英美文学复习重点

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1、英美文学重点English&AmericanLiterature Old&MedievalEnglishLiteratureOldEnglish:450-1066thenational epic oftheAnglo-SaonsMedievalEnglish： 1066-middle14thcentury Geoffrey Chaucer - thefatherofEnglishpoetry  (wisdom,humor,humanity)firsttimetouse'heroiccouplet' TheRenaissancePeri

2、od :14th–mid17th     startedin  ItalyAseriesofhistoricalevents:1.      rediscoveryofancientRoman&Greekculture2.      newdiscoveriesingeography&astrology(占星学)3.      thereligiousreformation&economicexpansionThe Renaissance - rebirthorrevival Humanism -theessenceoftheRenaissance,thedignityofhumanbein

3、g&theimportanceofthepresentlifeBestrepresentatives: ThomasMore,ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareTheElizabethandrama:the realmainstream ofEnglishRenaissanceMostfamousdramatists: ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare,BenJonsonEdmundSpenser - thepoets'poet5quality:1)aperfectmelody     2)araresense

4、ofbeauty   3)asplendidimagination4)alofty(高尚的)moralpurityandseriousness    5)adedicatedidealismlament(哀悼)overthelossofRosalind  主角：Arthur -whopossess 12 virtues      Gloriana –theFairyQueenThethemeisnot“Armsandtheman,”butsomethingmoreromantic–“Fiercewarresand

5、faithfullloves”READING: excerptfrom TheFaerieQueene 仙后Content:RedcrosseKnightsetoutonhisadventures.ChristopherMarlowe – “UniversityWits”, thepioneerofEnglish dramaHyperbole(夸张)Marlowe’sachievement:1) blankverse无韵诗歌ItisMarlowewhobroughtvitality(活力)andgrandeur(伟大)intothe blankverse withhis“mightyline

6、s,”whichcarrystrong emotions.2)hiscreationoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdrama.(notstrongindramaticconstruction.)  →thepioneerofEnglish drama3tragedies:  thehumanpassionforknowledge,powerandhappiness 帖木耳大帝  aplayaboutan ambitious and pitiless overpoweringking.

7、 马尔他的犹太人non-drama pastoral(田园的)life ，themostbeautifullyrics(抒情诗)READING :1.excerptfrom Dr.Faustus  浮士德博士的悲剧AplaybasedontheGermanlegendContent:Faustusisascholarwhohasastrongde