专八英美文学大锦集.doc

I. Old English Literature & The Late Medieval Ages
Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里•乔叟1340(?)~1400
(首创“双韵体”,英国文学史上首先用伦敦方言写作。约翰•德莱顿(John Dryden)称其为“英国诗歌之父”。代表作《坎特伯雷故事集》。)
The father of English poetry.
writing style: wisdom, humor, humanity.
①<The Canterbury Tales>坎特伯雷故事集:
first time to use ‘heroic couplet’(双韵体) by middle English
Medieval Ages’ popular Literary form: Romance(传奇故事)
Famous three:King Arthur
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Beowulf
II The Renaissance Period
A period of drama and poetry. The Elizabethan drama is the real mainstream of the English Renaissance.
Renaissance: the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in Europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
Three historical events of the Renaissance – rebirth or revival:
1. new discoveries in geography and astrology
2. the religious reformation and economic expansion
3. rediscovery of ancient Roman and Greek culture
The most famous dramatists:
Christopher Marlowe
William Shakespeare
Ben Johnson.
2. Thomasl More托马斯•莫尔1478~1535
One of the greatest English humanists
①<Utopia>乌托邦n
5. Christopherl Marlowe柯里斯托弗•马洛1564~1595
“University Wits”, the pioneer of English drama
(完善了无韵体诗。)
Blank verse: written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.
①<The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus>浮士德博士的悲剧(根据德国民间故事书写成)
②<Tamburlaine>帖木耳大帝n
③<The Jew of Malta>马耳他的犹太人
6. William Shakespeare威廉•莎士比亚1564~1616l
① Historical plays: Henry VI ; Henry IV : Richard III ; Henry V ;Richard II;Henry VIII
②edies: <As You Like It>皆大欢喜; <Twelfth Night>第十二夜; <A Midsummer Night’S Dream>仲夏夜之梦; <Merchant Of Venice>威尼斯商人
③Four Tragedies: <Hamlet>哈姆莱特; <Othello>奥赛罗; <King Lear>李尔王; <Macbeth>麦克白
④Shakespeare :154 <The s>
Three quatrain and one couplet, ababcdcdefefgg
A is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter restricted to a definition rhyme scheme.
III The 17th Cen