Milton_and_Paradise_Lost弥尔顿与失乐园.ppt

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1、IIOBJECTIVES:A)IntroductiontoJohnMiltonandhisworksB)AboutParadiseLostC)Studyofthetext1.ThemainideafromLine84toLine1242.KeypointsD)DiscusstheimageofSatan.E)CommentonJohnMilton’sliteraryachievements,ParadiseLostandSatan.F)AssignmentITOPIC:JohnMiltonandParadiseLost（Ex

2、cerpt）JohnMiltonTopic1—IntroductiontoJohnMilton●MiltonisoneoftheveryfewtrulygreatEnglishwriterswhoisalsoaprominentfigureinpolitics,andwhoisbothagreatpoetandanimportantprosewriter.ThetwomostessentialthingstoberememberedabouthimarehisPuritanismandhisrepublicanism.●Mi

3、ltonwrotemanydifferenttypesofpoetry.Heisespeciallyagreatmasterofblankverse.HelearnedmuchfromShakespeareandfirstusedblankverseinnon-dramaticworks.●Miltonisagreatstylist.Heisfamousforhisgrandstylenotedforitsdignityandpolish,whichistheresultofhislife-longclassicalandb

4、iblicalstudy.●Miltonhasalwaysbeenadmiredforhissublimityofthoughtandmajestyofexpression.●Inhislife,Miltonshowshimselfarealrevolutionary,amasterpoetandagreatprosewriter.HefoughtforfreedominallaspectsasaChristianhumanist,whilehisachievementsinliteraturemakehimtowerove

5、ralltheotherEnglishwritersofhistimeandexertagreatinfluenceoverlaterones.●Belinskywrote:“ThepoetryofMiltonisobviouslytheproductofhisage:hehimself,withoutsuspectingthefact,depictedinthepersonofhisproudandsomberSatananapotheosisofrebellionagainstauthority,thoughhisint

6、entionhadbeenquitedifferent.”●JohnMilton’sliteraryachievementscanbedividedintothreegroups:theearlypoeticalworks,themiddleprosepamphletsandthelastgreatpoems.Milton’sviewpoints1.Miltonisalliedtothehumanistsinhispassionatebeliefinfreewill,hiszealforknowledge,andhisres

7、pectfortruth.HewasgreatlyinfluencedbyclassicalGreekandLatinauthors.Heespeciallyshowedhishumanisminthewayhehandledthescripturalmaterials.Hebelievedtheycouldbeinterpretedbyindividualjudgmentandtreatedthemfreely.Milton’sGodrepresentsnotonlypowerandlove,butalsotheruleo

8、freasonintheuniverse(themacrocosm)andinthesoulofman(microcosm).Hisemphasesonreligionandvirtueinthedisciplineofthemoraljudgmentconformedtothechief