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ⅠOld English Literature & The Late Medieval Ages
1.Beowulf贝奥武夫 His Artistic features ①Using alliteration头韵
②Using metaphor暗喻and understatement含蓄陈述2.Geoffery Chaucer 杰弗里?乔叟The founder of English poetry. 三个阶段:
①The Romaunt of the Rose>玫瑰传奇②Troilus and Criseyde>特罗伊拉斯和克莱希德longest complete poem ③The Canterbury Tales>坎特伯雷故事集:
Significance :first time to use ‘heroic couplet英雄双韵体) by middle English ’(
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. Humanism is the key-note of the Renaissance. 1. Edmund Spenser埃德蒙?斯宾塞1552~1599(后人称之为“诗人的诗人”。The poets’ poet.)
The first to be buried in the Poet’s corner of Westerminster Abbey.①
The theme is not “Arms and the man”, but something more romantic “Fierce wars and faithfull loves”.②
The theme is to lament over the loss of Rosalinism 2. Thomas More托马斯?莫尔1478~1535 One of the greatest English humanists ①
Two books:1.on the social conditions of English
2.on an ideal communist society
3. Francis Bacon弗兰西斯?培根1561~1626 The first English essayist.fatherof english eassy.
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②四大喜剧:第二阶段
④Shakespeare Sonnet :154
III The 17th Century
1. John Milton约翰?弥尔顿1608~1674(失明后写《失乐园》、《复乐园》、《力士参孙》。)
①Epics:
< RegainedParadise>复乐园
②Dramatic poem: < Samson Agonistes>力士参孙
Adam夏娃Eve受魔鬼撒旦Satan诱惑偷尝禁果,
2. John Bunyan约翰?班扬1628~1688
(代表作《天路历程》,宗教寓言,被誉为“具有永恒意义的百科全书”,是英国文学史上里程碑式著作。与但丁的《神曲》、奥古斯丁的《忏悔录》并列为世界三大宗教题材文学杰作。)
Puritan poet(清教徒派诗人) ①Religionary Allegory: ’s Progress>天路历程 3. John Donne the Metaphysical poet(玄学派诗人) Metaphysical Poetry(玄学诗):(用语)the diction is simple, the imagery is from the actual, (形式)the form is frequently an argument with the poet’s beloved, with god, or with himself.(主题:love, religious, thought)4. John Dryden:革命时期的保皇派代表 royalist IV The 18th Century 1.Enlightment 3位代表Addison,Steele,Pope 2. Samuel Johnson塞缪尔?约翰逊1709~1784 ①Dictionary =英语大词典 更多精品文档 学习-----好资料 3. Jonathan Swift乔纳森?斯威夫特1667~1745① Lilliput 小人国Brobdingnag 大人国Flying Island 飞岛Houyhnhnm 马岛 一个小小的建议② 5. Oliver Goldsmith奥利弗?格尔德斯密斯1730~1774 ① poems: 6.感伤主义sentimentalism and pre-romanticism: Blake& Burns 7.William Blake威廉?布莱克1757~1827 ① ③ 8.Robert Burns罗伯特?彭斯1759~1796The greatest Scottish poet in the late 18th century. Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect主要用苏格兰方言写的诗① < HighlandsMy Heart’s in the>我的心在那高原上 V The Romantic Period The romantic period began in 1798 the publication of Wordsworth and Coleridge’s “The Lake Poets湖畔诗人,”who lived in the lake district. William Wordsworth; Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Robert Southey 更多精品文档 ’s 学习-----好资料 1. William Wordsworth威廉?华兹华斯1770~1850 (与柯尔律治、骚塞同被称为“湖畔派”诗人。The Lake Poets)① ③ Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey ④ The Solitary Reaper孤独的割麦女② 2. Samuel Taylor Coleridge塞缪尔?泰勒?科尔律治1772~1834(The Lake Poets)① ⑥ 3. George Gordon Byron乔治?戈登?拜伦1788~1824 ① ② ① Poetic Drama: Ode to the West Wind 西风颂 A Defense of Poetry ---critical works Song to Men of England---greatest political lyric 5. John Keats约翰?济慈1795~1821(“美即是真,真即是美”是他的著名诗句。① Four great odes: Endymion, Isabella, The eve of St.Agnes, Lamia, Hyperion 更多精品文档 ) 学习-----好资料 6.Walter Scott沃尔特?斯科特1771~1832 (历史小说之父”)Father of history novels ① VI The Victorian Period Common sense and moral propreity, again became the predominant preoccupation. Critical realists were all concerned about the fate of the common people and everyday events. 1. Charles Dickens查尔斯?狄更斯1812~1870(批判现实主义小说家)critical realist writer 第一阶段:1.Sketches by Boz 特写集 2 5. 第二阶段:1.Amercian Notes美国札记 2.Martin Chuzzlewit 5.The Cricket on the Earth 灶上蟋蟀6 第三阶段:1 2. 6 2. William Makepeace Thackeray威廉?麦克匹斯?萨克雷1811~1863 ① 更多精品文档