英文学摘要 图文.ppt

Part one Old and Medieval English Literature
1. Old English Poetry and “Beowulf”(贝奥武浦)
“Beowulf ”→ the national epic of the Anglo-Saxon and English people → Alliteration( 头韵)
English Literature and the Canterbury Tales
①The Romance( describing the life and adventures of a noble hero)
②Geoffrey Chaucer乔叟
→ the “father of English poetry”,
→“The Canterbury Tales” is Chaucer’s masterpiece (stories narrated by Pilgrims)
→ he introduced rhymed couplet to English poetry, instead of the old Anglo-Saxon alliterative verse. (Couplet: A stanza of two lines, usually rhyming. )
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The Renaissance
Renaissance (1485—1660)
→ The Background: the society was in its transition from the feudalism to capitalism.
→ Revival or rebirth of classical arts, culture and philosophy after the dark ages of medieval
→ The key word for it is humanism, emphasized secular concerns , express the interests of the rising bourgeoisie.
→ Shakespeare, Spenser, and Marlowe are all famous literary figures in this period
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Utopia (socialism)
The definition of Utopia is "no place."
Thomas More (1478-1535)
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Edmund Spenser(1552-1599)
A poet’s poet
The Faerie Queene
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Francis Bacon培根(1561-1626)
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’s works
“Advancement of Learning”学术的推进:
“New Instrument”:新工具
the inductive method of reasoning
3. “New Atlantics”: an ideal society 新大西岛
4. “Essays”/ 58 essays论说文集
A wide variety of subjects: love, truth, friendship, beauty, studies, riches…
His style: clearness, brevity, force of expression
☆his essays is an important landmark in the development of English prose
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Christopher Marlowe(1564-1593)
wits, the greatest pioneer of English drama
2. blank verse
Verse consisting of unrhymed lines, usually of iambic pentameter.
无韵诗,素体诗
3. Doctor Faustus
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William Shakespeare
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the greatest English poet and dramatist
①154 s,
②37 plays, including edies, 12 tragedies, and 11 historical plays,
③2 long poems.
But for such a great writer, we have very little defini