新编简明英国文学史复习资料.doc

英国文学史 选择题 14century 【下poetry】 1.Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里·乔叟 The Canterbury Tales《坎特伯雷大教堂故事集》 The father of modern English poetry 2.The Gawain-Poet（romance传奇故事） Sir Gawain and the Green Knight《高文爵士与绿衣骑士》 Beowulf(an English epic)《贝奥武夫》 The Renaissance period/the reign of Queen Elizabeth 3.Edmund Spenser埃德蒙·斯宾塞 The Faerie Queen《仙后》(for Queen Elizabeth) The theme something more romantic “Fierce wars and faithful loves”. The poets’ poet. The first to be buried in the Poet’s corner of Westerminster Abbey. 4.William Shakespeare威廉·莎士比亚【poetry/drama】The greatest of all Elizabethan dramatists, he is the author of 37 plays. Four Tragedies: Hamlet《哈姆莱特》Othello《奥赛罗》King Lear《李尔王》Macbeth《麦克白》Four Comedies: As You Like It《皆大欢喜》; Twelfth Night《第十二夜》; A Midsummer Night’S Dream《仲夏夜之梦》; Merchant Of Venice《威尼斯商人》 Shakespeare Sonnet :154 The Sonnets Three quatrain and one couplet, ababcdcdefefgg A sonnet is a lyric consisting of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter restricted to a definition rhyme scheme. 17century 5.John Donne约翰·邓恩 the Metaphysical poet(玄学派诗人).?met?fizikl/ 6.John Milton约翰·弥尔顿失明后写 Epics:Paradise Lost《失乐园》、Paradise Regained《复乐园》 Dramatic poem: Samson Agonistes《力士参孙》 7.John Dryden约翰·德莱顿 The neoclassicist新古典主义者，也是戏剧家 Dryden displayed hitalents in different fields of literature. He is the master of satirical(讽刺的）verse, but he also created brilliant odes. His translation/ In prose, his literary criticism/ An excellent poet 8.Christopher Marlowe克里斯托弗·马洛【下English drama】 Marlowe is one of the first playwrights to use blank verse in English drama. 9.John Bunyan约翰·班扬 The Pilgrims Progress《天路历程》：It is a prose allegory depicting the pilgrimage of a human soul in search of salvation. 宗教寓言 Puritan poet(清教徒派诗人) 18century 10.Daniel Defoe丹尼尔·笛福 The life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe《鲁滨逊漂流记》 11.Jonathan Swift乔纳斯·斯威夫特 Gullivers Travels《格列夫游记》 辛辣讽刺 12.Samuel Richardson塞缪尔·理查森 Epistolary novel:Pamela or Virtue Rewarded has been accepted as the first English novel. Clarissa,