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1、PartoneOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature1.OldEnglishPoetryand“Beowulf”(贝奥武浦)“Beowulf”→thenationalepicoftheAnglo-SaxonandEnglishpeople→Alliteration(头韵）2.MiddleEnglishLiteratureandtheCanterburyTales①TheRomance(describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero)②GeoffreyChaucer乔叟→the“fatherofEngli
2、shpoetry”,→“TheCanterburyTales”isChaucer’smasterpiece(storiesnarratedbyPilgrims)→heintroducedrhymedcouplettoEnglishpoetry,insteadoftheoldAnglo-Saxonalliterativeverse.(Couplet:Astanzaoftwolines,usuallyrhyming.)TheRenaissanceRenaissance(1485—1660)→TheBackground:thesocietywasinitstransit
3、ionfromthefeudalismtocapitalism.→Revivalorrebirthofclassicalarts,cultureandphilosophyafterthedarkagesofmedieval→Thekeywordforitishumanism,emphasizedsecularconcerns,expresstheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie.→Shakespeare,Spenser,andMarloweareallfamousliteraryfiguresinthisperiodUtopia(so
4、cialism)ThedefinitionofUtopiais"noplace."ThomasMore(1478-1535)EdmundSpenser(1552-1599)Apoet’spoetTheFaerieQueeneFrancisBacon培根(1561-1626)II.Bacon’sworks“AdvancementofLearning”学术的推进:“NewInstrument”:新工具theinductivemethodofreasoning3.“NewAtlantics”:anidealsociety新大西岛4.“Essays”/58essays论说
5、文集Awidevarietyofsubjects:love,truth,friendship,beauty,studies,riches…Hisstyle:clearness,brevity,forceofexpression☆hisessaysisanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglishproseChristopherMarlowe (1564-1593)1.Universitywits,thegreatestpioneerofEnglishdrama2.blankverseVerseconsistingofunr
6、hymedlines,usuallyofiambicpentameter.无韵诗，素体诗3.DoctorFaustusWilliamShakespearethegreatestEnglishpoetanddramatist①154sonnets,②37plays,including14comedies,12tragedies,and11historicalplays,③2longpoems.Butforsuchagreatwriter,wehaveverylittledefiniteknowledgeabouthislife.Shakespeare’sTraged
7、ies(1)Hamlet(2)Othello(3)KingLear(4)MacbethtopraisethefriendshipbetweenAntonioandBassanio,toidealizePortiaaheroineofgreatbeauty,witandloyalty,toexposetheinsatiablegreedandbrutality(Shylock)hesitatebetweenfactandfiction,languageandactionTobe,ornottobe-toliv
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