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1、RenaissanceEnglishLiteratureHistoricalbackground16thcentury--aperiodofthebreakingupoffeudalrelationsandtheestablishingofthefoundationsofcapitalismEngland–anabsolutemonarchyReligiousReformation--endtheruleoftheCatholicChurch--kingasboththeheadofChurchandtheheadofstateP

2、rotestantism--theofficialnationalreligionHenry8(aTudorMonarch)QueenElizabeth–thesummitofabsolutemonarchyElizabethanage:--progressofbourgeoiseconomy--victoryintheSpanishWar--commercialexpansionabroad--developmentofartandliterature--anunsettledtime:peasants’uprisingsThe

3、RenaissanceAtransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworldBetweenthe14thandmid-17thcenturyRenaissance:rebirth,revivalEmphasisonthenewlydiscoveredGreekandRomanclassics;thereintroductionintoWesternEuropeofthefullculturalheritageofGreeceandRomeEssence:getridoftheoldfeudalidea

4、s;introducenewideasthatexpressedtheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisieHumanism:keynoteofRenaissance(individualism)1.Athirstingcuriosityfortheclassicalliterature2.Thekeeninterestintheactivitiesofhumanity--exalthumannature--dignityofhumanbeings--importanceofthepresentlife--

5、therighttoenjoythebeautyofthislife--therebelliousspiritagainstfeudalruleandecclesiasticaldominationTheIdeaoftheRenaissanceLiteraryfeaturesLyricalpoetry:England:anestofsingingbirds--variety,freshness,youthfulness,romanticfeeling--ThomasWyatt:sonnet--HenryHoward:blankve

6、rse--SirPhilipSidney:popularizesonnetsequence--EdmundSpencer:“thepoets’poet”SirPhilipSidney（1554-1586）SonnetAstrophelandStella阿斯特罗菲尔和斯黛拉阿斯特罗菲尔：爱星星的人Latin斯黛拉：天上之星CriticsDefenseofPoetry诗辩--EdmundSpencer:“thepoets’poet”(1552-1599)TheFaerieQueene(anallegory)1589-1596TheSh

7、epheardesCalendar(aneclogue)1579Spenserianstanza:8iambicpentameter,1iambichexameterTheFaerieQueenlyricsAmoretti爱情小唱1591-15951595Epithalamion婚后曲1596Prothalamion婚前曲Fourhymns四首赞美歌1596---ChristopherMarlowHeroandLeander1)ataleoftwotragiclovers(RomeoandJuliettype)2)mainidea

8、:loveatfirstsightstar-crossedlove“ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove”mainidea:ashepherdinviteshislovetolivewithhimSonnetlyricpoe