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1、Chapter1OldEnglishLiteratureBeowulf评论Chapter2MiddleEnglishLiteratureBalladBalladsareanonymousnarrativepoemsdesignedforsingingororalreflectionandcomposedinusuallyfour-linestanza.Thesecondandfourthlineshavingthreefeeteachandrhymesfallingonthesecondandfourthlines.Thethemeso
2、fballadsarevariousinkind,fromwarandbloodshedandsuperstationtodomesticlife,particularlywiththerelationsbetweendifferentmembersofafamilyorbetweenlovers.DramaMiracleplays,moralityPiersPlowman农夫皮尔斯GeoffreyChaucer杰弗里·乔叟GeoffreyChaucerwasthegreatestEnglishpoetoftheMiddleAges.T
3、heCanterburyTales①Eachtaletoldis,however,avividexplorationofthepersonalityofthespeaker②TheGeneralProloguealsoprovidesanoftenamusingreflectionofpilgrim’scharacters.③Intermsoftheseparatetale,eachbelongstoanestablishedmode.Butinsuchavigorousmanner,andsooftenfocusonhumanweak
4、ness,thatweareleftwithanoverwhelmingimpressionofthegapbetweenpoliteliteraryformsandtherudeuntidinessofeverydaylife.④Chaucerseemstopresenttheweaknesswithacomicandtoleranttone.⑤Inspiteofthevariousfailings,whatemergesinthepoemoverallisaratherreassuringandessentiallypositive
5、pictureofthelateMiddleAges.Chapter3LiteratureofRenaissanceandReformation(1510-1620)PoetryEdmundSpenserTheFaerieQueeneTheFaerieQueeneisElizabeth,Gloriana.ProseThomasMore’sUtopia.FrancisBacon’sOfStudiesDramaChristopherMarlowe三部巨星的陨落TamburlainetheGreat,DoctorFaustus,TheJewo
6、fMaltaWilliamShakespeare四大悲剧Hamlet,Othello,KingLear,Macbeth四大喜剧TheMerchantofVenice(威尼斯商人),TwelfthNight（第十二夜）,AMidsummerNight’sDream（仲夏夜之梦）,AsYouLikeit（皆大欢喜）.Sonnet选段Chapter4LiteratureofRevolutionandRestoration(1620-90)Puritanism清教主义：wasthereligiousdoctrineoftherevolution
7、arybourgeoisduringtheEnglishRevolution.Itreachedthrift,sobriety,hardworkbutwithnoextravagantenjoymentofthefruit.四约翰Poetry:JohnDone(玄学派Metaphysical),JohnMilton(Prose:ParadiseLost),Prose:JohnBunyan(ThePilgrim’sProgress),JohnDrydenChapter5TheEighteenthCenturyLiterature(1690
8、-1780)andNeo-ClassicismTheEnlightenmentMovementwasaprogressiveintellectualmovementwhichflourishedinFran
