[文学]张伯香英美文学选读笔记完整笔记_全面归纳

《[文学]张伯香英美文学选读笔记完整笔记_全面归纳》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在应用文档-天天文库。

1、ChapterITheRenaissancePeriod一、学习目的和要求 　　通过本章学习，了解文艺复兴运动和人文主义思潮产生的历史，文化背景，认识该时期文学创作的基本特征和基本主张，及其对同时代及后世英国文学乃至文化的影响；了解该时期重要作家的文学生涯，创作思想，艺术特色及其代表作品的主题结构，人物刻画，语言风格，思想意义等；同时结合注释，读懂所选作品，了解其思想内容和写作特色，培养理解和欣赏文学作品的能力。二、考核要求　(一)文艺复兴时期概述　　1.识记：（1）文艺复兴时期的界定　　　　　　 （2）历史文化背景　　2.领会:（1）文艺复

2、兴运动的意义与影响　　　　　　 （2）文艺复兴时期的文学特点　　　　　　 （3）人文主义的主张及对文学的影响　　3.应用：文艺复兴，人文主义及玄学诗等名词的解释　BriefIntroductiontotheRenaissancePeriod　I.应用　　DefinitionsoftheLiteraryTerms:　1.TheRenaissance:TheRenaissancemarksatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.Generally,itreferstotheperiodbetweent

3、he14th&17thcenturies.ItfirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofpainting,sculpture&literature.FromItalythemovementwenttoembracetherestofEurope.TheRenaissance,whichmeans"rebirth"or"revival,"isactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchasthere-discoveryofancientR

4、oman&Greekculture,thenewdiscoveriesingeography&astrology,thereligiousreformation&theeconomicexpansion.TheRenaissance,therefore,inessenceisahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkers&scholarsmadeattemptstogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinmedievalEurope,tointroducenewi

5、deasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie,&torecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurch.　2.Humanism:HumanismistheessenceoftheRenaissance.Itsprangfromtheendeavortorestoreamedievalreverencefortheancientauthorsandisfrequentlytakenastheb

6、eginningoftheRenaissanceonitsconscious,intellectualside,fortheGreekandRomancivilizationwasbasedonsuchaconceptionthatmanisthemeasureofallthings.Throughthenewlearning,humanistsnotonlysawtheartsofsplendorandenlightenment,butthehumanvaluesrepresentedintheworks.Renaissancehumani

7、stsfoundintheclassicsajustificationtoexalthumannatureandcametoseethathumanbeingsweregloriouscreaturescapableofindividualdevelopmentinthedirectionofperfections,andthattheworldtheyinhabitedwastheirsnottodespisebuttoquestion,explore,andenjoy.Thus,byemphasizingthedignityofhuman

8、beingsandtheimportanceofthepresentlife,theyvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmandidnotonlyhave