莎士比亚与习语1

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1、IdiomsandproverbsinShakespeare’sworksOutlineofourpresentation1.Introduction:Shakespeare’sachievementsandhiscontributiontoallusions.2.AllusionsandproverbsinShakespeare’sworks3.translationofallusionsandproverbs.1.IntroductionIdiomsareperson’stypicalstyleofexpressioninlanguage

2、.Theyreflectanation’sculturetraditionandhistory.Infact,agreatnumberofidiomscomefromliteratureandareusedbygenerations.AndShakespearecontributedalottotheformationanddevelopmentoftheidioms.WilliamShakespeare(1564-1606)isregardedas”thefatherofmodernEnglish”.Heisagreatplaywriter

3、andpoet.Duringhislifetime,hehadwrittenplentyofdramassuchas:TheMerchantofVeniceRomeoandJulietKingLearHamletAsyoulikeitMacbethTheTempestandsoon.Hisdramaticcareer,with38playsintotal,isusuallydividedinto4stages:(1)1590-1594fromHenryVItoRomeoandJuliet:thereisnogreatcomplexityofi

4、mageryinhisstyleofthisperiod;(2)1595-1600fromRichardIItoTwelfthNight:amaturestyleisgraduallydeveloped,concentratedinimageryandincreasingforcefulincharacterization;(3)1601-1608fromHamlettoTimonofAthens:thegreattragediesandsatiriccomediesshowsafullydevelopedstyleandamodeoftra

5、gicthought.TheplayMacbethisasignificantworkofthisperiod;(4)1609-1611fromPericlestotheTempest:the“reconciliationplays”wheretragedyistransmutedintothereconciliationoftheopposingelements.AlthoughShakespeare’splayswerewritten300yearsago,manylinesfromhisplaysarestillcitedcommonl

6、yineverydayEnglish,suchasForgiveandforget（不记仇）That’sallGreektome（我对此一窍不通）Alliswellthatendswell（结果好就一切都好）Allisnotgoldthatglitters（闪闪发光物未必尽黄金）ThereisastoryaboutanoldEnglishmanwhohadneverseenaplaybyShakespeare.HewasinvitedtoseeHamlet.Afterwatchingtheplay,hecomplained:”Justalot

7、ofquotationsputtogether.”Hedidn’tknowthat“thosequotations”camefromtheplayHamlet,andthatShakespearehimselfwastheauthorofthosesayings.Fromthestory,wecansaythatShakespeareplaysaveryimportantroleinEnglishallusions.Infact,anumberofcharactersfromShakespeare’splayshavecometostandf

8、oranypersonhavingthesamepersonalitiesofthosecharacters.ARomeo━ahandsomeyoungmanpas