英美文化赏析--lecture 5.doc

Lecture 6 A Brief Introduction to Shakespeare All the worlds a stage, And all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances And one man in his time plays many parts … … 1. Knowledge Quiz 1.What nationality was Shakespeare? English 2. In which town was Shakespeare born? Stratford 3. When was Shakespeare born? 1564 4. When did he die? 1616 5. Shakespeare lived during the reign of which English monarchs? Queen Elizabeth I and King James I 6. Which of these was not Shakespeare’s plays? Shakespeare in Love 7. What is Shakespeare most famous for? Writing plays 8. Which of the following plays by Shakespeare is NOT a comedy ? Romeo and Juliet 9. Which of the following plays does not belong to Shakespeares great tragedies ? Romeo and Juliet 10. The sentence Shall I compare thee to a summers day? is the beginning line of one of Shakespeares ________ . sonnets（十四行诗） 11. How many plays did Shakespeare wrote? Over 30 2. William Shakespeare’s life Born in 1564 in Stratford-Upon-Avon at age 18 married Anne Hathaway three children, two daughters and a son moved to London in the late fifteen eighties. Besides a writer, Shakespeare was also a theater producer, a part owner of an acting company called the Kings Men and an actor. In fifteen ninety-nine Shakespeares company built its own theater called The Globe. Shakespeares theater group also performed in other places such as Blackfriars Theater, or travel around the countryside to perform, sometimes performed at the palace of the English ruler Queen Elizabeth or, later, King James the First. 3. William Shakespeare’s works ? Tragedies Macbeth 麦克白 King Lear 李尔王 Hamlet 哈姆雷特 Othello 奥瑟罗 Romeo and Juliet Titus Andronicus 泰特斯·安特洛尼克斯 Julius Caesar 裘力斯·凯撒 Antony and Cleopatra 安东尼与克莉奥佩屈拉 Coriolanus 科利奥兰纳斯 Troilus and Cressida 特洛埃围城记 Timon of Athens 雅典的泰门 ?Comedies Twelfth Night or What You Will 第十二夜 The Merchant of V