专八辅导英美文学2012.docVIP

2012年专八文学知识辅导 吴 澜 英国文学史 1.Old English：Anglo-Saxon Period (449-1066) Beowulf: the first national epic 2.Medieval English: The Anglo-Norman Period( 1066 – 1350) King Arthur and his Round Table Knights Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Geoffrey Chaucer - the father of English poetry The Canterbury Tales first time to use heroic couplet 3. The Renaissance （14th century—early 17th century） Humanism - the essence of the Renaissance, the dignity of human being and the importance of the present life Edmund Spenser ：The Faerie Queene 《仙后》 斯宾塞节奏 Christopher Marlowe - the pioneer of English drama Blank verse, hyperbole夸张 University Wits(大学才子派)； Christopher Marlowe, Robert Greene, Thomas Nashe, John Lyly, Thomas Lodge, George Peele. Dr. Faustus the human passion for knowledge, power and happiness The Passionate Shepherd to His Love pastoral life William Shakespeare - above all writers in the past and in the present time Four tragedies - Hamlet, Othello, King Lear ， Macbeth Sonnet 18 eternal or immortal beauty The Merchant of Venice to praise the friendship between Antonio and Bassanio, to idealize Portia a heroine of great beauty, wit and loyalty, to expose the insatiable greed and brutality Hamlet Soliloquy or monologue - fully reveal the inner conflict of the characters Francis Bacon - brevity, compactness powerfulness, his essays is an important landmark in the development of English prose Inductive method (归纳法) in place of deductive method 演绎法 Of Studies How studies exert influence over human character – “reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.” 4. The 17th century: Revolution and Restoration John Donne metaphysical poetry Conceits, syllogism 三段论 The Sun Rising Death, Be Not Proud The Flea John Milton: Paradise Lost失乐园 the only generally acknowledged epic in English literature since Beowulf. The conflict is between human love and spiritual duty. In heaven, Satan led a rebellion against God with hi