英国作家及作品.doc

British Writers and Works 英国作家及作品一览 History of English Literature English literature began with the Anglo-Saxon national epic Beowulf. 《贝奥武夫》 Early / Old English(Anglo-Saxon): 428~1066 Medieval/ Middle English: 1066~1500 Renaissance：1500~1600（Modern English） Neo-classical: 1660~1798 Romanticism: 1798~1830 Victorian: 1830/1837~1901 Realistic Criticism Modernism: 1914~1945 Post-modernism History of English 古英语 中古英语 现代英语 早期现代英语 Old English(Anglo-Saxon): 450~1100 (428~1066) Middle English: 1100~1450 Modern English: 1450~now Early Modern English: 1450~1700 Caedmon Hymns, ca.670 ：first English poem known by name. Beowulf ca.700 Bede(Baeda) Ecclesiastical History: first history of English people. Medieval English Literature 1066~1500 Romance is the most prevailing kind of literature in the Middle Ages. Popular ballad occupies an important position. Romance （骑士）传奇 Chanson de Roland, French epic Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, ac.1375~1400 Ballads 民谣 Geste of Robinhood, Drama 神秘剧 奇迹剧 道德剧 Mystery：The Second Shepherd’s Play, 1385 Miracle： Morality：Everyman, 1485 Geoffrey Chaucer the most important medieval writer; the first realistic writer; father of English poems. The Canterbury Tales, 1387~1400 William Langland Pies the Plowman, 1360~1399 Renaissance English literature (late 15th century ~ early 17th century) Humanism; Knowledge; The representative writers are Edmund Spencer in poetry, William Shakespeare in drama and Francis Bacon in essay. Edmund Spenserpoet’s poet 诗人中的诗人 Epithalamion 贺新婚曲The Faerie Queene 仙后 选文The Faerie Queene Christopher Marlowe1564~1593 University Wit Tamburlaine ,1593铁木耳转Dr. Faustus ?, 1588浮士德悲剧The Jew of Malta 马乐他岛的犹太人Edward II 爱德华二世Hero and Leander 海洛与勒安德尔 选文Dr. Faustus ； The Passionate Shepherd to His Love William Shakespeare2 long poems 154 sonnets 37 plays Three Periods: 1. 1590~1600 2. 1601~1608 3. 1609~1612 Rape of Lucrece ? 鲁克斯受辱记Venus and Adonis 维纳斯与安东尼斯Titus Andronicus ? 泰托斯安东尼The Comedy of Erro