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1、EnglishRenaissanceandShakespeareContentsIdeologicalTrendRenaissanceMeans“rebirth”or“revival”Beganinthe14thcenturyinItalywiththefloweringofpainting,sculpture,andliteratureandlaterspreadtoFrance,Spain,Holland,etc.ItisaRepresentedbythetranslationofclassicalw
2、orksItsidealwasHumanismIdeologicalTrendHumanism:therediscoveriesoftheancientGreekandRomanmythologyandthediscoveryofmanhimself:emphasizinghisdignity,potentialityoftheindividual,theworthofthislife;glorifyingman’slove,friendship,etc.SocialBackgroundSocialfor
3、mation:feudalsocietythefoundationofcapitalism;Economy:wooltradeEnclosureMovementPolitics:Theabsolutemonarchy(thereignofKingHenryVIII)Religion:ReligiousReformationMilitaryAffairs:powerfulnavyScience:influencedbyCopernicus;GalileoSocialBackgroundHistoricalp
4、eriods:TheTudors:HenryVIIunifiedEngland(notScotlandandIreland)HenryVIII(1509-1547)Mary(1553-58)Elizabeth(1558-1603)TheStuarts:JamesI(1603-1685)JamesII(1685-1688)WilliamandMary(1688-1702)GoldenageofDramasLyricalpoetry:sonnets,pastoral,etc.greatdevelopmento
5、fprosePoetryLyricalversesSamuelJohn“anestofsingingbirds”Sonnet：ItalianpoetPetrarch;introducedtoEnglandbySirThomasWyatt,HenryHoward,EarlofSurreyRepresentatives:EdmundSpenser;WilliamShakespeare;BenJohnson;JohnDonne,JohnMiltonEdmundSpenser(1552-1599)Life:was
6、borninacloth-maker’sfamily,educatedatahumanisticschool,andthenatPembrokeCollege,Cambridge,workedasasecretarytoLordGreyofWilton,LordDeputyofIreland.thepoetofthepoets,thegreatexperimenterofthetime,hisrepresentativeworks:a.TheShephearde’sCalendar(1579),hisfi
7、rstimportantworkb.TheFaerieQueene(1596),anallegoricalromanceinversePoetrywhatisapastoral:pastoralpresentsasimpleandidealizedworldinhabitedbyshepherdsandshepherdesseswhochieflyareconcernedtotendtheirflocks,fallinlove,andengageinpoetrycontests.Thevaluesofth
8、ismodearedefinedbyleisureandhumblecontentmentwhicharetheoppositeofpride,ambitionandthepursuitoffameandfortune.Pastoralexaltsthesimplecountrylifeoverthecityanditsbusiness,themilitarycampanditswarfare,thecourtandthebu
