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1、Lecture2TheElizabethanAge(I)EnglishLiteratureTeachingObjectivesandRequirements1HelpthestudentsknowsomeinformationaboutthePre-Elizabethanperiod,especiallytheRenaissance.2HelpthestudentsknowsomeinformationaboutthegeniusesinliteratureintheElizabethanAge,espe
2、ciallyFrancisBacon,thegeniusinprose.AnaturalcorollaryofthepopulardisaffectionwiththegrowingcorruptpracticesoftheCatholicChurchandthelongpent-upangeranddesireonthepartofthemoreenlightenedreligiousmindsforreformandimprovementFirststartedinGermanybyMartinLut
3、her(1483-1546),anAugustanfriar1ThePre-Elizabethanperiod(1400-1557)1.1TheReformation(ProtestantReformation)TheReformationmadeagreathistoriccontributionintheintellectualhistoryofhumankind:itsetthehumanmindfreefromthefettersofthetenetsanddogmasoftheCatholicC
4、hurchandopenedhumaneyestothenewandpromisingvistasofthenewage.Themodernagewaszoomedintosight.(ChanYaoxin:25-26)14thandmid-17thcenturiesItalyrebirthorrevivalreawakeningofinterestinlearning,intheindividualandintheworldofnature1.2Renaissance1.2.1DefinitionofR
5、enaissancetherevivalofinterestinlearning—thecultureofGreeceandRometherebirthofinterestintheindividual—anewappreciationofbeauty,adesireforself-expressionandthecreationofarttherenewalofcuriosityaboutthenature—todiscovernewlandsandnewscientifictruthsessence—
6、humanismReligiousReformationandBourgeoisRevolution.1.2.2HumanismBroadly,exaltthehumanelementorstresstheimportanceofhumaninterestsInamorespecificsense,promotehumanculturemosteffectively,dealwiththelife,thought,language,andliteratureofancientGreeceandRomeMa
7、nshouldmouldtheworldaccordingtohisowndesires,andattainhappinessbyremovingallexternalchecksbytheexercisesofthehumanintellect1.2.3MaintraitsoftheRenaissanceliteratureItemphasizesthedignityofman,affirmsandeulogizesthevalueofman.Itadvocatesthefullexpressionof
8、individualismandthefulfillmentofone’sabilities,againstthedespoticruleoffeudalism.Itaffirmsthedelightofearthlyachievement,aswellasman’sdesireforhappinessandpleasure.GeniusesinpoetryGeniusinproseEdmundSpenserSirPhilip
