美国文学Chapter Four popular ballads 11.7.ppt

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1、ChapterFourTheFifteenthCentury(1400-1550)Outline1.Historicalbackground2.Popularballads3.SirThomasMalory4.EarlyEnglishplaysHistoricalBackground1.TheHundredYear’sWar2.TheWaroftheRoses(1455-1485)3.TheDiscoveryofAmericaandtheNewSeaRoutes4.ReformationoftheChurchJoanofArcTheWaroftheRosesThedi

2、scoveryofnewAmericaandthenewsearoutesColumbusGamaCabotSebastianReformationoftheChurchAnglicanChurchFOLKLITERATURE听首歌吧,放松一下心情民谣三重唱－－－Peter,Paul&MaryMondayMorningEarlyonemornin'onemornin'inspringTohearthebirdswhistlethenightingalessingImetafairmaidenwhosweetlydidsingI'mgoingtobemarried

3、nextMondaymorning.Howoldareyoumyfairyoungmaid,HereinthisvalleythisvalleysogreenHowoldareyoumyfairyoungmaid,I'mgoin'tobesixteennextMondaymornin'.Wellsixteenyearsold,that'stooyoungfortomarrySotakemyadvice,fiveyearslongertotarryFormarriagebringstroublesandsorrowsbeginSoputoffyour

4、weddingforMondaymornin'.Youtalklikeamadman,amanwithnoskillTwoyearsI'vebeenwaitingagainstmyownwillNowI'mdeterminedtohavemyownwayAndI'mgoingtobemarriednextMondaymornin'AndnextMondaymornin'thebellstheywillringAndmytruelovewillbuymeagaygoldringAlsohe'llbuymeanewprettygownTowearatmyw

5、eddingnextMondaymornin'NextMondaynightwhenIgotomybedAndIturnroundtothemanthatI'vewedAroundhismiddlemytwoarmsIwillfling,AndIwishtomysoulitwasMondaymornin'.PopularBalladsTheOriginofBalladsDefinition:Aballadisafolksongororallytransmittedpoemtellinginadirectanddramaticmanner.Somepopula

6、rstoriesinballadsusuallyderivefromtragicincidentsinlocalhistoryorlegend.Thestoriesaretoldsimply,impersonally(客观的),andoftenwithvividdialogue.ThedevelopmentofballadsTheearliestoftheexistentEnglishandScottishpopularballadsdatedbacktothe13thcentury;theyflourishedparticularlyinthe15thcentury

7、;thelateronesbelongedtothe16thandeventhe17thcenturies;mostofthemweresungandcirculatedandthenwrittendowninthe15thcentury,buttheywerenotcollectednorpublishedtillmuchlater.ThepublicationsoftheballadsTheEnglishandScottishballadspreservedtodaybelongmostlytothe15thcentury.Theywerenot