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1、《英国文学选读》要点（1）——诗人及其作品解读1.WilliamShakespeare(1564-1616)Significance1)thegreatestEnglishpoetanddramatist2)certainlythemostimportantplaywrightoftheEnglishRenaissance3)likelythemostinfluentialwriterinallofEnglishliteratureThemeofSonnet18(上p.118)Hissonnet18expresse
2、sthatbeautifulthingscanrelyontheforceofliteraturetoreacheternity.Analysisofthepoem1.Shakespeare‘sEnglishwasdifferentfrommodernEnglishandhisuseofcertainwordsandgrammarisnotusedtoday,suchas:thee,thou=you,thy=your,thine=your(yours),art=are,hath=has,doth=does,Ikno
3、wnot=Idon'tknow,morebetter=better'tis=it,tis=itis,'twas=itwas,andsoon.Thefirsttwoquatrainsfocusonthefairlord'sbeauty:thepoetattemptstocompareittoasummer'sday,butshowsthattherecanbenosuchcomparison,sincethefairlord'stimelessbeautyfarsurpassesthatofthefleeting,i
4、nconstantseason.Summer--"summer"asametaphorforyouth,orperhapsbeauty,orperhapsthebeautyofyouth.Whatdoes“eternallines”meaninthelastbutonestanza?What’stherhymeofShakespeareanSonnet?Thespeakeropensthepoemwithaquestionaddressedtothebeloved:"ShallIcomparetheetoasumm
5、er'sday?"Thenextelevenlinesaredevotedtosuchacomparison.Inline2,thespeakerstipulateswhatmainlydifferentiatestheyoungmanfromthesummer'sday:heis"morelovelyandmoretemperate."Thepoetdescribessummerasaseasonofextremesanddisappointments.Summer'sdaystendtowardextremes
6、:theyareshakenby"roughwinds";Inthem,thesun("theeyeofheaven")oftenshines"toohot,"ortoodim.Andsummerisfleeting:itsdateistooshort,anditleadstothewitheringofautumn,as"everyfairfromfairsometimedeclines."Thefinalquatrainofthesonnettellshowthebeloveddiffersfromthesum
7、merinthatrespect:hisbeautywilllastforever("Thyeternalsummershallnotfade...")andneverdie.Inthecouplet,thespeakerexplainshowthebeloved'sbeautywillaccomplishthisfeat,andnotperishbecauseitispreservedinthepoem,whichwilllastforever;itwilllive"aslongasmencanbreatheor
8、eyescansee."TheMeterandRhymeEnglishorShakespeareanSonnet:apoemoffourteeniambicpentameterlines,whoserhymeschemeisababcdcdefefgg,whichmarksthedivisionofasonnetintothreequatrains(four
