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1、EnglishRenaissance(I)(14thcentury-mid17thcentury)Instructor:GuoXinHistoricalBackgroundEnglishHistoryafterChaucer’sDeathIntellectual&CulturalBackgroundReligiousBackgroundRenaissance&Humanism（人文主义）EnglishLanguage:KingJamesBible&PrintingEconomic&Diplomat

2、icBackgroundGeoffreyChaucerRepresentativeofMedievalEnglishLiteratureFatherofEnglishPoetry——praisefromJohnDrydenProphetforEnglishRenaissance—humanistOneoftheearlyrealistHedominatedliteraryworksofhistimes(15thcentury)Literarylegacy:EdmundSpencerandWillia

3、mShakespeareChaucer’sMasterpiece:TheCanterburyTalesGeneralPrologueGatheringPlace:TabardInninSouthwark,asuburbofLondonCharacters:32pilgrims(representativesofvariouswalksoflifeandsocialgroups)Purpose:ontheirwaytotheshrineofSt.ThomasaBecketatCanterburyRea

4、sonfortellingtales——theinnkeeper’ssuggestionfortellingtales——onepilgrimtellstwostoryonthewaytoCanterburyandonthewaybackChaucer’sLiteraryContributionHeintroducedfromItalyandFrancetherhymedstanzaofvarioustypes:octosyllabiccouplet,heroiccouplet(therhymedc

5、oupletofiambicpentameter)HelaidthefoundationforthelaterdevelopmentofotherliterarygenresHefirstwroteinEnglishlanguage:MiddleEnglish.HemadetheLondondialectthefoundationformodernEnglishlanguage.1.EnglishHistory(1400—)TheWarofRoses(1455-1485)Self-Destructi

6、onofNobilityThereignofTudorsHenryVII’sreignHenryVIII’sreignEdwardVI’sreignQueenMary’sreignQueenElizabeth’sreignHouseofYorkHouseofTudorHouseofLancaster2.IntellectualBackground:2.1RenaissanceTimeSpan:the14th—mid-17thcenturiesPlace:Italy(painting,sculptu

7、re&literature)——therestofEuropeMeaning:rebirthorrevivalFeatures:ThirstingCuriosityfortheClassicalLiterature:DissatisfactionwiththeCatholic&FeudalIdeasKeenInterestintheActivitiesofHumanity2.1Renaissance:AttemptsofEuropeanhumanistthinkersandscholarsGetti

8、ngridofCatholic&FeudalideasinmedievalEuropeIntroducingnewbourgeoisieideasKeynoteofRenaissance:HumanismRestorationofreverenceforantiqueauthorsinGreek&Romancivilization——manisthemeasureofallthings.(人是万物的尺度)Against&ForAgainstCatholic&Feuda