1、英美文学重点知识归纳英美文学重点知识归纳Old English:450-1066 the national epic of the Anglo-Saons
Medieval English： 1066- middle 14th century
Geoffrey Chaucer-the father of English poetry (wisdom, humor, humanity)
first time to use 'heroic couplet' The Renais
2、sance Period:14th–mid 17th started in ItalyA series of historical events:1. rediscovery of ancient Roman & Greek culture2. new discoveries in geography & astrology(占星学)3. the religious reformation & economic expansionThe Renaissance - rebirth or revival
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3、manism - the essence of the Renaissance, the dignity of human being & the importance of the presentlifeBest representatives: Thomas More, Christopher Marlowe, William ShakespeareThe Elizabethan drama: the real mainstream of English RenaissanceMost famous dramatists: Chris
4、topher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson
Edmund Spenser - the poets' poet5 quality:1) a perfect melody 2)a rare sense of beauty 3)a splendid imagination4)a lofty(高尚的) moral purity and seriousness 5)a dedicated idealism lament(哀悼) over
5、 the loss of Rosalind 主角：Arthur - who possess 12 virtues Gloriana – the Fairy QueenThe theme is not “Arms and the man,” but something more romantic –“Fierce warres and faithfullloves”READING: excerpt from The Faerie Queene仙后Content: Redcrosse Knig
6、ht set out on his adventures.
Christopher Marlowe – “University Wits”, the pioneer of EnglishdramaHyperbole(夸张)Marlowe’s achievement:1) blank verse无韵诗歌It is Marlowe who brought vitality(活力) and grandeur(伟大) into the blank verse with his “mighty lines,”which carry strong e
7、motions.2) his creation of the Renaissance hero for English drama.(not strong in dramatic construction.) → the pioneer of English drama3 tragedies: the human passion for knowledge, power and happiness 帖木耳大帝 a play about an ambitious and pitile
