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英美文学要点 The Renaissance period（14世纪至十七世纪中叶）文艺复兴 　　1. Humanism is the essence of the Renaissance.人文主义是文艺复兴的核心。 　　2. the Greek and Roman civilization was based on such a conception that man is the measure of all things.人文主义作为文艺复兴的起源是因为古希腊罗马文明的基础是以“人”为中心，人是万物之灵。 　　3. Renaissance humanists found in then classics a justification to exalt human nature and came to see that human beings were glorious creatures capable of individual development in the direction of perfection， and that the world they inhabited was theirs not to despise but to question， explore， and enjoy.人文主义者们却从古代文化遗产中找到充足的论据，来赞美人性，并开始注