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1、EnglishLiterature1.SirGawainandtheGreenKnight2.TheCanterburyTales3.Dr.Faustus4.Sonnet185.Hamlet6.ParadiseLost7.TheRapeoftheLock8.ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard9.TheSchoolforScandal10.RobinsonCrusoe11.AModestProposal12.TomJones13.London14.Iwanderedlonelyasacloud15.TheIslesofGreec
2、e16.OdetotheWestWind17.PrometheusUnbound18.WalterScott19.PrideandPrejudice20.VanityFair21.JaneEyre22.WutheringHeights23.TheMillontheFloss24.TessofD’Urbervilles25.Break,Break,Break26.Mrs.Warren’sProfession27.Pygmalion10EnglishLiterature1.MakecommentsontheromanceSirGawainandtheGreen
3、KnightTwomotifs:Thestoryseemstoshowthetestingoffaith,courageandpurity.Atrueknightshouldnotonlydedicatehimselftothechurchbutalsoshouldpossessthevirtuesofgreatcourage,offidelitytohispromise,andofphysicalchastityandpurity.Andanotherthemeofthestoryisthetestofhumanweaknessforself-prese
4、rvationSirGawainandtheGreenKnightisthemostaccomplishedexampleofmedievalromanceandapoemofrichpsychologicalandmoralinterest.TheunknownauthorofSirGawainandtheGreenKnightwasChaucer’scontemporary,buthisalliterativeverseformwasoldfashionedeveninhisownday,andhisdialect,thatofNorthwestEng
5、land,isalsoverydifficultforthemodernreaders.However,superficiallythepoemisanaccountofatypicalchivalricadventure,anamalgamofanumberofthebest-knownmotifsofArthurianromance--achallengebyamysterioussuperhumanknight,abargain,whichturnsouttohaveunforeseenconsequences;alonequest;anattemp
6、tedseductionofaChristianknightbyabewitchingtemptress.Andthecourtlyromancesalsomarriedtoarchetypalfolkmythsandtoreligion.Thebriefsummaryoftheactionofthepoemrevealsthatitisconcernedwiththerightsandwrongsofconduct.Itsthemeisaseriesoftestsonfaith,courage,purityandhumanweaknessforself-
7、preservation.ThestorypresentsaprofoundlyChristianviewofman’scharacterandhisdestiny.Byplacingself-protectionbeforehonor,anddeceitbeforehistrustintheloveofGod,GawainhassinnedandfallenandbecomeanimageofAdam.Humanexcellenceismarredbyoriginalsinandcourtlyvaluesalonearenoprotection.Thou
8、ghGawaincanhopetobeexcused,thegir
