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1、NameWriter'sFeaturesWritingsWriting'sFeaturesEnglishLiteratureTheRenaissancePeriod1.age:1500-16602.background:stimulatedbytherediscoveryofancientRomanandGreekclassic;England'sGoldenAge,especiallyinliterature;theChurchofEnglandbrokeawayfromtheCatholicChurc

2、h3.features:(1)Newpoeticalformsintroduced,e.g.blankverseandsonnet;(2)theEnglishdramabaseditselfonthemodelsofRomanandGreekclassicsandtheprecedentsfromItalyandSpain(3)theuniversaltendofhumanisminemphasizingman'sdignityandhisworldlyhappinessEdmundSpenser1.Th

3、epoet'spoet;2.Perfectmelody;araresenseofbeauty;asplendidimagination;aloftymoralpurityandseriousness;adedicatedidealismTheFaerieQueen(TheShepheadesCalenderEpithalamion)Anallegory;"ahistoricalpoem"topresenttheexampleofaperfectgentleman;aherorepresentoneofth

4、e12virtues;fiercewarresandfaithfullovesChristopherMarlowe(BlankverseUniversitywit）1.perfectedblankverseandturneditintotheprincipalmediumofEnglishdrama2.createdaseriesofimagesoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdramaDrFauctusThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove1.symbo

5、licofahumanistintheRenaissance;basedontheGermanlegendofamagicianaspiringforknowledgeandfinallymeetinghistragicendasaresultofsellinghissoultotheDevilWilliamShakespeareThegreatestplaywrightandthemostpopularsonnetwriter;acreationofcharacters;skillfulplotcons

6、truction;irony;agooduseofalanguage;skilledinvariouspoeticforms;ofthreequatrainsandacouplet(三节四行诗加一节偶句);nationalunityunderamightyandjustsovereignisanecessity—“TheKing’sgovernmentmustbecarriedon”(在一个强大英明的君主统治下的国家，统一是非常必要的)(Eachherohashisweeknessofnature:Ham

7、let,themelancholicscholar-prince,facesthedilemmabetweenactionandmind;Othello’sinnerweaknessismadeuseofbytheoutsideevilforce;theoldkingLearwhoisunwillingtototallygiveuphispowermakeshimselfsufferfromtreacheryandinfidelity;andMacbeth’slustforpowerstirsuphisa

8、mbitionandleadshimtoincessantcrimes.)literatureshouldbeacombinationofbeauty,kindnessandtruth,andshouldreflectnatureandrealitySonnetsTheMerchantofVeniceHamlet(VenusandAdonis;TheRapeofLucrece;romantictragicomedies;Rom