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1、PartoneOldandMedievalEnglishLiterature1.OldEnglishPoetryand“Beowulf”(贝奥武浦)“Beowulf”→thenationalepicoftheAnglo-SaxonandEnglishpeople→Alliteration(头韵)2.MiddleEnglishLiteratureandtheCanterburyTales①TheRomance(describingthelifeandadventuresofanoblehero)②GeoffreyChaucer乔叟→the“fath
2、erofEnglishpoetry”,→“TheCanterburyTales”isChaucer’smasterpiece(storiesnarratedbyPilgrims)→heintroducedrhymedcouplettoEnglishpoetry,insteadoftheoldAnglo-Saxonalliterativeverse.(Couplet:Astanzaoftwolines,usuallyrhyming.)TheRenaissanceRenaissance(1485—1660)→TheBackground:thesoci
3、etywasinitstransitionfromthefeudalismtocapitalism.→Revivalorrebirthofclassicalarts,cultureandphilosophyafterthedarkagesofmedieval→Thekeywordforitishumanism,emphasizedsecularconcerns,expresstheinterestsoftherisingbourgeoisie.→Shakespeare,Spenser,andMarloweareallfamousliteraryf
4、iguresinthisperiodUtopia(socialism)ThedefinitionofUtopiais"noplace."ThomasMore(1478-1535)EdmundSpenser(1552-1599)Apoet’spoetTheFaerieQueeneFrancisBacon培根(1561-1626)II.Bacon’sworks“AdvancementofLearning”学术的推进:“NewInstrument”:新工具theinductivemethodofreasoning3.“NewAtlantics”:ani
5、dealsociety新大西岛4.“Essays”/58essays论说文集Awidevarietyofsubjects:love,truth,friendship,beauty,studies,riches…Hisstyle:clearness,brevity,forceofexpression☆hisessaysisanimportantlandmarkinthedevelopmentofEnglishproseChristopherMarlowe(1564-1593)1.Universitywits,thegreatestpioneero
6、fEnglishdrama2.blankverseVerseconsistingofunrhymedlines,usuallyofiambicpentameter.无韵诗,素体诗3.DoctorFaustusWilliamShakespearethegreatestEnglishpoetanddramatist①154sonnets,②37plays,including14comedies,12tragedies,and11historicalplays,③2longpoems.Butforsuchagreatwriter,wehaveveryl
7、ittledefiniteknowledgeabouthislife.Shakespeare’sTragedies(1)Hamlet(2)Othello(3)KingLear(4)MacbethtopraisethefriendshipbetweenAntonioandBassanio,toidealizePortiaaheroineofgreatbeauty,witandloyalty,toexposetheinsatiablegreedandbrutality(Shylock)hesi
8、tatebetweenfactandfiction,languageandactionTobe,ornottobe-toliveonin