《英国文学选读》学习要点.doc

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1、《英国文学选读》学习要点文学常识部分：1.Poetryisthemostcompressedformofliterature.2.Poetryiscomposedofcarefullychosenwordsexpressinggreatdepthofmeaning.3.Poetryusesspecificdevicessuchasconnotation,sound,andrhythmtoexpresstheappropriatecombinationofmeaningandemotion.4.Lyricalpoetrypresentsthedeepfeelingsandemoti

2、onsofthepoetasopposedtopoetrythattellsastoryorpresentsawittyobservation.5.ShakespearewriteshissonnetsinthepopularEnglishformofthreequatrainsandacouplet.6.Soliloquyindramaaspeech,oftenofsomelength,inwhichacharacter,aloneonthestage,expresseshisthoughtsandfeelings.7.Plotisknownasthe“seriesofrela

3、tedevents”.8.Therearefivepartstoaplot:introduction,risingaction,climax,fallingaction,resolution9.Climaxisthe"turningpointofthestory".10.Conflictdescribesthestrugglebetweentwocharactersorforces.11.Thepurposeoftheshortstory'stitleistoinformreadersofstorycontent,toindicatemainidea,tocreatecurios

4、ity12.Symbolisanobjectorideathathasitsownmeaningandrepresentssomethingelseaswell.13.Themeisthemainideaorauthor'sopinionaboutlifeexpressedinapieceofliterature.14.Onecharacterisclearlycentraltothestorywithallmajoreventshavingsomeimportancetothischaracter-he/sheistheprotagonist.Theopposerofthema

5、incharacteriscalledtheantagonist.15.Characterizationisthetechniqueswritersusetocreateanddevelopcharacters.16.PointofViewistherelationshipbetweenthenarratorandthestory(whoistellingthestory).17.Awritertellshisstoryfromadifferentpointofview--narration.Thereare3pointsofviewwhentellingastory:First

6、person:Thenarrator"I";Omniscient:All-knowingnarrator;LimitedOmniscient:(thirdperson)18.Settingisthetimeandplaceofthestory.本学期共学习9位诗人、两位短篇小说家、七位小说家、两位戏剧家1.WilliamShakespeare:Sonnet182.GeoffreyChaucer:TheCanterburyTales3.JohnDonne:TheFlea4.RobertBurns:ARed,RedRose5.WilliamWordsworth:IWonderedLo

7、nelyasaCloud6.PercyShelley:OdetotheWestWind7.JohnKeats:OdeonaGrecianUrn8.*RobertBrowning:MyLastDuchess9.*T.S.Eliot:TheWasteLand10.D.H.Lawrence:TheRocking-HorseWinner11.*DorisLessing:AWomanonaroof12.DanielDefoe:RobinsonCrusoe13.JaneAusten:Prid