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1、MainPointsforEnglishLiterature一、OldEnglish:450-1066Beowulf 二、MedievalEnglish:1066-middle14thcenturyGeoffreyChaucer-thefatherofEnglishpoetry TheCanterburyTalesfirsttimetouseheroiccouplets三、TheRenaissance-rebirthorrevivalHumanism-theessenceoftheRenaissance,thedignityofhumanbeing&theimporta
2、nceofthepresentlife1.EdmundSpenser-thepoets’poetTheShepherd’sCalendar;TheFaerieQueene2.ChristopherMarlowe-UniversityWits,thepioneerofEnglishdrama Blankverse,hyperbole夸张 TheTragicalHistoryofDr.Faustus:thehumanpassionforknowledge,powerandhappiness ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove:pastorallif
3、e3.WilliamShakespeare-aboveallwritersinthepastandinthepresenttime Fourtragedies-Hamlet,Othello,KingLear&MacbethSonnet18:eternalorimmortalbeautyTheMerchantofVenice:topraisethefriendshipbetweenAntonioandBassanio,toidealizePortiaaheroineofgreatbeauty,witandloyalty,toexposetheinsatiablegreed
4、andbrutality.Hamlet:hesitatebetweenfactandfiction,languageandaction,toosophisticatedtodegradehisnaturetotheconventionalroleofastagerevenger.Tobe,ornottobe-toliveoninthisworldortodie;tosufferortotakeaction.Soliloquyormonologue-fullyrevealtheinnerconflictofthecharacters4.FrancisBacon-brevi
5、ty,compactness&powerfulness,hisessaysisanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglishrose.Inductivemethodisinplaceofdeductivemethod.OfStudies:usesandbenefitsofstudy-studiesservefordelight,forornament,andforability.Studiesperfectnature,andareperfectedbyexperience.Differentwaysadoptedbydiffe
6、rentpeopletopursuestudies-studiesandexperiencearecomplementarytoeachother.Thecorrectattitudetoreadingbooks-toweighandconsider.Howstudiesexertinfluenceoverhumancharacter-readingmakethafullman,conferenceareadyman,andwritinganexactman.5.JohnDonne Metaphysicalpoetry-breakawayfromlovepoetry,a
7、seeminglyunfocuseddiversityofexperiencesandattitudes,andafreerangeoffeelingsandmoods.Donnefrequentlyappliesconceitsandsyllogisticforms.TheSunRising:thebusysunisalwaysreadytointerferewithotherthingsandeverywhereDeath,BeNotProud:whateveryouare,youcannotescapefromdeath.Wheny
