英国文学选读.pdf

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1、OldEnglish!Beowulf1.ThefirstAnglo-saxonOldEnglishpoemof3182line2.Theonlyknownmanuscriptwaswritteninthe10thcentury3.ItisthefirstmajorpoeminaEuropeanvernacularlanguage4.Itisremarkableforitssustainedgrandeuroftoneanditsstyle—baroquedictionandplots5.Thefirstmodernizedversion—Gummere/themostspreadmode

2、rnizedversion—SeamusHeaney. 6.AstheoriginofEnglishliterature,poemwasfirstlypassedonmouthtomouthbysinging.7.Basicrhetoricalfigureisalliterationandkenning(比喻复合辞，如whale-road比喻大海)!Chaucer1.Afigureof13thcentury,presentationofMiddle-AgeEnglish2.HereceivedagroundinginLatinandliterature,sohehadeducationa

3、lbackground3.HetookpartinawaragainstFranceandhisexcellenceinlanguageentitledhimtobethediplomaticmissionstoSpainandItalywithseniorcustomsandroyalrights4.Historicalbackground:merchantandcratsmanbecameanewforcewhotooplaceofoldnoblementopushEnglishsocietytostrideintocapitalism5.CanterburyTalesisac

4、ollectionof24storieswithasimpleplanwhereChaucermet29pilgrims(peoplefromallclasses)onajourneytoCanterbury6.Thesestoriesdescribealmostallofthemajortypesofmedievalliteratures:courtlyromance,folktale,beastfable,travelandadventure,saint’slife,allegoricaltale,sermonandalchemicalaccount.7.Hehadaprofo

5、undinsightofhumannatureandintellingthesimpleststorywithhumor,wisdomandcarefulobservation. 8.Canterburyiswrittenincolloquialstyle9.Hedidnotintendtopraisethesepeopleinthestory,ratherheusedsuchsatireandcolloquialtonetoshowtherealsociallifeinmedievalage. 10.Heinventedtherhetoricalfigureheroiccouple

6、ts（AABBiniambicpentameter)11.Hisliterarycareer:Frenchinfluenceperiod/Italianinfluenceperiod/maturityperiod!EnglishRenaissance(14-15thcenturies)!WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)1.Hemayhaveattendedthesmallgrammarschooledandthendroppedouttowork2.Hewasstage-mad,thereforeheadingforLondonaterbeingluredaw

7、aybyhislaststage3.Hefirstlybecameaworkerinplayhouse,thenanactorandfinallyaplaywriter.Inhis40sherosetofameforcomediesandtragedies.Inhis50sheretiredandwentbackhome4.Hisworkincludesatleast38plays,2narrativepoem,and154sonnets5.Hisdramatistcar