreatestEnglishpoetoftheMiddleAg
3、es.TheCanterburyTales①Eachtaletoldis,however,avividexplorationofthepersonalityofthespeaker②TheGeneralProloguealsoprovidesanoftenamusingreflectionofpilgrim’scharacters.③Intermsoftheseparatetale,eachbelongstoanestablishedmode.Butinsuchavigorousmanner,andsooftenfocusonhum
4、anweakness,thatweareleftwithanoverwhelmingimpressionofthegapbetweenpoliteliteraryformsandtherudeuntidinessofeverydaylife.④Chaucerseemstopresenttheweaknesswithacomicandtoleranttone.⑤Inspiteofthevariousfailings,whatemergesinthepoemoverallisaratherreassuringandessentially
5、positivepictureofthelateMiddleAges.Chapter3LiteratureofRenaissanceandReformation(1510-1620)PoetryEdmundSpenserTheFaerieQueeneTheFaerieQueeneisElizabeth,Gloriana.ProseThomasMore’sUtopia.FrancisBacon’sOfStudiesDramaChristopherMarlowe三部巨星的陨落TamburlainetheGreat,DoctorFaust
6、us,TheJewofMaltaWilliamShakespeare四大悲剧Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth四大喜剧TheMerchantofVenice(威尼斯商人),TwelfthNight(第十二夜),AMidsummerNight’sDream(仲夏夜之梦),AsYouLikeit(皆大欢喜).Sonnet选段Chapter4LiteratureofRevolutionandRestoration(1620-90)Puritanism清教主义:wasthereligiousdoctrineoft
7、herevolutionarybourgeoisduringtheEnglishRevolution.Itreachedthrift,sobriety,hardworkbutwithnoextravagantenjoymentofthefruit.四约翰Poetry:JohnDone(玄学派Metaphysical),JohnMilton(Prose:ParadiseLost),Prose:JohnBunyan(ThePilgrim’sProgress),JohnDrydenChapter5TheEighteenthCenturyL
8、iterature(1690-1780)andNeo-ClassicismTheEnlightenmentMovementwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementwhichflourishedinFran