英美文学选读自学笔记_37页[1]

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1、前言:配合该笔记，看看选读的文章，有个大概的印象就行了。学会对文章进行分析是考查的最终目标。本人判断力不错，但记忆力不好,考前看了两遍，考了68分。如果能记下要点，应该会考得更好。这次考试的40小题选择题我做对了32题。最后,希望我整理的笔记能提高大家的学习效率,EnglishliteratureIOldEnglishLiterature----(450—1066)twogroups:religious–-onbiblicalthemes----Secular----heroicage-------a

2、protectorofpeople,fightagainstthenature.IIMedievalperiod---(1066---14thCentury)Fame:1066Normanconquest----threechanges—feudalismsystemestablished(politically)---CatholicChurch(Religiously)---French,Latin,English(co-existedlanguage)IncomparisonwitholdEnglishliterature:(1)widerrange

3、ofsubjects(2)themesconcernedwiththepersonalsalvation(3)romancelove(4)thelanguageissimpleandstraightforward‘Theepicreflectsaheroicage,theromancereflectsachivalricone’骑士Chaucer:1titles:theEnglishHomer,thefatherofEnglishpoetry(from),2verse:firs

4、tuse'heroiccouplet',realisticpictureofhistime,vividcharactersfromallworksofhislife,thecharactersarebothtypicalandindividual,hisideasistopursueearthlyhappiness,opposedasceticism禁欲主义,advocatehumanism,replacealliterativeversewithrhymedstanzas(古英语的押头韵变成中世纪的押尾韵)fi

5、rstuserhymed'heroiccouplet'octosyllabic八音节诗3.novel:thefirstmodernnovel.IIIRenaissance(14th—17th)Fame:①movefromfeudalistideastotheinterestofrisingbourgeoisie.②recoverfromcorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurchtothepurityoftheearthlychurch.England

6、:thereignofHenryVIII-----England‘sGoldenAgeinliterature-----BiblesinEnglishinsteadofLatinreadableforcommonpeople--------literarygiants:Shakespeare,Spenser,JonsonSidney,Marlowe,Bacon,andDonneThetimeofTudos----changemonasteries修道院intoschoolsanduniversities------theEnglishRenaissance

7、flourishing-------firstintroducedprintingintoEnglandandtranslatedbooksinEnglish(byWilliamCaxton)Traitsofhumanisticpoetry:meter,rhyme,scheme,imageryandargumentshouldbecombinedtoframetheemotionaltheme.Poetrywastobeaconcentratedexerciseofthemind,ifcraftsmanshipandoflearning.Themostfa

8、mousdramatists:Shakesperar,BenJon