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TheRenaissancePeriod:
14th–mid17thstartedinItaly
Aseriesofhistoricalevents:
1.rediscoveryofancientRoman&
Greekculture
2.newdiscoveriesingeography&
astrology(占星学)
3.thereligiousreformation&
economicexpansion
TheRenaissance-rebirthorrevival
Humanism-theessenceoftheRenaissance,thedignityofhumanbeing&
theimportanceofthepresentlife
Bestrepresentatives:
ThomasMore,ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare
TheElizabethandrama:
therealmainstreamofEnglishRenaissance
Mostfamousdramatists:
ChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeare,BenJonson
16C初期:
1.ThomasMoreUtopia
首次提出:
Liberty,FraternityandEquality.
16C末:
2.FrancisBaconEssays:
thefirstexampleofthatgenreinEnglishliterature
OfStudy
philosopher,scientist,essayist,laythefoundationformodernscience
16C上:
3.ThomasWyatt首次引入sonnet
16C下:
4.EdmundSpenser---thepoets'
poet
5quality:
1)aperfectmelody2)araresenseofbeauty3)asplendidimagination
4)alofty(高尚的)moralpurityandseriousness5)adedicatedidealism
TheShepherde’sCalender:
lament(哀悼)overthelossofRosalind
TheFaerieQueene:
thegreatestepicofthetime
主角:
Arthur-whopossess12virtues
Gloriana–theFairyQueen
Thethemeisnot“Armsandtheman,”butsomethingmoreromantic–“Fiercewarresandfaithfullloves”
Drama:
5.ChristopherMarlowe–---“UniversityWits”,thepioneerofEnglishdrama
Marlowe’sachievement:
1)blankverse无韵诗歌
ItisMarlowewhobroughtvitality(活力)andgrandeur(伟大)intotheblankversewithhis“mightylines,”whichcarrystrongemotions.
2)hiscreationoftheRenaissanceheroforEnglishdrama.(notstrongindramaticconstruction.)
→thepioneerofEnglishdrama
3tragedies:
Dr.Faustusthehumanpassionforknowledge,powerandhappiness
Tamburlaine帖木耳大帝aplayaboutanambitiousandpitilessoverpoweringking.
TheJewofMalta马尔他的犹太人
non-drama“ThePassionateShepherdtoHisLove”
---thisshortpoemisconsideredtobeoneofthemostbeautifullyrics(抒情诗)inEnglishliterature.Theshepherd(牧羊人)enjoyanidealcountrylife,cherishing(珍爱)apastoral(田园的)andpureaffectionforhislove.Strongemotionisconveyedthroughthebeautyofnature.
6.WilliamShakespeare-----playwright&
poet(aboveallwritersinthepastandinthepresenttime)
作品:
1.HenryⅥ,RichardⅢ…
2.RichardⅡ,HenryⅣ,HenryⅤ,KingJohn…
Comedies:
AMidsummerNight’sDream,TheMerchantofVenice,TwelfthNight…
Tragedy:
RomeoandJuliet:
romantictragedy.Topraisethefaithfulnessofloveandthespiritofpursuinghappiness.
3.Fourtragedies-Hamlet,Othello,KingLearMacbeth
4.tragicomedies:
TheTempest
Achievement:
A.exploringthecharacter’sinnermind.
soliloquy(独白)ormonologue-fullyrevealtheinnerconflictofthecharacters
contrasts–bringvividnesstothecharacters
B.adroit(精巧的)plotconstruction
C.Ironyisagoodmeansofdramaticpresentation.Disguiseisanimportantdevicetocreatedramaticirony.
D.thelanguage.
READING:
1.Sonnet18(14line)
Sonnet18eternalorimmortal(不朽的)beauty,haveafaithinthepermanenceofpoetry.
Anicesummer’sdayisusuallytransient(短暂的),butthebeautyinpoetrycanlastforever.
16C—17C过渡
7.JohnDonnefounderoftheMetaphysicalSchool
〝Metaphysicalpoetry〞(玄学诗)-breakawayfromlovepoetry,thediction(用语)issimple,theimageryisfromtheactual,theformisfrequentlyanargumentwiththepoet’sbeloved,withGod,orwithhimself.
A)conceitsB)syllogism(三段论)
Poetry早期:
TheSongsandSonnetsamongwhich“TheSunRising”and“TheFlea”arethetwomostfamouspoems.
晚期:
HolySonnetsAHymntoGodtheFather:
religiouspoem
Prose:
hissermons,whicharebothrichandimaginative
READING:
1.TheSunRising2.Death,BeNotProud(asonnet,14lines)
8:
BenJonsonCavalierPoets领袖
他们的诗歌追循古典主义原则,推崇理性和谐和规律,讲究古典精炼的形式和严格的韵脚,对其后兴起的新古典主义(Neo-Classism)诗歌,尤其是德莱顿(JohnDryden)和蒲伯(AlexanderPope)的作品,产生了重大影响。
9.JohnMilton
1)theearlypoeticworks2)themiddleprose(散文)3)thelastgreatpoems
Elegy(挽歌)---lycidas利西达斯(hisearlywork)
Epic(史诗)---ParadiseLostParadiseRegained
Dramaticpoem(诗剧)-SamsonAgonistes力士参孙
themostperfectexampleoftheversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.
excerptfromParadiseLost
ParadiseLosttheonlygenerallyacknowledgedepicinEnglishliteraturesinceBeowulf.Theconflictisbetweenhumanloveandspiritualduty.ThefreedomofthewillisthekeystoneofMilton’screed(纲领).
