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Restoration Literature John Dryden 复辟文学 约翰·德莱顿 Restoration Comedy Features: 1. The restoration comedy was often witty and clever, but on the whole cynical and immoral. (p.116 L.11) 2. The restoration comedy is notorious for its licentiousness(放荡), being full of love intrigue阴谋, seduction诱奸 and promiscuity(男女)乱交,…dissolute无节制的 upper class. Representatives of the Restoration 1. Sir George Etherege 乔治·埃恩里奇爵士 The man of Mode《时髦男子》 2. William Wycherley 威廉·威彻利 Love in a Wood《林中之爱》 The Country Wife《乡村妇女》 The Plain Dealer《坦率的人》 Representatives of the Restoration 3.Sir John Vanbrugh约翰·范布勒爵士 The Relapse, or Virtue in Danger 《故态复萌》 The Provoked Wife《恼怒的妻子》 4. William Congreve威廉·康格里夫 The Double Dealer《两面派》 Love for Love 《以爱还爱》 The Way of the World 《如此世道》 Representatives of the Restoration 5. Jeremy Collier杰雷米·科利尔, a non-conformist(非国教的) clergyman A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage《略论英国舞台上的不道德和亵渎》 ??? John Dryden (1631—1700) John Dryden 1. An English poet, dramatist, and critic. 2. He first came to notice: Heroic Stanzas, which memorized the death of Oliver Cromwell. 3.He later sang for the Royalists and became an Anglican(英国圣公会教徒)being a Cavalier poet. 4. He became a poet laureate(桂冠诗人). John Dryden’s Works Changeable, a time-server(随波逐流的人): 1. an elegy on Cromwell’s death: “Herioick Stanza” ”英雄诗辩” 2. An Ode on Charles II: “Astraea Redux””伸张正义” a didactic poem when James II in reign “The Hind and the Panther” “牝鹿与豹” John Dryden’s Works: 3. tragedy and blank-verse masterpiece: “All for Love” “一切为了爱情” 4. critical works: “Essay of Dramatic Poesy” “论戏剧诗” 约翰·德莱顿 5. political satires: 1) “Absolom and Achitophel” “押沙龙与阿托奈拖菲尔” Its subject is politics and written in heroic couplet. 6. a comedy Marriage a la Mode 《时尚婚姻》《现代婚姻》 Comments 1. Dryden made his prose precise, concise and flexible, and raised English literary criticism to a new level. 2. Following the standards of classicism, he established the heroic couplet. John Dryden was