英国文学史复习提纲详解.pptx

英国文学史;1. Pre-Historical / Pre-Roman;2. Roman Occupation（占有期）;English = ?;The cultural influences;The setting（环境，设置） and the hero have nothing to do with England, for the story took place in Scandinavia（斯堪的纳维亚）. The story describes Beowulf in fighting against the monster Grendel（格伦德尔）, his revengeful（有复仇念头的） mother and a fire-breathing dragon. It is an example of the mingling（混合的） of nature myths（神话） and heroic legends.;The themes of Beowulf; The Canterbury Tales（坎特伯雷故事集）;The Canterbury Tales; Renaissance（文艺复兴） refers to the period between the 14th and mid-17th centuries. It marks a transition（过渡，转变） from the medieval（中世纪的） to the modern world. It started in Italy with the flowering of painting, sculpture（雕塑） and literature, and then spread to the rest of Europe. The Renaissance means rebirth or revival. ;Humanism（人道主义）;(2) Poetry and poetic drama were the most outstanding literary forms and they were carried on especially by Shakespeare and Ben Jonson（本琼生）. (3) The real mainstream（主流） of the English Renaissance（文艺复兴） is the Elizabethan（伊丽莎白） drama. ;The achievements of Christopher Marlowe （克里斯托弗马洛）in Literature;Christopher Marlowe’s Dr.Faustus （浮士德）; Sonnet（十四行诗） 18;Sonnet 18;Shakespeare’s Four Tragedies;The Merchant of Venice（威尼斯商人）;Romeo and Juliet;Of Studies;Of Studies;John Donne (1572—1631) ;Paradise Lost;plain English and classical Latin - stately, sonorous(响亮的;洪亮的;感人的), and yet essentially simple. It is the grand style.;John Bunyan: a Puritan poet;Analysis: The Pilgrim’s Progress;(2) The movement was a furtherance of the Renaissance of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.;The Masterpieces of Daniel Defoe;The characteristics of the style and language ;The Contributions of Alexander Pope;Lyrical Ballads;The Features of Romantic Poetry;(2) Romantics writers are always seeking for the Absolute, the Ideal through the transcendence of the actual. They made bold experiments in poetic language, versific