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isregardedasthenationalepicoftheAnglo-Saxons.Thetheme:
presentsavividpictureofhowtheprimitivepeoplewageheroicstrugglesagainstthehostileforcesofthenaturalworldunderawiseandmightyleader.Thepoemisanexampleoftheminglingofnaturemythsandheroiclegends.
-GeoffreyChaucer,whoforthefirsttimeinEnglishliterature,presentedtousacomprehensiverealisticpictureoftheEnglishsocietyofhistimeandcreatedawholegalleryofvividcharactersfromallwalksoflifeinhismasterpiece<
TheCanterburyTales>
.
-GeoffreyChauceristhegreatestwriterofthisperiod.
-ChaucerintroducedfromFrancetherhymedstanzas押尾韵ofvarioustypestoEnglishpoetrytoreplacetheOldEnglishalliterativeverse.押头韵.InTheRomauntoftheRose,octosyllabiccouplet,TheLegendofGoodWomen,rhymedcoupletofiambicpentameterwhichistobecalledlatertheheroiccouplet.InCanterburyTales,heroiccouplet.novel:
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TroilusandCriseyde>
thefirstmodernnovel.
-Therenaissance(14-mid-17thcentury)marksatransitionfromthemedievaltothemodernworld.ItfirststartedinItaly.
①movefromfeudalistideastotheinterestofrisingbourgeoisie.
②recoverfromcorruptionoftheRomanCatholicChurchtothepurityoftheearthlychurch.
England:
thereignofHenryVIII---England‘sGoldenAgeinliterature
---BiblesinEnglishinsteadofLatinreadableforcommonpeople
------literarygiants:
Shakespeare,Spenser,JonsonSidney,Marlowe,Bacon,andDonne
ThetimeofTudos----changemonasteries修道院intoschoolsanduniversities------theEnglishRenaissanceflourishing
-Traitsofhumanisticpoetry:
meter,rhyme,scheme,imageryandargumentshouldbecombinedtoframetheemotionaltheme.Poetrywastobeaconcentratedexerciseofthemind,ifcraftsmanshipandoflearning.
-ThefirstperiodofTheEnglishRenaissancewasoneofimitationandassimilation.
-HumanismbegantotakeholdinEnglandwhentheDutchscholarDesideriusErasmuscametoteachtheclassicallearning,firstatOxfordandthenatCambridge.
-ThomasMore,ChristopherMarloweandWilliamShakespearearethebestrepresentativesoftheEnglishhumanists.
-WilliamCaxton,thefirstpersonintroducedprintingintoEnglandandtranslatedbooksinEnglish
-PetrarchandhissuccessorsestablishedthelanguageofloveandsharplydistinguishedthelovepoetryoftheRenaissancefromitscounterpartsintheancientworld.
-IntheearlystageofRenaissance,poetryandpoeticdramawerethemostoutstandingliteraryformsandtheywerecarriedonespeciallybyShakespeareandBenJonson.
-TheElizabethandramaistherealmainstreamoftheEnglishRenaissance.
-ThemostfamousdramatistsintheRenaissanceEnglandareChristopherMarlowe,WilliamShakespeareandBenJonson.
-FrancisBacon,thefirstimportantEnglishessayist,isbestknownforhisessayswhichgreatlyinfluencedthedevelopmentofthisliteraryform.HewasalsothefounderofmodernscienceinEngland.Hiswritingspavedthewayfortheuseofscientificmethod.
-TheheroofRomanceinmedivelperiodisusuallyaknight.
WilliamShakespeare
-38plays,154sonnetsand2longpoems.
-“anupstartcrow“byRobertGreene(UniversityWits)
-1593to1594,Shakespearepublishedtwolongnarrativepoems,VenusandAdonisandTheRapeofLucrece,bothofwhichwerededicatedtotheearlofSouthampton.
FourPeriods:
FirstPeriod(apprenticeship)FIVEhistoryplaysandFOURcomedies
-5Historyplays:
HentyⅥ>
PartsⅠⅡⅢ<
RichardⅢ>
and<
TitusAndronicus>
-4comedies:
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TheComedyofErrors>
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TheTwoGentlemenofVerona>
TheTamingofTheShrew>
and<
Love’sLabour’sLost>
SecondPeriod
5histories:
KingJohn>
HenryⅣ>
PartsⅠandⅡ,and<
HenryⅤ>
Sixcomedies:
AmidsummerNight’sDream>
TheMerchantofVenice>
MuchadoAboutNothing>
AsYoulikeit>
TwelfthNight>
And<
TheMerryWivesofWindsor>
TwoTragedies:
RomeoandJuliet>
JuliusCaesar>
Byconstructingacomplexpatternbetweendifferentcharactersandbetweenappearanceandreality,Shakespearemadesubtlecommentsonavarietyofhumanfoibles.
ThirdPeriod
Includeshisgreatesttragediesandhisso-calleddarkcomedies.
Tragedies:
Hamlet>
Othello>
KingLear>
Macbeth>
AntonyandCleopatra>
TroilusandCressida>
Coriolanus>
TwoComedies:
All’sWellThatEndsWell>
and<
MeasureforMeasure>
..
