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1、英美文学复习笔记整理英国部分TheRenaissancePeriod1.Renaissance:between14thandmid-17thcentury.2.Renaissancemeansrebirthorrevival,isactuallyamovementstimulatedbyaseriesofhistoricalevents,suchastherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekculture,thenewdiscoveriesingeographyandastrol
2、ogy,thereligiousreformationandtheeconomicexpansion.3.theRenaissance,thereforeinessenceisahistoricalperiodinwhichtheEuropeanhumanistthinkersandScholarsmadeattempttogetridofthoseoldfeudalistideasinMedievalEurope,tointroducenewideasthatexpressedthepurityofther
3、isingbourgeoisie,andtorecoverthepurityoftheearlychurchfromthecorruptionoftheRomanCatholicchurch.4.HumanismistheessenceoftheRenaissance(1)Capableofindividualdevelopmentinthedirectionofperfection.(2)Theyinhabitedwastheirsnottodespisebytoquestion,exploreandenj
4、oy.(3)ByemphasizingthedignityofhumanbeingandtheImportanceofthepresentlife,theyvoicedtheirbeliefsthatmandidnotonlyhavetherighttoenjoythebeautyofthislife(4)TomasMore,ChristopherMarlowandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativeoftheEnglishhumanist.5Metaphysi
5、calpoetry:Metaphysicalischaracterizedbypassionatethoughtsuccessionofconcentratedimage,exerciseofelaborateingenuityand“wit”,JohnDonewasthefamousoftheMetaphysicalpoet.TheMetaphysicalPoetsweremenoflearningandtoshowtheirlearningwastheirendeavour.EdmundSpencerMa
6、sterpiece:TheFaerieQueene(allegory)ChristopherMarloweUniversitywitsImportantplays:Tambulaine,Dr.Faustus,TheJewofMetaEdmundIIMarlowevoicedthesupremedesireofthemanoftheRenaissanceofinfinitepowersandauthority(1)Perfectedtheblankverse.(2)CreationoftheRenaissanc
7、eherotoEnglishdrama,itembodiesMarlowe’sidealofhumandignityandcapacity.Dr.Faustus:aspiringforknowledge,theplay’sdominantmoralishumanratherthanreligious,itcelebratesthehumanpassionforknowledge,powerandhappiness,italsorevealsman’sfrustrationinrealizingthehigha
8、spirationinahostilemoralorderandtheconfinementtotimeisthecruelestfactofman’scondition.WilliamShakespeare1.Works:154sonnets,38plays,2longpoemsComedy:MerchantofVenice.24greattragedies:Hamlet,Othello,King
