英美文学选读提纲(必读).docxVIP

英美文学选读框架Old English 450-1066 BeowulfMedieval English 1066 - middle 14th centuryGeoffrey Chaucer - the father of English poetryThe Canterbury Tales first time to use heroic couplet The Renaissance - rebirth or revivalHumanism - the essence of the Renaissance, the dignity of human being the importance of the present lifeEdmund Spenser - the poets poet The Faerie QueeneChristopher Marlowe - University Wits, the pioneer of English drama Blank verse, hyperbole夸张Dr. Faustus the human passion for knowledge, power and happinessThe Passionate Shepherd to His Love pastoral lifeWilliam Shakespeare - abo