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1、Chapter3TheFloweringofEnglishLiteratureAdelaClassBLanzhouUniversityI.TheFlourishingofLiteratureII.SidneyandRaleighA.SirPhilipSidney(1554-1586)-----awell-knownpoetandcriticofpoetryHismainworks:1)AstrophelandStella(lovesonnets)爱星者和星星2)ApologyforPoetry诗辩(accordingtoSidney,poetryha
2、sasuperiorityoverphilosophyandhistory)lnPlato’s“Republic”:1,Idea理念;相2,Experiencedworld3,ArtB.WalterRaleigh(1552?-1618)--------anotherversatilemanofaction,thoughtandletters.Hisworks:1)DiscoveryofGuiana(literaryhistory)2)HistoryoftheWorld3)HishandfuloflyricsIII.EdmundSpenser(1552
3、-1599)-------thePoet’sPoetoftheperiod埃德蒙·斯宾塞(EdmundSpenser,1552-1599),英国文艺复兴时期伟大诗人,代表作有长篇史诗《仙后》、田园诗集《牧人月历》、组诗《情诗小唱十四行诗集》、《婚前曲》、《祝婚曲》等。斯宾塞早在1569年就翻译过法国诗人杜倍雷的诗歌,并通过法文转译了意大利诗人彼特拉克的诗歌。他最早的诗作《牧人月历》是仿照罗马诗人维吉尔等古代牧歌写成的。斯宾塞的主要作品是《仙后》。他的诗用词典丽、情感细腻、格律严谨、优美动听,对后世的英国诗人,包括弥尔顿、马洛、雪莱、济慈等都有很深远的
4、影响,被后人称之为“诗人的诗人”。他在长诗《仙后》中他探索出了一种新的适用于长诗的格律形式,后被称作“斯宾塞诗节”。Hiswork:1)TheShepherd’sCalendar牧人月历------apastoral田园的poemintwelvebooks卷,oneforeachmonthoftheyear.TheShepherdsinthepoemrepresentthepoethimselfandhisfrirnds2)Epithalamian祝婚曲------abeautifulsonnetsequenceandmarriageodeceleb
5、ratinghissuccessfulloveaffair.3)Amoretti爱情小诗-------consisting88sonnets²4)TheFaerieQueene仙后------lalongpoemplannedin12books,ofwhichhefinishedonly6,whichcanbeinterpretedasanallegoricalwork寓言.(ittellsthattheQueenholdsafeastof12days,andoneachdayastrangerindistressappears,claiminghe
6、lpagainstadragonorgiantortyrant.Aknightisassignedtoeachguestandthencomestheiradvenyures,duringwhicheachknightrepresentsavirtue,asHoliness,Temperance节欲,Chastity贞洁纯洁,Friendship,JusticeandCourtesy礼貌恩惠)lTheworkwasdedicatedtoQueenElizabethlTheendoftheworkistofashionagentlemanornoble
7、personinvirtuousandgentledisciplinelThedominatingthoughtsofthepoemarenationalism(Queen),humanism(itsoppositiontoRomanCatholicism),andpuritanism(showninitsmoralteaching道德说教)²TheSpenserianStanza:Aspecialverseformthatconsistsofeightiambicpentameter五步格诗linesfollowedbyaninthlineofsi
8、xiambicfeet,withtherhymeschemeababbcbcc.Spenser’sposit