TakefromtheOldTestament,thethemeisthe“FallofMan”:
SatanrebelagainstGodandaredrivenfromHeaven.Hedeterminedtorevengebyseduce(引诱)AdamandEvetoeatthefruitfromtheTreeofKnowledgeagainstGod’sinstructions.So,AdamandEveareexiledbyGodfromtheparadise.
10.JohnBunyanThePilgrim’sProgress《天路历程》
areligiousallegory(寓言),itspurposeistourgepeopletoabidebyChristiandoctrinesandseeksalvation(拯救)throughconstantstruggleswiththeirownweaknessesandallkindsofsocialevils.Itspredominantmetaphor–lifeasajourney
TheNeoclassicalPeriod:
1660-1798,endwiththepublicationofLyricalballadsbyWordsworthandColeridge
1.arevivalofinterestintheoldclassicalworks,order,logic,restrainedemotion(抑制情感)&
accuracy
2.theAgeofEnlightenment/Reason–themovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissanceofthe15thand16thcentries,aprogressiveintellectualmovement,reason(rationality),equality&
science(the18thcentury)
3.modernEnglishnovel---newlyrisingliteraryform现实主义小说诞生(themid-century)
Gothicnovel(哥特式小说)-mystery,horror&
castles(frommiddleparttotheendofcentury)
1.AlexanderPopeAnEssayonCriticism(论批评)
oneofthefirsttointroducerationalismtoEngland,forhimthesupremevaluewasorder.
excerptfromAnEssayonCriticism(论批评)
AnEssayonCriticismapoemwritteninheroiccouplets(对句),criticizethepresentpoemlackoftruetaste&
callonpeopletoturntotheoldGreekandRomanwritersforguidance,truewitwhichisbestsetinaplain(simple&
clear)style.
2.DanielDefoe----RobinsonCrusoe:
praisethehumanlaborandthePuritanfortitude(清教徒坚韧).
thefirstwriterstudyofthelower-classpeople,hislanguageissmooth,easy,colloquialandmostlyvernacular(方言).
3.JonathanSwift-----Gulliver’sTravels《格列佛游记》
Inhisopinion,humannatureisseriouslyandpermanentlyflawed(缺点)
1)amastersatirist.AModestProposal
2)oneofthegreatestofEnglishprose,hedefinedagoodstyleas“Properwordsinproperplaces”
excerptfromGulliver'
sTravels
Gulliver'
sTravels:
fictionalwork,
fourparts–Lilliput,Brobdingnag,FlyingIsland&
Houyhnhnm
(小人国)(大人国)(飞岛)(有人类理性的马)
→thebookisoneofthemosteffectiveanddevastatingcriticismsandsatiresofallaspectsinthethenEnglishandEuropeanlife.
4.HenryFielding------FatherofEnglishnovel,作品:
TomJones
hewasthefirsttowritea“Comicepicinprose”(散文体史诗),
thefirsttogivethemodernnovelitsstructureandstyle.
Headopted“thethird-personnarration”.
5.SamuelJohnson----ADictionaryoftheEnglishLanguage英语大词典
theauthorofthefirstEnglishdictionarybyanEnglishman,
thelastneoclassicistenlightener.
6.RichardBrinsleySheridan----TheSchoolforScandal&
TheRivals
theonlyimportantEnglishdramatistofthe18thcentury
TheRivalsandTheSchoolforScandalareregardedasimportantlinksbetweenthemasterpiecesofShakespeareandthoseofBernardShaw.
7.ThomasGray-----ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard
theleaderofthesentimental(悲情的)poetryoftheday,especially“TheGraveyardSchool”
ElegyWritteninaCountryChurchyard
reflectsondeath,thesorrowsoflife,andthemysteriesofhumanlifewithatouchofhispersonalmelancholy.Hesympathizedforthepoorandtheunknown,butmocksthegreatoneswhodespisethepoorandbringhavoc(破坏)onthem.
8.RobertBurns-----ARed,RedRoseMyHeart’sintheHighland
TheRomanticPeriod
△Romantic-emotionoverreason,spontaneous(自发)emotion,achangefromtheouterworldofsocialcivilizationtotheinnerworldofthehumanspirit,poetryshouldbefreefromallrules,imagination,nature,commonplace
△Theromanticemphasizedthespecialqualitiesofeachindividual’smind.
△Theromanticperiod
beganwith:
in1798thepublicationofWordsworthandColeridge'
sLyricalBallads
end:
in1832withSirWalterScott’sdeath
△twomajornovelistsoftheRomanticperiodareJaneAusten(realistic)andWalterScott(romantic).
1.WilliamBlake-poet&
engraver(雕刻家)
SongsofInnocence-----ahappyandinnocentworldfromchildren'
seye
SongsofExperience----aworldofmisery,poverty,disease,warandrepressionwitha
melancholy(忧郁的)tonefrommeneyes.Childhood,paradoxes,apairingofopposites
MarriageofHeavenandHell----markshisentryintomaturity.
ThebookofUrizen先知书------prophetic(预言的)bookinhislaterperiod
Hepresentshisviewinvisua