英国散文的流变总介.ppt

Comparison between Medieval English and Modern English thei broughten swete hadden founden bisidis erthe hem deede risun spak mannes sone agen they brought sweet had found beside earth them dead risen spoke man son again Compare the Translations in Medieval and Modern English “But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb, taking the spices that they had prepared. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they went in, they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them. the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here, but has risen. Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of Man must be handed over to sinners, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again.” -- “Luke”, The New Testament, The Holy Bible, New Revised Standard Version (158) II. Sir Thomas Malory and The Death of Arthur Sir Thomas Malory was knighted before 1442 and became Member of Parliament in 1445. He later fought on the side of the House of Lancaster in the War of the Roses, then was accused and found guilty of criminal acts and was imprisoned for a number of years in the Newgate Prison. He probably wrote Le Morte d’Arthur (The Death of Arthur) while in prison and probably died there 1471. The Death of Arthur is the only monumental work of prose in 15th-century England. It is an important landmark in the development of English prose from late Middle English to early modern English, and has the distinction of being written in a lucid and simple style. II. Sir Thomas Malory and The Death of Arthur The Death of Arthur is a kind of final summing-up of the Arthurian legend built up from the 12th to the 15th century, though it does not contain all the stories about King Arthur and all his knights. It includes: the birth, the exploits and the