英美文学选读 笔记

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1、官方网站：圣才学习网www.100xuexi.com免费咨询热线：4006-123-191NameWriter'sFeaturesWritingsWriting'sFeaturesEnglishLiteratureTheRenaissancePeriod1.age:1500-16602.background:stimulatedbytherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekclassic;England'sGoldenAge,especiallyinliterature;theChurchofEnglandbrokeawayfr

2、omtheCatholicChurch3.features:(1)Newpoeticalformsintroduced,e.g.blankverseandsonnet;(2)theEnglishdramabaseditselfonthemodelsofRomanandGreekclassicsandtheprecedentsfromItalyandSpain(3)theuniversaltendofhumanisminemphasizingman'sdignityandhisworldlyhappinessEdmundSpenser1.Thepoet'spo

3、et;2.Perfectmelody;araresenseofbeauty;asplendidimagination;aloftymoralpurityandseriousness;adedicatedidealismTheFaerieQueen(TheShepheadesCalenderEpithalamion)Anallegory;"ahistoricalpoem"topresenttheexampleofaperfectgentleman;aherorepresentoneofthe12virtues;fiercewarresandfaithfullo

4、vesChristopherMarlowe(BlankverseUniversitywit）1.perfectedblankverseandturneditintotheprincipalmediumofEnglishdrama2.createdaseriesofimagesoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdramaDrFauctusThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove1.symbolicofahumanistintheRenaissance;basedontheGermanlegendofamagicia

5、naspiringforknowledgeandfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevilWilliamShakespeareThegreatestplaywrightandthemostpopularsonnetwriter;acreationofcharacters;skillfulplotconstruction;irony;agooduseofalanguage;skilledinvariouspoeticforms;ofthreequatrainsandacouplet

6、(三节四行诗加一节偶句);nationalunityunderamightyandjustsovereignisanecessity—“TheKing’sgovernmentmustbecarriedon”(在一个强大英明的君主统治下的国家，统一是非常必要的)(Eachherohashisweeknessofnature:Hamlet,themelancholicscholar-prince,facesthedilemmabetweenactionandmind;Othello’sinnerweaknessismadeuseofbytheoutsideevi

7、lforce;theoldkingLearwhoisunwillingtototallygiveuphispowermakeshimselfsufferfromtreacheryandinfidelity;andMacbeth’slustforpowerstirsuphisambitionandleadshimtoincessantcrimes.)literatureshouldbeacombinationofbeauty,kindnessandtruth,andshouldreflectnatureandrealitySonnetsTheMerchanto

8、fVeniceHamlet(VenusandAdon