罗经国版《新编英国文学简史(上)》第五章课件.ppt

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1、TheEnglishRenaissance(1550—1642)1.Renaissance&EnglishRenaissance:anoverview2.ThecharacteristicsoftheEnglishRenaissance3.EnglishRenaissance:itsthreeperiods4.EdmundSpenser1)Life2)Majorworks3)Contribution7/30/20211PreparedbyTonySunRenaissance&EnglishRenaissance:anoverviewRenaissancere

2、ferstotheperiodoftransitionfromtheMedievaltotheModernworld.Itwassparkedoffbyacombinationofhistoricalfactors,suchastherediscoveryofancientGreekandRomanclassics,thereligiousreformation,explorationsofgeographyandscienceandeconomicexpansion.ItfirststartedinItaly,withthefloweringofpaint

3、ing,sculptureandliterature.ItdidnotarriveinEnglandtillthelastpartof15thCandtheearlyyearsof16thC.7/30/20212PreparedbyTonySunRenaissanceisthetermgiventotherevivalofinterestintheGreekandLatinculturewhichbeganinItalyinthelate14thcenturyandgraduallyspreadthroughoutEurope.Itsinfluencewas

4、notconfinedtoliterature,musicandthefinearts,butaffectedthewholedevelopmentofcivilization.It’sadividinglinebetweentheMedievalAgesandtheModernAges.7/30/20213PreparedbyTonySunRenaissanceisthetermgiventotherevivalofinterestintheGreekandLatinculturewhichbeganinItalyinthelate14thcenturya

5、ndgraduallyspreadthroughoutEurope.Itsinfluencewasnotconfinedtoliterature,musicandthefinearts,butaffectedthewholedevelopmentofcivilization.It’sadividinglinebetweentheMedievalAgesandtheModernAges.7/30/20214PreparedbyTonySunHistoricalbackgroundThe16thCwasaperiodofbreakingupoffeudalrel

6、ationsandtheestablishingofthefoundationsofcapitalism.(Duality)(1)ThewarofRoses(LancasterFamily—YorkFamily)Influence:ThewarofRosesnotonlyweakenedthefeudalismbutactuallykilledoffmostofthefeudalnobilityinEnglandthatpreventedthecentralizationofpoliticalpower.HenryVIIandHenryVIIIlaidthe

7、foundationsofmonarch.(2)EconomicdevelopmentA.Atabroad,QueenElizabethencouragedexplorationandtravelwhichstimulatedthecommercialexpansionThewarwithSpain:In1588,EnglishnavydestroyedtheSpanishfleet“Armada”.7/30/20215PreparedbyTonySunB.Athome,therewasanintensificationofeconomicexploitat

8、ionofthepeasants,including