英国文学--古英语-文艺复兴

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1、英国文学（1）-----古英语—文艺复兴ChapterIAnIntroductiontoOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature&TheRenaissancePeriodI.古英语（文学）OldEnglish—Anglo-Saxon,languagespokenbytheAngles,SaxonsandJutes449(theAnglo-SaxonInvasion)-1066(theNormanConquest)Beowulf--thenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons（最高成就）Anglo-

2、SaxonChronicleII.中世纪英语(文学)Medieval(Middle)English—Withthethreelanguagesintermingling,OldEnglishdevelopedintoMiddleEnglish1066-middle14thcentury1.Romance—themostprevailingkindofliteratureinfeudalEngland（封建英国最流行的文学形式，取材于贵族，为贵族而作）2.民间流行文学—PiersthePlowmanbyWilliamLangland(wri

3、ttenversion)theBallads(oralform)（英国民间文学最重要的一个分支）3.乔叟GeoffreyChaucer----thefatherofEnglishpoetry(wisdom,humor,humanity)TheCanterburyTales---thefirsttimetouse“heroiccouplet”英雄双韵体诗4.文学术语----Alliteration；Epic;Romance;BalladIII.文艺复兴TheRenaissance-Arebirthorrevivalofart,literat

4、ureandsciencebetween14thandmid17thcenturiesinEurope;Anintellectualmovement;startedinItaly1.Seriesofhistoricalevents:1).rediscoveryofancientRoman&Greekculture2).thereligiousreformation&economicexpansion3).theappearanceoftheAuthorizedVersionoftheEnglishBible(theKingJamesBib

5、le)2.Humanism人文主义-theessence(keynote,greatspirit)oftheRenaissance,thedignityofhumanbeing&theimportanceofthepresentlifeBestrepresentatives:ThomasMore,ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare3.TheElizabethandrama:therealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissanceMostfamousdramatists:Wil

6、liamShakespeare,ChristopherMarlowe,BenJohnsonEdmundSpenser斯宾塞-thepoets'poet诗人中的诗人,TheFaerieQueenequality:1)aperfectmelody2)araresenseofbeauty3)asplendidimagination4)alofty(高尚的)moralpurityandseriousness5)adedicatedidealism6)writteninSpenserianStanza(8iambicpentameterlinesf

7、ollowedbyaninthlineofsixiambicfeetwiththerhymeschemeababbcbcc)MajorCharacters：Arthur-whopossess12virtuesGloriana–theFairyQueenChristopherMarlowe–“UniversityWits”,thepioneerofEnglishdramaMarlowe’sachievement:1)blankverse无韵诗歌ItisMarlowewhobroughtvitality(活力)andgrandeur(伟大)i

8、ntotheblankversewithhis“mightylines,”whichcarrystrongemotions.2)hiscreationoftheRenaissanceherof