专八英文文学常识

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1、Old&MedievalEnglishLiteratureOldEnglish:450-1066thenational epic oftheAnglo-SaonsMedievalEnglish： 1066-middle14thcentury Geoffrey Chaucer - thefatherofEnglishpoetry (wisdom,humor,humanity)firsttimetouse'heroiccouplet' TheRenaissancePeriod :14th–mid17th 

2、   startedin ItalyAseriesofhistoricalevents:1.     rediscoveryofancientRoman&Greekculture2.     newdiscoveriesingeography&astrology(占星学)3.     thereligiousreformation&economicexpansionThe Renaissance - rebirthorrevival Humanism -theessenceoftheRenaissance,thedignityofhumanbeing&the

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

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

5、eromantic–“Fiercewarresandfaithfullloves”READING: excerptfrom TheFaerieQueene 仙后Content:RedcrosseKnightsetoutonhisadventures.ChristopherMarlowe – “UniversityWits”, thepioneerofEnglish dramaHyperbole(夸张)Marlowe’sachievement:1) blankverse无韵诗歌ItisMarlowewhobroughtvitality(活力)andgrande

6、ur(伟大)intothe blankverse withhis“mightylines,”whichcarrystrong emotions.2)hiscreationoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdrama.(notstrongindramaticconstruction.)  → thepioneerofEnglish drama3tragedies: thehumanpassionforknowledge,powerandhappiness 帖木耳大帝 aplayabou

7、tan ambitious and pitiless overpoweringking. 马尔他的犹太人non-drama pastoral(田园的)life ，themostbeautiful lyrics(抒情诗)READING:1.excerptfrom Dr.Faustus 浮士德博士的悲剧AplaybasedontheGermanlegendContent:Faustusisascholarwhohasastrongdesiretoacquireknowl

8、edge.Byconjuration(念咒文召唤)h