TheLastPeriod
Includeshisprincipalromantictragicomedies:
Pericles>
Cymbeline>
TheWinter’sTale>
and<
TheTempest>
FinalPlays:
HenryⅧ>
TheTwoNobleKinsmen>
-Shakespeare’shistoryplaysaremainlywrittenundertheprinciplethatnationalunityunderamightyandjustsovereignisanecessity.
thefirstofthegreatesttragedies,mostpopularplayonthestage.Ithasthequalitiesofa‘blood–and–thunder’thrillerandaphilosophicalexplorationoflifeanddeath.Hamletisamelancholic优柔寡断prince,whoistoosophisticatedtodegradehisnaturetotheconventionalroleofrevenge.Shakespearecondemnsthehypocrisyandtreachery背叛andgeneralcorruptionattheroyalcourt)
(theoldKingLearsuffersformtreachery背叛andinfidelity不忠)
(Othello’sinnerweaknessismadeuseofbytheoutsideevilforce)
(Macbeth‘slustforpowerstirsuphisambitionandleadshimtoendlesscrimes.)
Twodarkcomedies(<
MeasureforMeasure>
)
-TheMerchantofVenicetakesastepforwardinitsrealisticpresentationofhumannatureandhumanconflict.(Anoptimisticattitudetowardloveandyouth,praisethefriendshipbetweenAntonioandBassanio,toidealizePortiaasaheroine.,andShylockasanevilfigure)
-RomeoandJuliet,whicheulogizesthefaithfulnessofloveandthespiritofpursuinghappiness.
Greatesttragedies:
.Thecommon:
eachportrayssomenoblehero,whofacestheinjusticeofhumanlifeandiscaughtinadifficultsituationandwhosefateiscloselyconnectedwiththefateofthewholenation.
(thebestofhisfinalromances,itisatypicalexampleofShakespeare‘spessimisticviewtowardhumanlifeandsocietyinhislateyears.Hewishestosolvetheconflictbydreamsandsupernaturalpower).
-Thethreeunities,formulatedbyRenaissancedramatists,aretheunitiesoftime,placeandaction.
Sonnet18>
(Shakespearehasafaithinthepermanenceofpoetry.Anicesummer’sdayisusuallytransient,butthebeautyinpoetryinpoetrycanlastforever.
JohnMiltonthegreatestprosewriterofhisage.
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ParadiseLost>
isthegreatestepicinEnglishliteraturesince<
Threepoeticalworks:
ParadiseRegained>
SamsonAgonistes>
早期诗歌:
Lycidas>
elegies挽歌,forhisbestfriendEdwardKing,whodiedofdrown.
Thepoembeginswithgriefandafeelingofimmaturity.Theemotionmovesfromsadnesstoacceptanceintheend.
中期散文:
Areopagitica>
isprobablyhismostmemorableprosework,itisagreatpleaforfreedomofpress-------smoothandcarms.
晚期史诗:
选读<
alongepicdividedinto12books.ThestoryistakenfromtheBible..SatanandotherangelsrebelagainstGod.SatansucceedsinseduceEvetoeattheappleformthetreeofknowledge.Asaresult,AdamandEveareexiledbyGodfromtheparadise.Inthefallofman,Adamdiscoveredhisfullhumanity.Thethemeis“FallofMan”,intendingtoexposethewaysofSatanandto“justifythewaysofGodtomen”
ThepictureofIsrael’smightychampion,blind,alone,afflicted折磨bycruelenemiesbutpreservinganobleidealtotheend.Itisafittingclosetothelifeworkofthepoethimself,ThewholepoemstronglysuggestsMiltonshimselfcouldbringdestructiondownupontheenemyatthecostofhisownlife.ThedramaisthemostperfectexampleoftheversedramaaftertheGreekstyleinEnglish.
showshowmankind,inthepersonofChrist,withstandsthetempterandisestablishedoncemore
二TheNeoclassicalPeriod(1660-1798)
-ItstartsfromthereturnoftheStuartstotheEnglishthronein1660tothepublicationofLyricalBalladsbyWordsworthandColeridgein1798.
-The18thcenturyEnglandisalsoknownastheAgeofEnlightenmentortheAgeofReason.
-Thoughts:
①Theybelieveinhardwork,self-reliance自力更生,andself-restraint.自制Towork,toeconomize节俭andtoaccumulatewealthconstitutedthewholemeaningoftheirlife.
②Theycalledfororder,reason,andrules,whichcansavepeoplefromsuperstition,injusticeandoppression.Theybelievethatifthemasseswerewelleducated,theymaybecapableofperfection,theequalhumansocietymaycomeintobeing.
-TheEnlightenment①wasaprogressiveintellectualmovementin18THEurope②whichflourishedinFranceandsweptthroughthewholeWesternEuropeatthetime,③themovementwasafurtheranceoftheRenaissanceofthe15thand16thcenturies,④itspurposewastoenlightenthewholeworldwiththelightofmodernphilosophicalandartisticideas.
Literatureideas:
①Theliteratureisheavilydidactic教导andmoralizing说教的.
②Theybelievethattheartisti